Volkswagen Polo Race Cup 2010: Vishnu Prasad wins 1st race of Round 2 at Coimbatore

From Left to right: Karthik Shankar, 2nd Runner-up; Vishnu Prasad, Winner of the race; Sahil Shelar, 1st runner-up at the post race press conference of 1st race in Round 2 of the Volkswagen-JK Tyre Polo Cup India 2010.

Vishnu Prasad, the 17 year old driver from Chennai, today won the 1st race in Round 2 of the Volkswagen-JK Tyre Polo Cup India 2010 at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore. The racer from Chennai led from start to finish in the 20 lap race as he became only the second winner of the Polo Cup today. He completed the race in 27 minutes and 57.043 seconds covered a total of 42 kilometres. He was followed home closely by Sahil Shelar from Pune and Karthik Shankar from Hyderabad.

Championship leader Sailesh Bolisetti finished in a competitive 4th position after starting in 6th place. Most impressive today was the only woman on the grid, Alisha Abdullah, who finished in 6th position after starting in 13th position.

Mr K K Swamy, Vice-President and Managing Director, Volkswagen India, flags off the 1st race of the 2nd Round of the Polo Cup

Vishnu had a great start and led comfortably with Sahil Shelar and Kathik Shankar close behind him. Sailesh Bolisetti made a brilliant overtaking move to pass Mohammed Fahad Kutty for 4th position on lap 11. The safety car came out on lap 12 after Suraj Bhagat stopped on track at the second corner due to a collision. It was back to racing when the safety car veered back into the pits with five laps to go. Vishnu had no trouble picking up from where he left off and crossed the chequered flag to win his first race in the Volkswagen-JK Tyre Polo Cup in India 2010.

Mr. K K Swamy Vice-President and Managing Director, Volkswagen India Private. Limited, commented, “Today marked the first time the Race Polos raced on an actual race track. It was thrilling to see a change in the rankings from debut race in Pune, the hometown Volkswagen. It was also fantastic to see the sole woman racer in the series, Ms Alisha Abdullah, finish in the top 6.”

Vishnu Prasad, winner of the 1st race of the 2nd round of the Polo Cup India 2010 crossing the finish line

A delighted Vishnu expressed, “I had a great first race today. And I would like to thank Volkswagen for organising the event and the technical expertise from the coaches. Although I had few bad starts, it was a close race right till the end, and I fought hard to keep my 1st position.”

Second placed Sahil said, “This is my first time on the podium and I hope to be back here after the second race this afternoon. I am looking forward to starting in the reverse grid, it should make for a very interesting race.”

Third placed Karthik commented, “It feels good to be back on the podium, for he third time. My focus remains on the championship and I hope to be on the podium as often as I can.”

Mr K K Swamy, Vice-President and Managing Director, Volkswagen India, with Ms Alisha Abdullah, the only woman racer

OFFICIAL RACE TIMINGS

Position	Car No	Name	Total time	Best Lap time
1.	6	Vishnu Prasad	00:27:57.043	1:16:554
2.	18	Sahil Shelar	00:27:58.893	1:16:774
3.	19	Karthik Shankar	00:27:59.608	1:17:008
4.	12	Sailesh Bolisetti	00:28:01.701	1:16:734
5.	21	Parth Ghorpade	00:28:01.827	1:16:658
6.	3	Alisha Abdullah	00:28:09.658	1:17:772
7.	5	Mohd Fahad Kutty	00:28:13.889	1:16:831
8.	7	Imran Majid	00:28:14.363	1:18:756
9.	2	Gokul Krishna	00:28:14.736	1:18:756
10.	4	Munjal Savla	00:28:16.491	1:17:480
11.	10	Anthony George	00:28:21.321	1:17:794
12.	14	Oshan Kothadiya	00:28:21.595	1:18:294
13.	11	Jai Prashant Venkat	00:28:22.902	1:18:884
14.	1	Vikash Anand	00:28:24.031	1:18:617
15.	9	Samyak Shah	00:28:26.695	1:19:116
16.	17	Sourav Bandopadhyay	00:28:28.685	1:18:854
17.	20	Ameya Bafna	00:26:59.476 (19 laps)	1:17:518
18.	22	Betran Dsouza	00:27:48.798 (18 laps)	1:18:292
19.	8	Gurniaz Mann	00:26:40.514 (16 laps)	1:18:431
20.	15	Suraj Bhagat	00:12:14.680 (9 laps)	1:18:263
21.	16	Saran Vikram	-	-

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July 18, 2010 | By AkMa · Tags: Volkswagen JK Tyre Polo Cup, VW Polo Cup India 2010

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3 Responses to “Volkswagen Polo Race Cup 2010: Vishnu Prasad wins 1st race of Round 2 at Coimbatore”

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