Ibrahim claims Mumbai Falcons IeRC title

Pune’s Muhammad Ibrahim was crowned champion in the Pro Class while Gurgaon’s Amitesh Rao bagged the Junior Class title in the Mumbai Falcons Indian eRacing Championship in association with Volkswagen Motorsport India, here recently.

Muhammed Ibrahim bagged Pole Position and went on to win both races in the last round of the Pro Class to establish himself as India’s best eRacer. The Kuala Lampur based 18-yearold was a class apart, winning 12 races of 16. He amassed a total of 683 points to comfortably finish ahead of Chennai’s Sai Prithvi (542 points) and Amith Kutti (451 points). Niranjan Kumar and Raiden Samervel completed the top five.

The final round of the Pro Class saw Sai Sanjay finish second in Race 1 ahead of Prithvi, Kutti and Michiganbased Ujjwal Belwarier. The top 12 reverse grid saw

Prithvi finish second ahead of Ooty’s Niranjan Kumar, followed by Rohit Raut (Pune) and Swaraj Yada (Navi Mumbai).

Amitesh Rao, won the last race of the Junior Class, followed by Ritesh Rai (Chennai), Prasanna Rajan (Vellore), Navneet Kumar (Bengaluru) and Siddharth Snehl (Ranchi). Rao’s final round victory took him to 258 points to narrowly earn him the title ahead of Pune’s Aditya’s Iyer on 248 points. Rai, Munich-based Garvit Agarwal and Mumbai’s Veer Sheth completed the top five in the Junior Championship.