Chennai Vento Cup: Todkari takes lights-to-flag maiden win
Niranjan Todkari takes lights-to-flag maiden win of the Volkswagen Vento Cup weekend at the Madras Motor Race Track.
Photo by: Volkswagen Motorsport
The Pune-based driver led every lap having started on pole in the second round of the 2016 season.
Keith Desouza finished second, mere 0.756s separated the two drivers while Ishaan Dodhiwala completed the podium.
Guest driver Sirish Chandhran rounded off an impressive weekend with a fourth place finish followed by Li Huiwei.
In an incident-free final race in the usual hot conditions at Chennai, Aditya Pawar finished sixth with title contender Karminder Singh managing only seventh.
The top 10 was completed by He Xixi at eighth, Jeet Jhabakh ninth and Karthikeya Singhee 10th.
Rec 3 results:
| Pos. | Driver | Total laps | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NIRANJAN TODKARI | 8 | - |
| 2 | KEITH DESOUZA | 8 | 0.756 |
| 3 | ISHAAN DODHIWALA | 8 | 9.806 |
| 4 | SIRISH CHANDRAN | 8 | 12.637 |
| 5 | LI HUIWEI | 8 | 17.473 |
| 6 | ADITYA PAWAR | 8 | 21.401 |
| 7 | KARMINDER SINGH | 8 | 24.887 |
| 8 | HE XIXI | 8 | 29.635 |
| 9 | JEET JHABAKH | 8 | 38.668 |
| 10 | KARTHIKEYA SINGHEE | 8 | 45.376 |
| 11 | ARUNSHOWRY VALLABHANENI | 8 | 1:10.322 |
| 12 | ARFATH MOHAMMED | 8 | 1:10.550 |
| 13 | HATIM SHABBIR | 8 | 1:11.112 |
| 14 | SREE VENKATA TEJA | 8 | 1:18.245 |
| 15 | GOWDHAM MURUGAN | 8 | 1:23.737 |
| 16 | RASHAD KHAN | 8 | 1:24.984 |
| 17 | PRADEEP RAO | 7 | 1 Lp. |
| 18 | AMIT METE | 6 | 2 Lp. |
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