Polo Cup India 2010, first race
Sailesh Bolisetti, the 22-year old driver from Vishakhapatnam, has won the inaugural race of the Volkswagen-JK Tyre Polo Cup India 2010, on the street track in the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune.
The racer from Hyderabad led from start to finish as he created history by becoming the first winner of the Polo Cup today. He was followed home closely by Saran Vikram from Chennai and Karthik Shankar from Delhi.
Mohammed Fahad Kutty had finished in 3rd place but had then been given a 15 second penalty by the stewards for overtaking under yellow flags. It was a close finish as the top 6 were covered by less than 10 seconds at the chequered flag.
Sailesh had a great start and led from the start with Saran Vikram and Karthik Shankar behind him. Starting from 6th on the grid, Fahad Kutty (Mohammed) made a brilliant overtaking move to pass Shankar (Karthik) for 3rd position on lap 2. As he closed on second-placed Saran Vikram he clipped the tyre barrier into the first corner damaging his car in the process. He was unable to challenge Saran after that but did crossed the finish line in third place. He was later penalized for overtaking under yellow flags.
After winning the race, Sailesh said, “This is a great day for me and I would like to thank Volkswagen for giving me this amazing opportunity. I made a good start and after that just had to make sure that I did not make any mistakes. It was quite a tough race as the cars behind me were really close together but am really satisfied with the result.”
Polo Cup India 2010 will have a race every month till December 2010 and the other five races will take place on the race courses in Chennai and Coimbatore.
Schedule for Polo Cup 2010 races
17/18 July 2010 at Coimbatore (Kari Motor Speedway)
28/29 Aug 2010 at Coimbatore (Kari Motor Speedway)
25/26 Sep 2010 at Chennai (Irungattukottai Race Track)
27/28 Nov 2010 at Chennai (Irungattukottai Race Track)
18/19 Dec 2010 at Chennai (Irungattukottai Race Track)
