Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2022 | Pune teenager Sarthak Chavan notches major win; double for Rajiv Sethu, Vignesh Goud
The Hindu
Petronas TVS Racing’s Sarthak Chavan, the 16-year-old from Pune, secured the biggest win of his racing career when he won the Pro-Stock 165cc Open field in the second round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2022 Rajiv Sethu (RACR Castrol Power1 Ultimate) completed a double in the Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open category.
CHENNAI Petronas TVS Racing’s Sarthak Chavan, the 16-year-old from Pune, secured the biggest win of his blossoming racing career when he won the Pro-Stock 165cc Open field in the second round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2022 Rajiv Sethu (RACR Castrol Power1 Ultimate) completed a double in the Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open category. Hyderabad’s Vignesh Goud (Race’ists Motorcycle Club) completed the second double of the season in the Novice (Stock 165cc) category, and the 2020 champion Ann Jennifer (Alpha Racing) notched her first win of the season in the Girls (Stock 165cc) class.
“Of course, I am thrilled to win the race, my first at this level in the Pro-Stock category. It was a tough outing with so many of us exchanging lead. But after Jagan’s crash, I stepped up the pace a bit and started to brake late which helped me to keep the lead to the finish,” said Sarthak.
The results (provisional, 6 laps unless mentioned):
National Championship: Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open (Race-2, 8 laps): 1. Rajiv Sethu (RACR Castrol Power1 Ultimate) 15:17.576s; 2. Sarthak Chavan (Petronas TVS Racing) 15:21.418; 3. Jagan Kumar (Petronas TVS Racing) 15:24.845.
Pro-Stock 165cc Open (Race-2, 8 laps): 1. Sarthak Chavan 15:48.536; 2. K.Y. Ahamed (Petronas TVS Racing) 15:49.371; 3. Rajiv Sethu 15:49.620.
Race-1 revised result (held on Saturday): 1. Rajiv Sethu 11:49.749; 2. Sarthak Chavan 11:50.287; 3. Jagan Kumar 11:54.150.
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