Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Race One of Round Two of the Volkswagen Polo R Cup sees Ameya Walavalkar as winner

Ameya Walavalkar emerged as winner in the second round of race one which was fraught with many crashes and restarts. Ameya Walavalkar came in second in the shortened 8 lap race. He was closely followed by Rahil Noorani and Mihir Dharkar. The race was conducted in three parts due to two crashes that wreaked havoc on the track. Total aggregate of all three parts of this leg was taken in order to determine the winner.

Ameya bolted from the front of the grid and was closely followed by Sandeep Kumar and Rahil Noorani. The first red flag was held up after a crash involving Prashanth Tharani Singh and Ajay Kini. There was a bit of confusion after the first restart as Alisha Abdullah was punted off the in first corner. This development saw the race marshals bring out the second red flag.

At the second restart, Ameya took the lead and stayed ahead of Rahil and Mihir. He maintained this lead till the chequered flag which signaled the end of the race. Sandeep Kumar showed his skill on the race track after he passed 13 cars to come in at fourth position. This was after he was relegated to the back of the grid due to non compliance of rules related to changing tires.

During race two, Donovan Vaz finished first with Sandeep and Ameya finishing second and third respectively. After completion of the race, Ameya Walavalkar expressed his thanks to the entire Volkswagen Motorsport team and mechanics and hoped to maintain this form for the rest of the season.

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