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Nissan GT Academy kicks off in Delhi; second season in India

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Bala Subramaniam N Jaipur

The second season of Nissan GT Academy in India kicked off in style from Delhi with over 800 people participating in the Live Qualifying round hosted DLF Place, Saket from 5th to 7th June, 2015. The Nissan GT Academy is an initiative by Nissan and PlayStation in search of a racing driver in India. The academy is currently in its seventh season worldwide and second season in India.

The fastest top 10 participants were:

Sr. No.NameLap TimeMillisecond
1Ravjyot Singh00:01:04890
2Anmol Singh00:01:05586
3Achintya Mehrotra00:01:05598
4Sumanyu Singh00:01:05893
5Puneet Batra00:01:06390
6Siddharth Muriyal00:01:06511
7Shaikh Mustafa00:01:06605
8Shashank Sharma00:01:06740
9Meher Deep Singh00:01:0765
10Ishan  Sharma00:01:07449

 

GT Academy India Live Qualifying rounds will move to other cities - Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai as per the following schedule:

CityDatesVenue
Mumbai12th- 14th JuneInfinity 2, Malad (West)
Bangalore19th – 21st JunePhoenix Market City, Whitefield
Chennai26th – 28th JuneExpress Avenue, Royapettah

Ten winners will be selected from these Live Events and they will join ten winners from the online qualification round, at the Indian National Final to be held in July 2015 in Chennai. The winners of the National Finals will get an opportunity to compete to be one of the six to race at the famous Silverstone Race Camp in August 2015.

Source : Nissan GT Academy kicks off in Delhi; second season in India

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First Published: Jun 09 2015 | 1:17 PM IST

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