Perera dominate Formula Junior Racing Series

Sri Lankan Brayan Perera scored hat-trick of wins in the first round of the introductory Formula Junior Racing Series, promoted by Meco Motor Sports, by emerging victorious in three out of five races in the Formula LGB 1300 category at the Kari Motor Speedway here in the weekend.
Over the action-packed two days of the event, which was exclusively meant for aspiring young talent wishing to take the big step from karting to single-seater open-wheel racing, Perera won the first, fourth and fifth races besides a podium in the second outing to underline his prowess.
Alex Bora (Assam) and Ashwin Datta (Chennai) took the honours in the other two FJRS races that boasted of a 12-car grid.

In the two-wheeler support races, Yashas RL (400cc), M Sudhkar (300cc), Anish Shetty (165cc, Novice) and Pooja Dabhi (Ladies, 165cc) achieved double apiece.
The second round of the series will be held at the same venue on April 30 and May 1.
The FJRS is a new entry-level Formula Racing Series for rookie drivers who have attended the Meco Racing Academy and an affordable step up from karting to racing. More importantly, this Series becomes the grooming ground for a seat with the Meco Racing Team taking part in the JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship.

The results:
Formula LGB 1300 (Race 1, 10 laps): 1. Brayan Perera (12mins, 35.721secs); 2. Alex Bora (12:36.516); 3. Sneha Sharma (12:44.595). Race 2: 1. Bora (12:41.753); 2. Perera (12.42.731); 3. Sneha Sharma (12.47.699). Race 3 (12 laps): 1. Ashwin Datta (15:14.502); 2. Sneha Sharma (15:18.405); 3. Jason Huggins (15:21.604). Race 4 (12 laps): 1. Perera (15:05.904); 2. Bora (15:10.225); 3. Datta (15:19.657). Race 5 (12 laps): 1. Perera (17:48.866); 2. Gokul Manesan (17:49.358); 3. Huggins (17:50.262).

Support races (2-wheeler): Up to 400cc - Open (Race 1, 8 laps): 1. Yashas RL (10:15.435); 2. Faraz Shariff (10:19.911); 3. Aditya Rao (10:22.904). Race 2 (10 laps): 1. Yashas (13:51.980); 2. Siddharth (14:00.601); 3. Shariff (14:07.167).
Up to 300cc - Open (Race 1, 8 laps): 1. M Sudhakar (10:50.887); 2. Anthony Peter (10:53.934); 3. Mohammed Arif A (11:20.866). Race 2 (10 laps): 1. Sudhakar (13:41.603); 2. Peter (13:43.552); 3. Pranav Shukla (14:16.070).
Up to 165cc - Novice (Race 1, 8 laps): 1. Anish D Shetty (11:02.408); 2. Anthony Peter (11:07.502); 3. A Amala Gerald (11:15.942). Race 2 (4 laps): 1. Shetty (05:33.949); 2. Peter (05:36.014); 3. Rajkumar (05:39.228).

Ladies (Stock - up to 165cc, 6 laps): 1. Pooja Dabhi (09:22.531); 2. Shruthi N (09:32.604); 3. Rehana Reya (09:43.537). Race 2 (6 laps): Dabhi (09:34.697); 2. Shruthi (09:34.930); 3. Reya (09:55.264).