Sivanesan Sethu pulls off stunning win for TVS Racing

: Sivanesan Sethu pulled off a stunning lap to lead 1-2 for TVS Racing in the Pro-Stock 301-400cc category qualifying session as the third round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI National Motorcycle Racing Championship at the MMRT track at Sriperumbudur near here on Friday.

Sivanesan clocked a sizzling 01 min 54.325 secs followed by team-mate and fellow-Chennai rider KY Ahamed (01:54.871), with Hyderabads Rahil Shetty of Sparks Racing (01:55.001) completing the front row for tomorrows race.

Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing, led by Bengaluru riders Anish Shetty (01:57.384) and Abhishek Vasudev (01:59.890), and Chennais Aravind Balakrishnan (02:00.969), qualified for the top three spots in that order in the Pro-Stock 201-300cc class.

Championship leader Ryhana Bee of Sparks Racing (02:11.216), team-mate Ann Jennifer (02:12.189) and Speed Demonz Racings Lani Zena Fernandez (02:14.007) were the top three qualifiers in the girls category.

Lighting up the days proceedings was a bunch of teenagers, led by 15-year old Mohammed Mikail from Chennai, scorched the track in the Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup riding the FIM Moto3-spec NSF 250R bikes.

All the eight riders comfortably went under two minutes in the qualifying session, with Mikail grabbing pole position (01:48.949), ahead of two other Chennai riders, 14-year old Kavin Samaar Quintal (01:50.345) and 16-year old Varoon Sadasivam (01:51.198).

Charan Thangavel, also from Chennai, who finished eighth and last, timed 01:56.828.

Meanwhile, Rajiv Sethu (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing), who scored a double in the previous round, but is trailing team-mate Sarath Kumar by 13 points and championship leader Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing) by 26, set the early pace in the Pro-Stock 165cc class by topping the only free practice session, with a flying lap of 01:59.956.

Jagan, a seven times National champion, had a disappointing run with a 02:03.413 to come ninth as against his team-mate KY Ahamed who was second quickest in 02:00.848, ahead of Yashas RL (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing, 02:01.414).

However, the riders are expected to clock better timings in the qualifying session tomorrow.