Car India – August 2019

The Ameo

Cup Returns

to Chennai

A mediocre Saturday was

trumped by an action-

packed affair on Sunday

during the second round

of the Ameo Cup

Report: Joshua Varghese

Photography: Volkswagen Motorsport

iththefirstrounddone

anddusted,theAmeoCupcampmovedto

thefasterandlongerMMrtforthe

secondroundofthechampionship.Pratik

sonawane(Pune)surgedaheadoftherestofthedrivers

andearnedpolepositionwitha lap-timeof1:53.729.

Givinghimcompanyonthefirstrowwassaurav

Bandyopadhyay(thane).

RaceOne

Pratikgota goodlaunchoffthelineandthatputhimin

a positiontocommandthepace.Bytheendofthefirst

lap,hehadachieveda strongleadandmaintainedit till

theendoftherace,drivingtoa rathercomfortable

victory.Behindhim,therewasa spotofdramaasJeet

Jhabakh(hyderabad)andsauravlockedhorns.the

latterkepta coolheadanddefendedhisspotwell,

ultimatelyfinishinginsecondplaceaboutfiveseconds

behindtheracewinner.havingrunoutofcardsto

play,Jeethadtosettleforthefinalplaceonthepodium.

RaceTwo

the second race had a lot of scope for action because a

(Above & left)

Pratik (centre)

drove brilliantly

and took the win

(Below both)

Saurav’s never-

say-die attitude

propelled him to

a win

reverse-gridstartorderwasineffectforupto 12

places.harshsheth(Chennai)wasinpoleposition

withAvikAnwar(dhaka) for company but the former

could not make the most of it off the start line. Avik

took the lead early in the race and did a commendable

jobtomaintainit untilthelastlap.Withtherace

drawingtoa close,Avikcededhisleadtothecharging

duoofPratikandsaurav.saurav then took charge of

the race and drove to victorywithPratikandAvik

crossing the line behind himinthatorder.

thereverse-gridstart

suredidspicethingsup

onsunday and showed us

that the championship is

still anyone’s prize to

claim. More to look

forward to in the third

round.

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