In the last and third event of this round in the LGB Formula Four, the prime racing scheduled this afternoon, Ashwin was in his elements and reacted quickly in all respects and stood out from the rest in the third race today.
Another talented driver Saran Vikram was second and Sarosh Hataria was third on the grid but the former was determined to avoid any incident that would affect his chances of finishing on podium.
Sarosh had a duel with young lad Vishnu Prasad, who was consistently moving close to him. Sarosh yielded any lee way to Vishnu by always keeping to his inside line. However, Sarosh was determined and managed to finish third.
The much awaited Super Saloon Car event threw out interesting hot chases for top honours but Arjun Balu, the favourite kept his cool to live up to his billing as the 'top seed'. There was no difference to the manner in which he won the first race yesterday. Starting from the pole, Arjun brought about a stunning finish for first place.
Arjun with bundle of experience was in his own league, determined to keep aloof from the others with solid lead from the beginning and avoid getting in the web of incidents. There was greater challenge for the second and third place between Arjun Narendran, Leela Krishnan, Raj Virdhan and Siddarth Kishore.
In all counts, it was a creditable show by veteran Leela Krishnan to finish second for the second successive podium finish this weekend and Siddarth Kishore came third. MORE