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Seventeen-year-olds Ishaan Madesh and Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran won the premier MRF Formula 2000 and Formula 1600 titles respectively arsenic the 4th and last circular of the MRF MMSC FMSCI National car racing title concluded astatine the Madras International Circuit, present connected Sunday.
Ishaan, the reigning National Karting champion, finished the play and the play with a triple crown arsenic helium overcame a stiff absorption from Arjun Chheda, who finished runner-up successful the title standings. Sai Shiva won 1 of the 3 races to look National champion, sealing the rubric with a contention to spare.
The results (Provisional, each Race 2 of 10 laps, Race 3 of 8 laps unless mentioned): MRF F2000: Race-2: 1. Ishaan Madesh (21min, 00.736sec); 2. Arjun Chheda (21:14.310); 3. Shivesh Selvarathnam (21:19.348). Race-3: 1. Ishaan (12:47.405); 2. Chheda (12:52.727); 3. Tarun M.B. (13:06.385). Champion driver: Ishaan.
MRF F1600: Race-2: 1. Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran (21:56.732); 2. Nigel Abraham Thomas (22:02.561); 3. Arjun S. Nair (22:04.050). Race-3: 1. Nigel (13:57.378); 2. Sai Shiva (14:06.172); 3. Gyan S. (14:17.826). Champion driver: Sai Shiva.
Indian Touring Cars: Race-2: 1. Karna Kadur (Arka Motorsports) (19:15.138); 2. Biren Pithawalla (Team N1 Racing) (19:25.275); 3. Arjun Balu (Race Concepts Motorsports) (19:25.733). Race-3: 1. Balu (14:55.495); 2. Pithawalla (15:09.053); 3. Rithesh Rai (Buzzing Hornet) (15:15.953). Champion driver: Pithawalla. Team: Buzzing Hornet Motorsports.
Sai Shiva Sankaran successful enactment successful the F1600 people successful the MRF MMSC FMSCI National car racing championship at the Madras International Circuit connected Sunday, January 25, 2026 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
ITC 1625: Race-2: 1. Nikanth Rambalu (Performance Racing) (20:22.211). Race-3: 1. Rambalu (16:10.997); 2. Vidyaprakash Damodaran (Performance Racing) (16:11.924). Champion driver: Vidyaprakash. Team: Performance Racing.
Indian Junior Touring Cars: Race-2: 1. Deepak Ravikumar (Performance Racing) (20:03.408); 2. R.P. Raja Rajan (Performance Racing) (20:39.977); 3. Jarshan Anand (DB Motorsports) (21:07.201). Race-3: 1. Viswas Vijayaraj (Performance Racing) (15:31.018); 2. Deepak (15:34.664); 3. Raja Rajan (16:10.218). Champion driver: Rithvik Thomas (Race Concepts). Team: Performance Racing.
Super Stock: Race-2: 1. Anirudha Arvind (DTS Racing) (21:12.952); 2. Diljith T.S. ( DTS Racing) (19:24.991 +1 lap); 3. Deepa S. John (DTS Racing) (19:37.628+1 lap). Race-3: 1. Dilijith (16:35.981); 2. Krishanu Dutta Bhuyan (Zion Racing) (16:51.049); 3. Anirudha (16:55.613). Champion driver: Diljith. Team: DTS Racing.
Formula LGB 1300: Race-2 (Open and Junior): 1. Bhuvan Bonu (MSPORT) (21:44.649); 2. Aditya Patnaik (Momentum Motorsports) (21:53.533); 3. Joel Joseph (DTS Racing) (21:54.505). Race-3 (Open and Junior): 1. Vinith Kumar (DTS Racing) (15:09.078); 2. Lokithlingeash Ravi (DTS Racing) (15:09.805); 3. Joel Joseph (DTS Racing) (15:10.039). Champion driver: Joel. Team: DTS Racing.
MRF Saloons: Race-2 (9 laps): 1. Akshay Muralidharan (27:04.714); 2. Tarushi Vikram (27:30.993); 3. Dr M.M. Annamallia (27:33.844). Race-3: 1. Tarushi (17:56.618); 2. Mohammed Arafath (16:01.703+1 lap); 3. Salvius Karthik Roy 16:11.300+1 lap). Champion driver: Akshay).
Volkswagen Polo Cup: Race-2: 1. Ojas Surve (26:21.764); 2. Aditya Patnaik (26:56.419); 3. Aman Nagdev (27:04.902). Race-3: 1. Patnaik (15:43.686); 2. Nagdev (15:48.564); 3. Pratikk Sonawane (15:50.882). Race-4 (8 laps): 1. Nagdev (15:30.275); 2. Ojas Surve (15:31.585); 3. Patnaik (1538:083). Champion driver: Nagdev.
