RFC India, Leg 6: Virdi beats Lim by 10 points to take maiden win
Gerrari Offroader’s Gurmeet Virdi defeated Merwyn Lim to claim the 2016 Rainforest Challenge India title, ending Force Motors’ hegemony in the annual off-road event.
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Virdi (co-driver Kripal Tung) trailed Lim (co-driver Hamizan Bin Abdul Hamid) by 40 points heading into the final day, the Malaysian driver having held the lead since Leg 4.
But the Indian managed to overturn the deficit by scoring 180 points across the day’s two stages, with Lim only managing 129 points.
Virdi's final tally came to 2177 while Lim was 10 points behind, taking second place ahead of Force Motors' teammate Tan Eng Joo (co-driver Tan Choon Hong).
Joo and Force Motors' two years winning run came to end with Virdi's win, the Malaysian being the only other driver to break into the 2000 points club.
Further back, Kabir Waraich (co-driver Gagan Sachdeva) and Cedrick Jordan DaSilva (co-driver Floyd Preston) finished level on points.
Waraich is classified fourth with the Force Motors' driver maintaining a clean sheet while DaSilva was handed a 70 points penalty in Leg 5.
Meanwhile, RFC South India winner Jagat Nanjappa (co-driver Chethan Chengappa) continued to make strides on the final day, finishing a strong seventh in the overall timesheets, behind Abinav Nukala (co-driver Laxmikanth Thota).
The two stages in the final leg were topped by Siddhartha Santosh (co-driver Yanrenthung Jamio), but was only 11th overall in the standings.
Final Standings:
Pos |
Driver |
Points |
---|---|---|
1 |
Gurmeet Virdi Kirpal Singh Tung |
2177 |
2 |
Merwyn Lim Hamizan Bin Abdul Hamid |
2166 |
3 |
Tan Eng Joo Tan Choon Hong |
2111 |
4 |
Kabir Waraich Gagan Sachdeva |
1938 |
5 |
Cedrick Jordan DaSilva Floyd Preston |
1938 |
6 |
Abinav Reddy Nukala Laxmikanth Reddy Thota |
1831 |
7 |
Jagat Nanjappa Chethan Chengappa |
1801 |
8 |
Sajid Fakih Imran Kazi |
1629 |
9 |
Bijender Singh Gajender Singh |
1536 |
10 |
Chaitanya Challa Shabarish Jagarapu |
1513 |
11 |
Siddharta Santosh Yanrenthung Jamio |
1475 |
12 |
Jithender Nath A Syed Taj |
1362 |
13 |
Lokesh Shivaraja Rohith KR |
1344 |
14 |
Tejas Shindolkar Pushker Audi |
1194 |
15 |
Kartik Sharmka Rajiv Yadav |
1095 |
16 |
Harkeerat Singh Sahi Karn Singh |
1057 |
17 |
Daulat Deepram Choudhary Jeet Tapaswi |
1009 |
18 |
Tejinder Singh Harpeet Singh |
817 |
19 |
Sam Kurian Guhan Shetty |
784 |
20 |
Pradeep Kumar M Prithviraj AC |
773 |
21 |
Sameer Chunawala Amrut Kadam |
758 |
22 |
Anand V Manjooran George Verghese |
704 |
23 |
Vivek Kuriakosse Ashok Kurakose |
703 |
24 |
Madhusudhan Reddy Kumar Raju |
672 |
25 |
Raju Paul Kevin Jose |
440 |
26 |
Damaninder Singh Monu Kumar |
377 |
27 |
Rajasekhara Prabhu B Mallesham |
344 |
28 |
Kurian Kurian Prem Kumar |
144 |
29 |
Gurpartap Singh Sanbir Singh Dhaliwal |
30 |
30 |
Narthan Byramudi Satish Kumar |
10 |
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