Greater Noida: Vishnu Prasad claimed the title in the inaugural Formula BMW series with two podium finishes on the second day of the final round of the JK Tyre Racing Championship, here today.
The Meco Racing driver finished second in Race one behind Chittesh Mandody and third in Race 2 behind winner Mandody and Arjun Maini. Vishnu ended with 179 points and earned himself a free test in European Formula 3 in Italy with Eurointernational.
It was a hat-trick of wins for Mandody, who had recorded his first win yesterday at Buddh International Ciruit. JK Tyre had introduced this series this year exclusively for India's Under-20 drivers with the technical expertise of renowned racing team Eurointernational, winner of several Formula championships globally.
Sarosh Hataria had already sealed the Formula LGB 4 title yesterday. Karthik Krishna won the final race of the season in this category ahead of Vishnu and Rohit Khanna. Vishnu was overall second in drivers championship while Kartik was third.
Rahil Noorani of Mumbai took the top honours in the Volkswagen Polo R Cup even as Gaurav Mehta won the first race of the day, with Jeffrey Kruger and Rahil Noorani in second and third places respectively.
