Mahaveer gets another podium finish

David Bodapati September 9, 2017

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Mahaveer Raghunathan in action at BRNO. Image by Mahaveer Racing team

Emerging Indian racer Mahaveer Raghunathan ended his eventful outing in the six round of the Boss GP on a high in Brno, CZ by clinching yet another podium finish. The 18 year old came home third in Race 1 on Saturday, to claim his momentum continue on successive podium finishes in all the races of this season.

Mahaveer who represents Indian Team PS Racing with Collaboration by Coloni Motorsport remains Top in the championship fight with 233 points. The young lad from Chennai is 11 points championship lead from Johann Ledermair of Austria who won race 1 at Brno, CZ this morning.

The 11 lap Race 1 saw Mahaveer fighting hard with De Plano from the Start of the race. After driving sensibly fighting hard, Mahaveer posted his fastest lap in Lap 1 with a time of 1:49.005.

“The start of race 1 was not that easy, but everything worked out well. Finally If was a tough race again, but I did my best. The goal was, to increase speed and improve the lap record from Saturday’s race. That worked out well, so finally I’m happy with the performance this week and my overall results,” commented Mahaveer.

Results: Round 6, Race 1: 11 laps: 1. Johann Ledermair, Austria 20:59.913; 2. Salvatore De Plano, Italy 21:15.262; 3. Mahaveer Raghunathan India 21;16.339.

Championship Standings (top three, after 11 races out of 14 races)