Kadur takes lead, Gill retires on Day 1

Bengaluru: Bengaluru’s Karna Kadur (in pic) (co-driver Nikhil V Pai) of Arka Motorsports finished Leg-1 as the overall leader in the Prasaditya 46th Karnataka-1000 Rally, a round of the Blueband FMSCI Indian Rally Championship in Tumakuru on Saturday even as defending champion Gaurav Gill (Musa Sherif) retired due to mechanical issues. Kadur took a 47.4-second lead over Palakkad’s Fabid Ahmer (Sanath G) with Mangaluru’s Aroor Arjun Rao (Satish Rajagopal) of Mandovi Racing in third, trailing the leader by one minute.Four more Stages are scheduled to be run tomorrow (Sunday). The schedule was shortened to four Special Stages from six following a delayed start. Ahmer leads in the INRC 2 category while Maninder Singh Prince (Suraj Keshava Prasad) of JK Rallying is ahead in INRC 3.
Results (Leg 1, provisional): Overall/INRC: 1. Karna Kadur/Nikhil V Pai (Arka Motorsports, 36:03s); 2. Fabid Ahmer/Sanath G (36:50.4); 3. Aroor Arjun Rao/Satish Rajagopal (Mandovi Racing, 37:04.7). INRC 2: 1. Ahmer/Sanath; 2. Suhem Kabeer/Jeeva Rathinam (37:09.3); 3. Aditya Thakur/Virender Kashyap (Chettinad Sporting, 37:21.7). INRC 3: 1. Maninder Singh Prince/Suraj Keshava Prasad (JK Rallying, 38:10.9); 2. Philippos Mathai/Harish KN (Arka, 38:10.9); 3. Kuber Sharma/Kunal Kashyap (38:18.1). INRC 4: 1. Aeman Ahmed/Sagar M (Ammyfied Rallying, 43:25.2); 2. Rakshith Iyer/ Avinash CA (43:45.6); 3. Jagbir Nirwan/Karanpreet Mattu (47:43.2). JINRC: 1. Arnav Pratap Singh/Arjun SSB (SNAP Racing, 39:05.9); 2. Pragathi Gowda/Trisha Alonkar (Arka, 39:08.7); Ajay Shankar/Rohit Gowda (40:47.8). Gypsy Challenge (Non-championship): 1. Samrat Yadav/Chandrashekar M (38:54.300); 2. Himanshu Arora/ Vikram Thakur (Ammyfield Rallying, 40:14.300); 3. Kariappa Mekerira/Supreeth Sagar (Ammyfied, 43:02.200).