Diego Duez Takes the Lead in Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2012's Inaugral Round
Published On Jul 12, 2012 06:41 PM By CarDekho for Volkswagen Polo 2015-2019
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Maxican dirver Deigo Duez has created a history once again by grabbing the first spot in the Round two of the ongoing JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2012. He has already made sensation in the first round by becoming the first international driver to win the race held at coimbatore. Mexico based Diego Duez currently leads other drivers with a total accumulated points of 45 after successfully competing in two races of Round One of the JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2012.
In Race One, Diego finished sixth and won 17 points. In Race Two, he accumulated 30 points after a spectacular win. This increased his total points tally helping him overtake others in the current Championship Standings of the JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2012. Race One winner Avdumber Hede is currently in second place with 42 points while Mihir Dharkar occupies third place with a total of 40 points.
Race One was won by Avdumber with a total time of 14:30.038. Mihir finished 0.706 seconds behind him to finish in second spot followed by A. Sandeep Kumar who was 2.500 seconds behind him. Diego had started this race fifth on the grid and finished in sixth position (14:39.314).
The race was red-flagged after 9 laps and resulted in splitting of the race into two parts. Winners were decided after aggregating the time of both parts of the race. Race Two was won by Diego with a total time of 19:17.543 while Alisha Abdullah, the only woman driver, bagged second place with debutant Prashanth Tharani Singh rounding off the podium.
The enthralling race culminated in an interesting finish with Alisha finishing 6.747 seconds behind the leader with third place Prashanth, a mere 0.591 seconds behind her. Diego had started Race Two third on the grid and quickly took the lead for the remainder of the race to clinch the podium.
The Championship standings after Round One of JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2012, as well as the podium results from the two races:
| Position |
Name |
Race One pts. |
Race Two pts. |
Total pts. |
| 1 |
Diego Duez |
15 |
30 |
45 |
| 2 |
Avdumber Hede |
30 |
12 |
42 |
| 3 |
Mihir Dharkar |
24 |
16 |
40 |
| 4 |
Alisha Abdulla |
14 |
24 |
38 |
| 5 |
Prashanth Tharani Singh |
16 |
20 |
36 |
| 6 |
A. Sandeep Kumar |
20 |
11 |
31 |
| 7 |
Munjal Savla |
17 |
14 |
31 |
| 8 |
Ajay Kini |
13 |
17 |
30 |
| 9 |
Rahil Noorani |
11 |
13 |
24 |
| 10 |
Ameya Walavalkar |
9 |
15 |
24 |
| 11 |
Saurav Bandyopadhay |
12 |
9 |
21 |
| 12 |
Donovan Vaz |
10 |
10 |
20 |
| 13 |
Mahinder Khidia |
8 |
6 |
14 |
| 14 |
Hanoosh S |
7 |
7 |
14 |
| 15 |
Anthony George |
5 |
8 |
13 |
| 16 |
Niranjan Todkari |
6 |
4 |
10 |
| 17 |
Yatin Magu |
4 |
5 |
9 |
| 18 |
Siddharth Sharma |
DNF |
3 |
3 |
| 19 |
Tabish Khan |
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