Chiranth Vishwanath - The Hindu

Bengaluru’s Chiranth Vishwanath breezed to victory in the premier Super Sport 301-400cc Open class, upstaging pole-sitter and Petronas TVS Racing teammate Sarthak Chavan in the third round of the MRF Indian National Racing Challenge 2W 2026 at the Madras International Circuit, here on Saturday.

Bengaluru’s Savion Sabu (MadRabbit Racing) won the Pro-Stock 200cc Open race that was reduced to three laps following two red-flag stoppages due to on-track incidents. It was the 19-year-old Savion’s second victory in five starts this season.

Earlier, Chennai’s K.K. Anandhu recorded a grand double for Veedol C2 Racing. In the morning, he won the Stock 301-400cc race starting from seventh on the grid and then topped the Super Stock 165cc Intermediate later in the day after pole-sitter Ann Jennifer retired in the first lap, ending her unbeaten run across two rounds.

The results: Provisional (six laps unless mentioned): Super Sport 301-400cc Open: Race 1: 1. Chiranth Vishwanath (Petronas TVS Racing, 10m, 55.474s); 2. Sarthak Chavan (Petronas TVS Racing, 10:55.989); 3. Rakshith Dave (Petronas TVS Racing, 10:57.703).

Pro-Stock 200cc Open: Race 1 (3 laps): 1. Savion Sabu (MadRabbit Racing, 06:08.259); 2. Senthil Kumar (Team Rockers Racing, 06:08.611); 3. K. Amarnath Menon (MadRabbit Racing, 06:09.103).

Super Stock 301-400cc Open: Race 1: 1. Senthil Kumar (Team Rockers Racing, 11:26.600); 2. S. Mathana Kumar (Team Rockers Racing, 11:26.761); 3. Kabilesh Rajini Krishnan (RACR Castrol Power 1, 11:29.135).

Super Stock 165cc Intermediate: Race 1: 1. K.K. Anandhu (Veedol C2 Racing, 12:48.674; 2. D. Annish Samson (Motul Sparks Racing, 12:53.960); 3. Faruk Ali Sohtun (Motul Sparks Racing, 12:58.202.

Stock 301-400cc Novice: Race 1: 1. K.K. Anandhu (12:15.654); 2. S. Venugopalan (Motul Sparks Racing, 12:15.713); 3. Divy Parmer (Ipone Yakuza Racing India, 12:16.338).

Stock 165cc Novice: Race 1 (4 laps): 1. Surya Reddy (RACR Castrol Power 1, 08:49.529); 2. Yashwant Varma (Motul Sparks Racing, 08:49.923); 3. K.M. Saranjith (Veedol C2 Racing, 08:50.023.

Petronas TVS one-make Championship: Expert (Apache RR 310): Race 1: 1. R. Hari Haran (11:33.103); 2. Rajender Beedani (11:33.771); 3. Kamal Navas (11:43.181).

Rookie (Apache RTR 200) Race 1: 1. Jangam Akarsh (13:12.423); 2. Dev Agastya (13:12.650); 3. C. Godwin Clarance (13:12.862).

Women (Apache RTR 200): Race 1 (5 laps): 1. Poojitha Anil Kumar (11:15.136); 2. Drishya Nair (11:27.312); 3. Hannah Akkineni Joshitha (11:31.698).