MRF Indian National Racing Challenge 4W – Round 3

Chennai: On a day of twists and turns, Mumbai’s Krishay Gutte and Ishaan Madesh from Bengaluru won a race apiece in the premier MRF Formula 2000 class as the third round of the MRF Indian National Racing Challenge 4W – 2026 concluded at the Madras International Circuit,

Likewise, in the MRF Formula 1600 class, Shivansh Bejoy (Delhi) and Gyan S (Chennai) shared the honours with one win each. For Shivansh, it was his maiden win in this class.

MRF F2000 points leader, Saishiva Sankaran from Pune, went winless in this weekend’s three races. He even received a five-second penalty which dumped him from P1 to P3 in the day’s first race following a collision with Ishaan Madesh.

For Krishay Gutte, it was a memorable outing as he held his own against Ishaan in Race-2 today for his first win this season in this class. Ishaan, though, recovered to score a fine win in the next race, his second of the weekend. Saishiva, who had won five races in a row, continues to lead the table, well clear of the pack.

Meanwhile, Viswas Vijayaraj, the 27-year-old businessman from Nellore, displayed a lot of grit and maturity to complete his third consecutive triple crown in the Formula LGB 1300 (Open) class for a total of nine race wins in a row this season for DTS Racing. “It feels great to win nine races in a row and remain unbeaten after three rounds. Now that we have a three-month break before the next round in January, I will work on my fitness,” Viswas said.

In the Junior category, Noida’s 16-year-old Augustine Boby of DTS Racing marked his debut with a double. However, Sri Lankan Kaveen Rajapaksa (Momentum Motorsports) with three podium finishes this weekend, safeguarded his position at the top of the leaderboard.

Thrissur’s Diljith TS (DTS Racing) expectedly completed a double in the Super Stock class as did Aakash Vivek from Chennai in the MRF Saloons category. Alisha Abdulla, also from Chennai, and returning to racing after a five-year break, won Race-2 to deny Aakash a clean sweep.

The MRF Indian Racing Challenge 4W will take a three-month break and will resume in January 2027.

The results (Provisional, all 10 laps unless mentioned):

MRF Formula 2000 (Race-2):

1. Krishay Gutte (Mumbai) (16 mins, 05.519 secs);
2. Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru) (16:08.403);
3. Saishiva Sankaran (Pune) (16:10.092).

Race-3 (8 laps):

1. Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru) (12:48.891);
2. Saishiva Sankaran (Pune) (12,52.037);
3. Krishay Gutte (Mumbai) (12:58.348).

MRF Formula 1600 (Race-2):

1. Shivansh Bejoy (New Delhi) (17:29.757);
2. Evan Shrawan (Mumbai) (17:50.229);
3. Gyan S (Chennai) (17:50.374).

Race-3 (8 laps):

1. Gyan S (Chennai) (14:09.009);
2. Bhuvan Bonu (Visakhapatnam) (14:13.738);
3. Shivansh Bejoy (New Delhi) (14:14.674).

Formula LGB 1300 (Race-2, Open):

1. Viswas Vijayaraj (Nellore, DTS Racing) (18:53.100);
2. Diljith TS (Thrissur, DTS Racing) (18:53.550);
3. Liron Jaden Samuels (Tirunelveli, DTS Racing) (19:20.125).

Race-3 (8 laps):

1. Viswas Vijayaraj (Nellore, DTS Racing) (16:07.296);
2. Vinithkumar (Tirupur, DTS Racing) (16:07.838);
3. Diljith TS (Thrissur, DTS Racing) (16:08.063).

Junior (Race-2):

1. Augustine Boby (Greater Noida, DTS Racing) (19:07.657);
2. Kaveen Rajapaksa (Colombo, Momentum Motorsports) (19:09.751);
3. Neythan McPherson (Pune, Delta Speeds) (19:21.053).

Race-3 (8 laps):

1. Augustine Boby (Greater Noida, DTS Racing) (16:10.519);
2. Shatveer Shetty (Bengaluru, Meco Racing) (16:11.894);
3. Kaveen Rajapaksa (Colombo, Momentum Motorsports) (16:18.355).

Super Stock (Race-2):

1. Diljith TS (Thrissur) (20:53.561);
2. Lal Kattikulam Bharathan (Thrissur) (20:54.722);
3. Deepa S John (Thiruvananthapuram) (20:57.362).

MRF Saloons (Race-2):

1. Alisha Abdulla (Chennai) (21:36.180);
2. Aakash Vivek (Chennai) (21:36.592);
3. Hemachandran R (Puducherry) (21:40.599).

Race-3 (8 laps):

1. Aakash Vivek (Chennai) (17:07.238);
2. Qian Jun Kek (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (17:21.821);
3. Alisha Abdulla (Chennai) (17:22.071).