Veteran riders Rajini Krishnan, Mathana Kumar, Jagriti Penkar and Sarvesh Balappa won titles in their respective categories as the fifth and final round of the MRF MMSC-FMSCI National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2022 concluded at the Madras International Circuit here on Sunday.
Rajani (RACR Castrol Power1), needing just one more point for the title, moved up to fourth place to seal the championship, his 11th national career crown in the Premier Pro-Stock 301-400 cc Open category, while Mathana Kumar (pacer Yamaha) from Trichy topped the Pro-Stock 165cc Open class, finishing fourth for his third title in 11 years, with Rajiv Sethu finishing second in the overall standings.
Earlier, Jagriti (Axor Sparks Racing), a 21-year-old science graduate from Mumbai, was speculated to be the winner of the Girls (Stock 165cc) championship, following the disqualification of the race winner Lani, even before it was confirmed that , was his first title. Jenna Fernandez (RACR Castrol Power1). Awakening finished with 81 points followed by Ann Jennifer (Alpha Racing) on 80 points.
Until a post-race investigation leading to disqualification, Jagriti was second in the championship behind Alpha Racing’s Ann Jennifer, when the pair tied on points, but later regained the issue, giving the Mumbai girl two. Race won. However, the situation reversed after Lani’s disqualification. All the finishers moved up one place to push Riana B (Pacer Yamaha) to first, Jagriti to second and Aditi Krishnan (Vinverve Apex Racing) to third, while Ann Jennifer finished sixth.
Sarvesh Balappa (Xor Sparks Racing), who had taken an unassailable lead in the final round, kept it clean and avoided a close fight for fourth place. His teammates Kayan Zubin Patel and Rohan Ramesh finished first and second ahead of Chirant Viswanath (Rookies Racing).
Meanwhile, Rajini did the same in the closing Pro-Stock 301-400cc open race as he was content to follow the trio of KY Ahmed, Jagan Kumar and Deepak Ravikumar of Petronas TVS Racing. Incidentally, Ahmed completed a double.
Jagan also did well in the Pro-Stock 165cc open race which he won in style ahead of Idemitsu Honda. India Rajeev Sethu and Senthil Kumar of SK69 Racing, for the double.
Chirant Viswanath (Bengaluru) and two youngsters competing in the Rookie category of the Petronas TVS One-Make Championship, Chiranta Viswanath (Bengaluru) and Rahesh Mudassar Khatri (Mumbai) made a splash in the Novice (CBR 150) category of the Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup. By winning all 10 races this season.
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