SportsPosted at: Sep 27 2026 6:15PM


4W National Racing : Ishaan Madesh, Saishiva Sankaran share honours

Chennai, Sep 27 (UNI) Bengaluru’s Ishaan Madesh found his form for his first win of the season in the MRF Formula 2000 class as the second round of the MRF 4W Indian National Racing Challenge concluded at the Madras International Circuit, at Irungattukottai, about 40 km from here, on Sunday.
In the MRF Formula 1600 class, Visakhapatnam’s Bhuvan Bonu won two of the three races and finished second to Gyan S from Chennai in the other.
Ishaan, who last drove the F2000 several months ago when he won the championship, and missed the first round last month, finished second and third in the two earlier races this weekend, but came into his own in Race-3 to end Pune teenager Saishiva Sanakran’s streak of five consecutive victories across two rounds. Saishiva won Race-1 yesterday and Race-2 today, before yielding to Ishaan’s pace in the third outing.
“Yes, I salvaged my weekend with this win. I went out on new tyres which gave me better grip than the others who were on old tyres. So, I could push and take the lead at Turn-1, passing Saishiva (the pole-sitter) on the outside. Thereafter, I had the pace to extend the lead for this win. I came here on Saturday without enough seat time, so, I am happy with my performance in the last race,” said Ishaan.
Meanwhile, Nellore’s Viswas Vijayaraj who spearheaded DTS Racing’s dominance in the Formula LGB 1300 (Open) won all three races this weekend. In the Junior section, Bengaluru’s Shatveer Shetty won Race-2, while three Sri Lankans from Colombo, Aadam Junaid, Kaveen Diyyan Rajapksa and Saurika Livindu completed a podium sweep for Momentum Motorsports in Race-3.
Chennai’s Alisha Abdulla marked her return to racing after a five-year break due to marriage and motherhood, with two podium finishes, including a win, in the MRF Saloons (Toyota Etios) category. However, she was stripped of her victory following a disqualification for an infringement. Hemachandran R from Puducherry, winner of the previous race, was promoted to P1 for a double. Coimbatore’s S.Gokula Rathinam had won the first race.
In the Volkswagen Polo Cup, Mumbai’s Pratik Sonawane won two of the three races while Aman Nagdev from Noida topped the other. Thrissur’s Diljith TS and his DTS Racing team-mate Lal Kattikulam Bharathan, won one race apiece in the Super Stock class.
The results (Final, all 8 laps unless mentioned):
MRF F2000 (Race-2, 10 laps):
1. Saishiva Sankaran (Pune) (16:06.547); 2. Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru) (16:13.734); 3. Swarnav Das (Pune) (16:23.293).
Race-3:
1. Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru) (12:54.597); 2. Saishiva Sankaran (Pune) (13:03.529); 3. Krishay Gutte (Mumbai) (13:06.041).
MRF F1600 (Race-2, 10 laps):
1. Gyan S (Chennai) (17:35.235); 2. Bhuvan Bonu (Visakhapatnam) (17:35.549); 3. Shivansh Bejoy (New Delhi) (17:39.506).
Race-3:
1. Bhuvan Bonu (Visakhapatnam) (13:57.878); 2. Gyan S (Chennai) (14:10.759); 3. Shivansh Bejoy (New Delhi) (14:17.501).
Formula LGB 1300 (Race-2, 10 laps) (Open):
1. Viswas Vijayaraj (Nellore, DTS Racing) (18:56.086); 2. Liron Jaden Samuels (Tirunelveli, DTS Racing) (18:57.614);
3. Vinith Kumar (Tirupur, DTS Racing) (18:58.572).
Race-3 (6 laps):
1. Viswas Vijayaraj (Nellore, DTS Racing) (11:37.984); 2. Liron Jaden Samuels (Tirunelveli, DTS Racing) (11:38.576); 3. Dhruvh Goswami (Bengaluru, Meco Racing) (11:40.965).
Junior (Race-2, 10 laps):
1. Shatveer Shetty (Bengaluru, Meco Racing) (19:21.666); 2. Aadam Junaid (Colombo, Momentum Motorsports) (19:36.677);
3. Dhrihan Dagha (Mumbai, Meco Racing) (19:39.313).
Race-3 (6 laps):
1. Aadam Junaid (Colombo, Momentum Motorsports) (11:51.860); 2. Kaveen Diyyan Rajapksa (Colombo, Momentum Motorsports) (11:57.336); 3. Saurika Livindu (Colombo, Momentum Motorsports) (12:08.053).
Super Stock (Race-1):
1. Diljith TS (Thrissur, DTS Racing) (16:33.904); 2. Lal Kattikulam Bharathan (Thrissur, DTS Racing) (16:42.711); 3. Deepa S John (Thiruvananthapuram, DTS Racing) (16:46.485).
Race-2 (10 laps):
1. Lal Kattikulam Bharathan (20:55.028); 2. Diljith TS (20:55.156); 3. Deepa S John (21:16.563).
Volkswagen Polo Cup (Race-1):
1. Pratik Sonawane (Mumbai) (15:37.630); 2. Aman Nagdev (Noida) (15:41.744); 3. Neel Shah (Mumbai) (15:42.456).
Race-2 (10 laps):
1. Aman Nagdev (Noida) (19:37.328); 2. Neel Shah (Mumbai) (19:39.604); 3. Pratik Sonawane (Mumbai) (19:41.239).
Race-3:
1. Pratik Sonawane (Mumbai) (15:35.740); 2. Aman Nagdev (15:37.678); 3. Neel Shah (15:37.901).
MRF Saloons (Toyota Etios) Race-1:
1. S Gokula Rathinam (Coimbatore) (17:17.519); 2. Hemachandran R (Puducherry) (17:22.108); 3. Aakash Vivek (Chennai) (17:26.603).
Race-2 (10 laps):
1. S Gokula Rathinam (Coimbatore) (21:36.324); 2. Alisha Abdulla (Chennai) (21:38.817); 3. Hemachandran R (Puducherry) (21:39.781).
Race-3:
1. Hemachandran R (Puducherry) (17:19.350); 2. Aakash Vivek (Chennai) (17:19.676); 3. S. Gokula Rathinam (Coimbatore) (17:22.886).
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