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17th JK Tyre Racing Championship: Report, results and analysis

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“You live more in going flat out on a bike like that than most people do in a lifetime.”  – Burt Munroe

This quote is our favorite when it comes to defining the thrill of speed and motorsports. Think motorsports in India and JK Motorsports is probably the first name that would pop up in your mind. For almost three decades, JK Tyres has been promoting motorports in the country and has given us almost all the Indian car racers who have made it to international arena.

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The 17th edition of JK Tyre Championship came to India’s very own F1 track – Buddh International Circuit. There were three primary races in the series – The LGB4 series, FB02 series and the Polo R Cup and then there was the Super Bike Race. It was an adrenaline filled weekend with driver like Vishnu Prasad shining through both the LGB4 and FB02 races. Races, on Sunday, saw very lose action with winners taking the chequered flags with fraction of a second lead.

The bloggers also got to chat with the rising star of Indian motorsports – Armaan Ebrahim, the green eyed boy of Indian racing who started his career with JK Motorsports and is now making his mark in the FIA GT series. He believes that the FB02 series cars are proper formula cars with the right driving dynamics, sequential gear box and power to give the drivers the required experience to race at international level. Interacting with Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Head JK Motorsports, we could feel the enthusiasm in not only the team on the ground but at the very top to make Indian motorsports to new heights.

While LGB4 cars are a great first move from a Go-kart, taking the open wheel racing one level up with a more powerful engine, the FB02 cars are giving the drivers the training and experience needed to make it to Formula 3 or other international races. In 2011, the company acquired the Formula BMW Series and rechristened it as the JK Racing Asia Series (JKRAS). With this acquisition, JK Tyre created history in Indian Motorsport by becoming the first Indian company to acquire an FIA accredited series. The series has to its credit of producing as many as six of the current Formula One drivers, including reigning two- time champion Sebastian Vettel. This series was then converted to JK Racing India Series from 2013 to give more impetus to Indian talent in motorsports. JK Tyre now stands closer to achieving its mission of bringing world-class motorsport to the Indian masses.

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We got into conversation with Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Chairman, JK Tyre Motorsports to know more details about the company’s aims and here is what he had to say.

Q1: Could you tell us how this year’s championship is different fromRe last year?

Sharma: The races have got more intense. The competition has got tougher. And, the fans have increased. To give our competitors in the FB02 series a tough competition and a taste of international level racing we got our brand ambassadors Armaan Ebrahim and Aditya Patel to participate in the race and start from the back of the grid in this round. We introduced superbike racing from this round, so we keep adding something new.

Q2. Your company’s aim is to take motorsport to the masses. How successful you have been and what more would you like to do in this regard?

Sharma: Yes, we always did intend for the sport to reach the masses, because motorsports does indeed have it all. The adrenaline rush. The glamour. The competition. The technology. Our FB02 series is the most economical series of its kind in the world and we are trying to get more and more people involved in the sport not only in terms of participation but also watching and enjoying the sport. We are trying to reach out to people through various mediums including digital, and I am happy to say that we have got a great response.

Here are the final results of the championship:

JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2014 – Round 1 – Race 1

Sr No First Name Last Name Time
1 Angad Singh Matharoo 19:27.3
2 Anshul Anshul 19:29.6
3 Lee Keshav Gupta 19:30.2
4 Gaurav Mehta 19:31.4
5 Utsav Shah 19:35.3
6 Anindith Reddy 19:36.0
7 Ishaan Dodhiwala 19:39.7
8 Bonnie Thomas 19:46.0
9 Karminder Pal Singh 19:54.5
10 Mahatru Mahadev 19:56.7
11 Amlandeep Bora 20:19.7
12 Raaj Sivaram 20:20.4
13 Rajeev Srivastava 20:20.9
14 Yatin Magu DNF
15 Amit Mete DNF
16 Venkatesh Shreyas DNF
17 Prabhanjan DNF
18 Karthik Tharani Singh DNF

JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2014 – Round 2 – Race 2

Sr No First Name Last Name Time
1 Bonnie Thomas 21:07.5
2 Angad Singh Matharoo 21:07.9
3 Anindith Reddy 21:08.2
4 Karminder Pal Singh 21:09.5
5 Karthik Tharani Singh 21:11.0
6 Ishaan Dodhiwala 21:13.1
7 Gaurav Mehta 21:15.2
8 Lee Keshav Gupta 21:18.7
9 Utsav Shah 21:19.8
10 Mahatru Mahadev 21:20.4
11 Anshul Anshul 21:22.7
12 Yatin Magu 21:26.9
13 Rajeev Srivastava 21:27.6
14 Raaj Sivaram 21:29.1
15 Amit Mete 21:34.2
16 Amlandeep Bora DNF
17 Venkatesh Shreyas DNF
18 Prabhanjan DNF

JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2014 – Championship Table (Round 1)

Sr No Driver Name R1 R2 Total
1 Angad Singh Matharoo 30 24 54
2 Bonnie Thomas 13 30 43
3 Anindith Reddy 15 20 35
4 Anshul Manoj Shah 24 10 34
5 Lee Keshav Gupta 20 13 33
6 Gaurav Mehta 17 14 31
7 Ishaan Dodhiwala 14 15 29
8 Karminder Pal Singh 12 17 29
9 Utsav Shah 16 12 28
10 Mahatru Mahadev 11 11 22
11 Karthik Tharani Singh 0 16 16
12 Rajeev Srivatsa 8 8 16
13 Raaj Sivaram 9 7 16
14 Amlandeep Bora 10 0 10
15 Yatin Magu 0 9 9
16 Amit Mete 0 6 6
17 Venkatesh Shreyas 0 0 0
18 Prabhanjan 0 0 0

JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2014 – Round 2 – Race 1

Sr No First Name Last Name Part A Part B Total Time
1 Karthik Tharani 13:22.647
2 Anshul Manoj Shah 13:27.705 6:28.398 19:56.103
3 Karminder Pal Singh 13:30.527 6:30.599 20:01.126
4 Yatin Magu 13:32.291 6:30.163 20:02.454
5 Lee Keshav Gupta 13:31.674 6:34.048 20:05.722
6 Mahatru MahadevKrishnamurthy 13:33.708 6:34.389 20:08.097
7 Bonnie Thomas 13:33.492 6:35.004 20:08.496
8 Prabhanjan 13:35.556 6:39.269 20:14.825
9 Ishaan Dodhiwala 13:34.829 6:40.604 20:15.433
10 Raaj Shivram 13:39.240 6:38.457 20:17.697
11 Angad Singh Matharoo 13:27.114 6:25.466 20:22.580
12 Anindith Reddy Konda 13:24.754 6.27.953 20:22.707
13 Rajeev Srivastava 13:41.459 6:41.978 20:23.437
14 Venkatesh Shreyas 13:42.913 6:46.864 20:29.777
15 Amlandeep Bora 13:42.968 6:47.248 20:30.216
16 Utsav Shah 14:36.592 6:37.595 21:14.187
17 Amit Mete 13:53.944 6:50.632 20:44.576
18 Gaurav Anil Mehta 12:14.274 DNF 12:14.274

*Angad Singh Matharoo and Anindith Reddy Konda were penalised by 30 seconds

JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2014 – Round 2 – Race 2

Sr No First Name Last Name Total Time
1 Bonnie Thomas 19:14.269
2 Karminder Pal Singh
3 Yatin Magu 19:30.268
4 Anshul Manoj Shah
5 Utsav Shah 19:31.895
6 Lee Keshav Gupta 19:32.686
7 Mahatru Mahadev Krishnamurthy 19:33.447
8 Anindith Reddy Konda 19:34.058
9 Ishaan Dodhiwala 19:36.147
10 Angad Singh Matharoo 19:36.666
11 Amlandeep Bora 19:50.147
12 Rajeev Srivastava 19:54.382
13 Amit Mete 20:08.447
14 Venkatesh Shreyas 20:34.309
15 Kartik Tharani DNF
16 Raaj Shivram DNF
17 Prabhanjan DNF
18 Gaurav Anil Mehta DNS

We look forward to more races and events from JK Motorsports. Godspeed.

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