Rivaan Dev Preetham clinches a double after a nail-biting fight: Karting Nationals

David Bodapati September 8, 2024

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Winners of Round 4 of National Karting Championship. From left: Eshanth Vengatesan, Rivaan Dev Preetham and Varun Hari Praveen. IndiaInF1 photo

Bengaluru, 8 Sept. 2024: Chennai’s 11-year-old Class 6 student Rivaan Dev Preetham of MSport won both the races in a nail-biting contest in the Micro Max class while another Chennai lad Eshanth Vengatesan, too, bagged a double in the Junior Max class in the fourth round of the Meco Fmsci National Rotax Max Karting Championship 2024 at Meco Kartopia track here on Sunday.

In a close contest, Rivaan, the Lady Andal House of Children student, pulled off a fine victory in the Pre-Final beating Hamza Balasinorwala of Mumbai overtaking him in the final lap to regain the lead for a hard-fought win. Vadodara’s Yug Jain from Peregrine Racing came in third. In the Final, Rivaan, once again won a close race after he exchanged the lead twice in the final lap with Hamza, who had to be content with a second place. Yug Jain finished third once again.

In the Junior Max class, Eshanth Vengatesan from Peregrine Racing won both the Final and the Pre-Final beating Pune’s Arafath Sheikh of Crest Motorsport. Sheikh gave a tough fight in the Pre-Final but ended up second again in the Final race. Gurugram’s Aarav Dewan of Leapfrog Racing finished third in both the races.

In the Senior Max Pre-Final, former champion Rohaan Madesh (Peregrine Racing) of Bengaluru took a convincing win beating Huuner Singh of Birel Art India, and Varun Hari Praveen, also from Peregrine came third. But, Varun Hari Praveen of Chennai turned the tables in the Final for a comfortable victory ahead of another multiple champion Ruhaan Alva of MSport, and Madesh finished third.

The results (Provisional):

Senior Max – Final (16 laps):

1. Varun Hari Praveen (Chennai, Peregrine Racing) (15:11.207);

2. Ruhaan Alva (Bengaluru, MSport) (15:14.077);

3. Rohaan Madesh (Bengaluru, Peregrine Racing) (15:16.317).

Pre-final (5 laps): 1. Rohaan Madesh (04:53.038); 2. Hunner Singh (Gurugram, Birel Art India) (04:54.067); 3. Varun Hari Praveen (04:54.838).

Junior Max – Final (14 laps):

1. Eshanth Vengatesan (Chennai, MSport) (14:01.468);

2. Arafath Sheikh (Pune, Crest Motorsport) (14:03.229);

3. Aarav Dewan (Gurugram, Leapfrog Racing) (14:05.584).

Pre-final (12 laps): 1. Eshanth Vengatesan (11:13.275); 2. Arafath Sheikh (11:13.371); 3. Aarav Dewan (Gurugram, Leapfrog Racing) (11:14.202).

Micro Max – Final (12 laps):