Chennai, Sep 21 (NationPress) Ishaan Madesh, a 16-year-old from Bengaluru, redeemed himself from a lackluster first day by clinching victory in both races on Sunday within the top-tier Formula 2000 category. This impressive performance capped off the second round of the MMSC fmsci Indian National Car Racing Championship 2025 at the Madras International Circuit.

The highlight of the weekend came from local star Ritesh Rai (Buzzing Hornet), who, driving a Volkswagen Polo, achieved a remarkable triple crown by winning all three races in the Indian Touring Cars (ITC) category. He showcased remarkable speed and composure against a fierce challenge from Coimbatore’s veteran Arjun Balu (Race Concepts), who returned to racing after a year-long hiatus with a misfiring Honda V-tec. Defending champion Biren Pithawalla (N1 Racing) from Mumbai faced difficulties with a turbo issue in his VW Polo, ending with a second-place finish and a retirement.

After having his start impacted by a speed limiter on Saturday, where he secured third in Race-1, Ishaan Madesh left no stone unturned today, securing comfortable victories in both races and moving within two points of championship leader Arjun Chheda from Pune. Chheda, who won Race-1, finished right behind Madesh in both races today, with Tarun MB from Bengaluru completing the podium. Race 3 was interrupted by a Safety Car due to a three-car collision before it resumed.

Pune’s Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran and Zahan Commissariat from Mumbai each won a race in the MRF Formula 1600 category, with Sankaran taking the lead in the standings, just four points ahead of Saturday’s Race-1 victor, Arjun Nair from Bengaluru. The MRF F1600 races were held alongside the F2000 for a combined grid.

Chennai’s Deepak Ravikumar (Team Performance Racing) was another standout of the weekend, marking his return to racing following a severe Superbike accident at the Buddh International Circuit last year, which required a 10-month recovery. Ravikumar won two races in the Indian Junior Touring Cars class, alongside Diljith TS from Thrissur (DTS Racing), who also achieved two victories in the Super Stock category.

Navi Mumbai’s Aditya Patnaik (Momentum Motorsports) and Vinith Kumar (DTS Racing) from Tirupur shared victories in the two Formula LGB 1300 races, which featured some of the closest competition this weekend.

Ojas Surve from Navi Mumbai and Aman Nagdev from Noida each secured a win in the Volkswagen Polo Cup, which was run on a combined grid with Saloons, where Akshay Muralidharan from Coimbatore dominated by winning both races on Sunday.

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

F2000 (Race-2): 1. Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru) (16mins, 12.454secs); 2. Arjun Chheda (Pune) (16:27.955); 3. Tarun MB (Bengaluru) (16:46.254). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Ishaan Madesh (18:24.837); 2. Arjun Chheda (18:43.416); 3. Tarun MB (18:43.653).

F1600 (Race-2): 1. Zahan Commissariat (Mumbai) (17:47.271); 2. Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran (Pune) (17:54.772); 3. Nigel Abraham Thomas (Bengaluru) (17:57.811). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran (19:07.963); 2. Arjun S Nair (Bengaluru) (19:09.784); 3. Gyan S (Chennai) (19:26.454).

Indian Touring Cars (Race-2): 1. Ritesh Rai (Chennai, Buzzing Hornets) (19:07.412); 2. Biren Pithawalla (Mumbai, Team N1 Racing) (19:12.580); 3. Arjun Balu (Coimbatore, Race Concepts) (19:47.483). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Ritesh Rai (15:15.368); 2. Arjun Balu (15:15:857); 3. Ananth Pithawalla (Mumbai, Team N1 Racing) (15:35.559)

ITC 1625 (Race-2): 1. Vidyaprakash Damodaran (Coimbatore, Team Performance Racing) (19:49.245); 2. Mohammed Fahad Kutty (Mumbai, Team GameOver) (20:13.234); 3. Nikanth Rambalu (Coimbatore, Team Performance Racing) (20:57.035). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Nikanth Rambalu (15:59.539); 2. Vidyaprakash Damodaran (16:09.724); 3. Mohammad Fahad Kutty (16:21.657),

Indian Junior Touring Cars (Race-2): 1. Deepak Ravikumar (Chennai, Team Performance Racing) (19:52.992); 2. Viswas Vijayaraj (Nellore, Team Performance Racing) (19:56.348); 3. Rithvik Thomas (Bengaluru, Race Concepts) (20:22.308). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Deepak Ravikumar (15:51.755); 2. Hattim Shabir (Chennai, Team Performance Racing) (15:51.986); 3. Viswas Vijayaraj (16:08.827).

Super Stock (Race-2): 1. Diljith TS (Thrissur, DTS Racing) (20:50.848); 2. Kesara Godage (Sri Lanka, Red Line Racing) (19:12.044+1 lap); 3. Balaprasath (Coimbatore, DTS Racing) (19:13.327+1 lap). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Diiljith TS (16:43.953); 2. Kesara Godage (17:04.575); 3. Balaprasath (17:06.509);

Formula LGB 1300 (Race-2, Open): 1. Aditya Patnaik (Navi Mumbai, Momentum Motorsports) (20:52.069); 2. Mehul Agarwal (Kolkata, Delta Speeds) (20:53.826); 3. Neythan McPherson (Pune, Momentum Motorsports) (20:54.088). Junior: 1. Aditya Patnaik (Navi Mumbai, Momentum Motorsports) (20:52.069); 2. Neythan McPherson (Pune, Momentum Motorsports) (20:54.088); 3. Vinith Kumar (Tirupur, DTS Racing) (20:54.270). Race-3 (8 laps – Open and Junior): 1. Vinith Kumar (15:11.731); 2. Neythan McPherson (15:29.024); 3. Bhuvan Bonu (Bengaluru, MSPORT) (15:29.485).

Volkswagen Polo Cup (Race-2): 1. Ojas Surve (Navi Mumbai) (15:49.297); 2. Aman Nagdev (Noida) (19:50.069); 3. Aditya Patnaik (Navi Mumbai) (19:50.381). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Aman Nagdev (15:43.639); 2. Aditya Patnaik (15:44.035); 3. Ojas Surve (15:46.227).

MRF Saloons (Race-2): 1. Akshay Muralidharan (Coimbatore) (21:41.170); 2. Tarushi Vikram (Chikkamagaluru) (21:41.531); 3. Siddhanth Koundinya (Bengaluru) (21:55.203). Race-3 (8 laps): 1. Akshay Muralidharan (Coimbatore) (17:27.655); 2. Mohammed Arfath (Chennai) (17:29.533); 3. Tarushi Vikram (Chikkamagaluru) (17:29.950).