Sunday, 20 May 2012 11:37

Second round of JK Racing Asia Series scheduled during the Asian Festival of Speed from May 28-29, 2011 in Malaysia

New Delhi, May 26, 2011: This weekend, young drivers will be pitting their skills against one another for a chance to climb the top step of the podium in the JK Racing Asia Series. Races 3-6 of the JK Racing Asia Series will be held as part of the Asian Festival of Speed event on May 28-29, 2011 at Sepang International Circuit. This will be the second outing in Malaysia before the Series travels to Indonesia, China, Singapore and India.

Sunday, 20 May 2012 11:37

Chennai lad Aditya Patel got off to an impressive start to his 2011 campaign notching up a fourth place finish at the Hockenheimring in Germany on Saturday. Fourth place in qualifying put Aditya in an extremely good position to fight for a podium finish and was also a confidence booster.

At the start, Aditya managed to make the jump on fellow pro driver, Ola Nillson of Sweden, to take third place. From there on, it was a battle with the leaders for the top spot. While the top three drivers, Mateusz lizowski, Daniel Lloyd and Aditya were concentrating on holding their respective positions, F1 and world touring car Legend Nicola Larini crept up on them from behind and made his move on Aditya with two laps to go thereby pushing the young Indian back to fourth. While all this was going on in front, the other Indian, Sailesh Bolisetti who finished 18th, made good progress over the weekend and also learnt from his experience at his first international race.

Aditya was not disappointed with the fourth place finish as Larini, being a legend, would not be awarded points and hence leaves Aditya 3rd in the points table after round 1. "It's extremely encouraging to end the first round on a positive note. With a few more improvements from my side, I'm confident of better results in the races to come!", said a rather happy Patel after the race.

The Next race will be at Speilberg in Austria.

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