Chennai, Oct. 10 -- Two 17-year-olds, Ishaan Madesh from Bengaluru and Chennai's Gyan S recorded lights-to-flag victories in the MRF Formula 2000 and Formula 1600 categories, respectively, to launch their campaign on a bright note in the third round of the MRF 4W Indian National Racing Challenge at the Madras International Circuit, at Irungattukottai, about 40 km from here, on Saturday.
Ishaan, who missed the first round, was near-flawless while winning his race with a measure of comfort, outpacing points leader Saishiva Sankaran from Pune, just like he did in the third race of the previous round. Displaying considerable maturity and race craft, pole-sitter Ishaan did not have a good start and slipped to second but recovered quickly to reg...