Japanese driver Yudai Jinkawa clinched his fourth victory of the season when he took the chequered flag ahead of Vikash Anand and Tarun Reddy in the MRF 1600 race of the National Racing Championship, here today.
It was an exciting finish to the race as the top three drivers were separated by just three tenths off a second at the finish line at the Buddh International Circuit.
In the Indian Touring Car category, N Leelakrishnan held off reigning champion Arjun Balu to win by 3.030seconds from pole position while Ananth Pitawala claimed his first ever win in the Indian Junior Touring Car category.
In the Toyota EMR Trophy, Diljith won Race one from pole position while youngster Akhil Rabindra won Race two.
Diljith was elated to have driven on an F1 track for the first time in his career.
"This is a very high speed track. There are a lot of high speed corners and lot of overtaking opportunities. And these cars are also much better," Diljith said.
Akhil, who had finished second in race one, also enjoyed the drive.
"It's different driving here. The corners are wide. The approach to race here is different. It was quite competitive out there."
In the ITC race, Leelakrishnan started on pole and had a good start off the line. Arjun started slow but just managed to hold off a charging M Sivaramakrishnan behind him.
Leelakrishnan pulled a two second lead in the first two laps and managed to keep the gap for the rest of the race. Arjun went faster as the race went on setting his fastest lap off the race on the second last lap.
Sivaramakrishnan had a lonely race in third as he finished 13.317 seconds behind the leader.
In the MRF 1600, Yudai, starting on pole, had a great start and went into the lead with Tarun and Vikash right behind him.
Tarun and Vikash had a great battle for the first 3 laps with the latter finally getting past in the mid-sector. Vikash then started to reel Yudai in bringing Tarun with him and was right on his tail with three laps to go.
