Newey Crowned Champion After Thrilling Finish

Starting on pole for the second time this weekend, Newey got the perfect start as Schumacher got bogged down and dropped down to 4^th position. Newey pulled away at the front with Vips got passed Aron and slotted into 2^nd place. Mawson again started from a lowly 7^th place but moved up to 6^th and set his sights on Daniel Ticktum ahead. Schumacher tried to get past Aron on lap 2 but could not make the move stick. On lap 6 Schumacher spun out of the race at the back section while chasing Aron and Vips. In the meanwhile Mawson passed Ticktum to move into 4^th place. Newey comfortably crossed the finish line in 1^st place ahead of Vips and Aron. Mawson finished in 4^th place ahead of Ticktum and Felipe Drugovich.

In Race 2, Mawson had the perfect start and went into C1 first ahead of Newey and Schumacher. There was action in C1 as Aron and Neil Verhagen crashed, bringing out the safety car. When racing resumed on Lap 5, Mawson held on to the lead with Newey all over his gearbox. Schumacher in 3^rd stayed with the two leaders, as has been the case for most of the season with these three driver fighting each other all year long. Mawson looked on course to take the title but a costly mistake on lap 11 into the last corner allowed both Newey and Schumacher to get past. Still Mawson had a 2 point lead. With 2 points being awarded for fastest lap of the race, the top 3 drivers gave it all they got. Newey set the fastest lap on lap 13 only for Schumacher to do it on lap 14. On the final lap of the race Newey went three tenths off to set the fastest lap and win the title.

Harrison Newey was ecstatic after winning the title on the last lap in front of his teary eyed father, Adrian Newey. He commented, “It is just an unbelievable feeling to win the title like this. I knew I had to set the fastest lap if he was in 3^rd and to do it this way is just amazing. This has been a great season with strong competitors in Schumacher and Mawson.”

In Race 2 of the MRF 1600 championship, Sandeep Kumar started on reverse grid pole position ahead of Raghul Rangasamy. Sandeep got the lead off the line with Raghul, Anindith Reddy and Karthik Tharani right behind. Tharani started putting pressure on Reddy and got past him on lap 4. Raghul continued to trouble Sandeep but could not find a way past as Sandeep comfortably crossing the finish line to win his first race of the season. Raghul got his second podium of the weekend ahead of Tharani and Reddy. Chetan Korada and Ishaan Dodhiwala.

 

MRF Challenge 2016, Round 4, Chennai, Race 3:

Pos	Driver Name	Total Time
1	Harrison Newey	23:19.855
2	Juri Vips	23:27.768
3	Ralf Aron	23:28.971
4	Joey Mawson	23:35.640
5	Felipe Drugovich	23:44.053
6	Dylan Young	23:46.430
7	Neil Verhagen	23:46.696
8	Yoshiaki Katayama	23:55.446
9	Manuel Maldonado	24:00.944
10	Dan Ticktum	24:01.927

 

MRF Challenge 2016, Round 4, Chennai, Race 4:

Pos	Driver Name	Total Time
1	Harrison Newey	27:33.142
2	Mick Schumacher	27:36.826
3	Joey Mawson	27:38.466
4	Juri Vips	27:38.409
5	Felipe Drugovich	27:42.965
6	Daniel Ticktum	27:46.228
7	Dylan Young	27:52.373
8	Presley Martono	27:56.919
9	Yoshiaki Katayama	27:57.928
10	Manuel Maldonado	28:09.706

 

MRF 1600, Round 2, Chennai, Race 2:

Pos	Driver Name	Total Time
1	Sandeep Kumar	13:35.993
2	Raghul Rangasamy	13:36.536
3	Karthik Tharani	13:40.090
4	Anindith Reddy	13:45.010
5	Chetan Korada	13:48.264

 

Final Points Table

1^st, Harrison Newey – 277 points

2^nd, Joey Mawson – 277 points

3^rd, Mick Schumacher – 213 points

4^th, Felipe Drugovich – 169 points

5^th, Ralf Aron – 168 points

6^th, Juri Vips – 135 points

7^th, Pedro Cardoso – 89 points

8^th, Kimi Schramm – 65 points

9^th, Dylan Young – 61 points

10^th, Rinus van Kalmthout – 58 points

11^th, Yoshiaki Katayama – 32 points

12^th, Daniel Ticktum – 32 points

13^th, Zane Goddard – 21 points

14^th, Manuel Maldonado – 20 points

15^th, Neil Verhagen – 11 points

16^th, Presley Martono – 9 points

17^th, Parth Ghorpade – 6 points

18^th, Pavan Ravishanker – 6 points

19^th, Bruna Tomaselli – 5 points

20^th, Bobby Eberle – 1 point

21^st, Chia Wing Hoong – 1 point

22^nd, Christophe Mariot – 0 points