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. | Name | Lap Time | Millisecond |
1 | Ravjyot Singh | 00:01:04 | 890 |
2 | Anmol Singh | 00:01:05 | 586 |
3 | Achintya Mehrotra | 00:01:05 | 598 |
4 | Sumanyu Singh | 00:01:05 | 893 |
5 | Puneet Batra | 00:01:06 | 390 |
6 | Siddharth Muriyal | 00:01:06 | 511 |
7 | Shaikh Mustafa | 00:01:06 | 605 |
8 | Shashank Sharma | 00:01:06 | 740 |
9 | Meher Deep Singh | 00:01:07 | 65 |
10 | Ishan Sharma | 00:01:07 | 449 |
GT Academy India Live Qualifying rounds will move to other cities - Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai as per the following schedule:
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City | Dates | Venue |
Mumbai | 12th- 14th June | Infinity 2, Malad (West) |
Bangalore | 19th – 21st June | Phoenix Market City, Whitefield |
Chennai | 26th – 28th June | Express 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.
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