Grand Finale of Polo R Cup 2013 – A battle among the South, West and North for the title
· Championship goes down to wire with only 47 points separating the top five
· Prashanth Tharani (256 points, Chennai) leading the Polo R Cup Championship followed by Rahil Noorani (232 points, Mumbai) and Angad Singh Matharoo (222 points, Chandigarh)
Pune/Greater Noida, November 28, 2013 – The battle for championship is yet again down to wire. Prashanth (Chennai) leads the charts with 256 points followed closely by Rahil (Mumbai) and Angad Singh Matharoo (Chandigarh) with 232 points and 222 points respectively. Prashanth’s brother, Karthik Tharani (Chennai) with 218 points and Junior Cup driver Yatin Magu (Delhi) with 209 points who could also surprise with top performances to get ahead of others. It is a fight between the South, West and North with 5 drivers having a clear shot at the title. The Grand Finale, Round 4, will continue at the BIC, Greater Noida between November 30 and December 01.
The top five drivers of Polo R Cup 2013 are closely placed on the championship standings and it could be anyone’s title with three races to compete. With the drivers having the flexibility of choosing their nine best results out of the 10 races of the year, it could be anyone of the top five coming through as the champion. Besides the usual races, there will be a special support race comprising all women. These international women race drivers are from Scandinavia and East Europe and will be racing in India for the first time. They will be racing in Volkswagen Race Polo TDIs in the Ultima Queens’ Cup. With Buddh International Circuit playing the perfect host for races, the action in this season–ender is one to watch out for. Other attractions would include stunt performances in Polo race cars between the sessions.
Overall Championship Points after 7 Races:
Sr No |
Name Of The Driver | Origin | Total Points Of Rounds 1 & 2 | Round 3 | Total Points of Round 3 |
Total Points | ||
Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | ||||||
1 | Prashanth Tharani | Chennai | 164 | DNS | 32 | 60 | 92 | 256 |
2 | Rahil Noorani | Mumbai | 132 | 60 | 8 | 32 | 100 | 232 |
3 | Angad Matharoo | Chandigarh | 100 | 48 | 40 | 34 | 122 | 222 |
4 | Karthik Tharani | Chennai | 78 | 40 | 60 | 40 | 140 | 218 |
5 | Yatin Magu | New Delhi | 103 | 34 | 24 | 48 | 106 | 209 |
6 | Samarth Jaiswal | Allahbad | 89 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 76 | 165 |
7 | Hanoosh Surapaneni | Hyderabad | 60 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 90 | 150 |
8 | Maninder Singh | New Delhi | 67 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 78 | 145 |
9 | Niranjan Todkari | Aurangabad | 73 | 26 | 14 | 26 | 66 | 139 |
10 | Lee Keshav Gupta | New Delhi | 41 | 30 | 48 | 18 | 96 | 137 |
11 | Anshul Shah | Nagpur | 46 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 74 | 120 |
12 | Gowdham Raj Raju M | Coimbatore | 62 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 48 | 110 |
13 | Gaurav Mehta | Pune | 79 | 20 | 4 | DNS | 24 | 103 |
14 | Divijraj Thakran | Haryana | 48 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 50 | 98 |
15 | Rakesh Ram Kumar | Chennai | 45 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 44 | 89 |
16 | Tanmay Ugale | Ahmednagar | 60 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 28 | 88 |
17 | Shivjeet Malik | Gurgaon | 39 | 14 | 6 | 24 | 44 | 83 |
18 | Venkatesh Shreyas N C | Coimbatore | 30 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 56 |
19 | Adnan Lehry | Chennai | 6 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 44 | 50 |
20 | Trivikram Singh Toor | Mohali | 12 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 0 | 12 |
21 | Jeffrey Kruger | S Africa | Guest Driver |
DNS: Did Not Start
Junior Championship Standings after 7 races:
Sr No |
Name Of The Driver | Origin | C/F Total Points Of Rd–1 & 2 | 3rd Round | Total Points Of Rd–3 | Total Points |
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Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | ||||||
1 | Yatin Magu | New Delhi | 40 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 73 |
2 | Maninder Singh | New Delhi | 36 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 66 |
3 | Lee Keshav Gupta | New Delhi | 28 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 30 | 58 |
4 | Anshul Shah | Nagpur | 26 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 56 |
5 | Gaurav Mehta | Pune | 39 | 8 | 2 | DNS | 10 | 49 |
6 | Tanmay Ugale | Ahmednagar | 28 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 40 |
7 | Rakesh Ram Kumar | Chennai | 22 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 39 |
8 | Shivjeet Malik | Gurgaon | 20 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 39 |
9 | Divijraj Thakran | Haryana | 18 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 38 |
10 | Venkatesh Shreyas N C | Coimbatore | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 23 |
11 | Trivikram Singh Toor | Mohali | 11 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 0 | 11 |
12 | Adnan Lehry | Chennai | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 22 |