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| He will also race in the Malaysian Superseries with Team Raceline. The Superseries consists of five rounds at Sepang. Sixteen-year old Ashwin Sunder, is also going abroad. |
| Like Preetam, he will be racing in the FIM ARRC Championship and the Malaysian Superseries but in the 110cc and 125cc underbone (step-through) classes respectively. |
| Sunder started racing motorcycles in 2005 and stood third for TVS Racing in his first season on motorcycles in the 110-160cc Group D class. All the best guys! |
| Trans Europa Express |
| The Europa S is Lotus' latest offering "� a refined GT-inspired two-seater. It's a bit different from the Lotus norm "� leather-clad interiors with a sedan-like roof-line and more boot space than the Elise and Exige. |
| The new car is designed by Russell Carr, Lotus' in-house designer who did both the current Elise and Exige. The Europa will sport an all-aluminium chassis with a 2000cc turbo-petrol engine that belts out 200 bhp at 5400 rpm. |
| It will be capable of reaching 225 kph and should get to 160 kph in 14 seconds. It also comes with a host of creature comforts and safety features that include driver and passenger airbags. The perfect way to criss-cross Europe then? |
| Young guns |
| MH Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Mumbai is participating in the 2006 Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Championships at Hockenheim, Germany. |
| The championship is an arena for amateur race engineers who will work in a team to design and build a 600cc single seater formula car meeting preset SAE specification. |
| A total of 140 teams will compete. The competition is highly regarded as a prep school for future World Rally Championship and Formula One engineers. Team MHSSC is looking for sponsors. |
| Those interested, call Abishek Raj at +91-9821727137 or Priyank Pathak at +91-9820455460; or email them at team.mhssc@ gmail.com. |