Ishaan pushed Saishiva to second spot in the third race.
Bengaluru’s Ishaan Madesh registered his first win of the season in the MRF Formula 2000 class in the second round of the MRF Indian National Racing Challenge 4W-2026 which concluded at the Madras International Circuit here on Sunday.
Ishaan, who finished second and third in the first two races of the weekend, came into his own in the third to end Pune’s Saishiva Sankaran’s streak of five consecutive victories across two rounds.
In the MRF Formula 1600 class, Bhuvan Bonu won two of the three races and finished second to S. Gyan S. in the other.
In the Volkswagen Polo Cup, Pratik Sonawane won two of the three races, while Aman Nagdev topped the other.
The results (Final, all 8 laps unless mentioned): MRF F2000 (Race-2, 10 laps): 1. Saishiva Sankaran (16:06.547secs); 2. Ishaan Madesh (16:13.734); 3. Swarnav Das (16:23.293). Race-3: 1. Ishaan (12:54.597); 2. Saishiva (13:03.529); 3. Krishay Gutte (13:06.041).
MRF F1600 (Race-2, 10 laps): 1. S. Gyan (17:35.235); 2. Bhuvan Bonu (17:35.549); 3. Shivansh Bejoy (17:39.506). Race-3: 1. Bhuvan (13:57.878); 2. Gyan (14:10.759); 3. Shivansh (14:17.501).
Formula LGB 1300 (Race-2, 10 laps) (Open): 1. Viswas Vijayaraj (DTS Racing) (18:56.086); 2. Liron Jaden Samuels (DTS) (18:57.614); 3. Vinith Kumar (DTS) (18:58.572). Race-3 (6 laps): 1. Viswas (11:37.984); 2. Liron (11:38.576); 3. Dhruvh Goswami (Meco Racing) (11:40.965).
Junior (Race-2, 10 laps): 1. Shatveer Shetty (Meco Racing) (19:21.666); 2. Aadam Junaid (Momentum Motorsports) (19:36.677); 3. Dhrihan Dagha (Meco) (19:39.313). Race-3 (6 laps): 1. Aadam (11:51.860); 2. Kaveen Diyyan Rajapksa (Momentum) (11:57.336); 3. Saurika Livindu (Momentum) (12:08.053).
Super Stock (Race-1): 1. T.S. Diljith (DTS) (16:33.904); 2. Lal Kattikulam Bharathan (DTS) (16:42.711); 3. Deepa. S. John (DTS) (16:46.485). Race-2 (10 laps): 1. Lal (20:55.028); 2. Diljith (20:55.156); 3. Deepa (21:16.563).
Volkswagen Polo Cup (Race-1): 1. Pratik Sonawane (15:37.630); 2. Aman Nagdev (15:41.744); 3. Neel Shah (15:42.456). Race-2 (10 laps): 1. Aman (19:37.328); 2. Neel (19:39.604); 3. Pratik (19:41.239). Race-3: 1. Pratik (15:35.740); 2. Aman (15:37.678); 3. Neel (15:37.901).
MRF Saloons (Toyota Etios) Race-1: 1. S. Gokula Rathinam (17:17.519); 2. R. Hemachandran (17:22.108); 3. Aakash Vivek (17:26.603). Race-2 (10 laps): 1. Gokula (21:36.324); 2. Alisha Abdullah (21:38.817); 3. Hemachandran (21:39.781). Race-3: 1. Hemachandran (17:19.350); 2. Aakash (17:19.676); 3. Gokula (17:22.886).
Published – September 27, 2026 07:20 pm IST
