Achintya Mehrotra of Team India is champ in solo class: Asia Gymkhana

David Bodapati September 30, 2018

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Achintya Mehrotra of India who won the Solo Gymkhana in AAGC on Sunday. Photos by Rahul Reghu

Mumbai, 29 Sept 2018: Achintya Mehrotra won the Solo Championship in the Asia Auto Gymkhana Competition at the Raymond Drift Track in Thane here on Sunday.

Team Indonesia of Adrian Septianto and Herdiko Setyaputra won the Doubles category and Team Gymkhana categories in Round 2 of the AAGC 2018 which concluded here.

Team Japan secured second place in both the Doubles and Team Gymkhana categories while Indian driver Achintya Mehrotra won the best driver award in the Solo Gymkhana category.

Adrian Septianto and Herdiko Setyaputra who won the Team Gymkhana in AAGC Photo: Rahul Reghu

An international motoring extravaganza held in India for the very first time, Round 2 of the AAGC 2018 witnessed an audience of over 2000 people and 26 top-class Gymkhana drivers from over 10 APAC countries, including Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines Singapore, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and India.

Driving prepared Volkswagen Polo track cars, all the participants were evenly pegged against each other with the ultimate goal of navigating through a short-timed loop, comprising of obstacles and choreographed manoeuvres such as 360 spins, J-Turns, Slalom and Figure-8 amongst others, while making the fewest errors. With 5 difference courses, the total run time of the heats were all under a minute, making it one of the most fast-paced motorsport events being held in India in recent times.

The AAGC, an FIA event, was run under the aegis of Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI). The event was sponsored by Kamasutra, Parx, Rustomjee Developers and MRF while VW Motorsport and Autocar India partnered with technical support.

Round 2 Provisional results:

Solo Gymkhana competition: 1. Achintya Mehrotra, Team India; 2 Adrian Septianto; 3. Herdiko Setyaputra, both Team Indonesia.

Doubles Gymkhana: Team Indonesia (Adrian & Herdiko); 2. Team Japan (Tetsuya Yamano & Naoya Yamano); 3. Team India D (Arjun Rao & Ashad Pasha).

Team Gymkhana: 1. Team Indonesia (Adrian Septianto & Herdiko Setyaputra); 2. Team Japan (Tetsuya Yamano & Naoya Yamano); 3. Team India A (Achintya Mehrotra & Aabhishek Mishra).