Chennai, Oct. 3 -- Eighteen-year-old Pune rider Sarthak Chavan who is Petronas TVS Racing team's spearhead, shrugged off a crash in the free practice session this morning, to snatch the pole position a few hours later by topping the qualifying session in the premier Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open category as the fourth round of the MRF MMSC-FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2025 commenced at the Madras International Circuit,atIrungattukottai, about 40 km from here, today.
Sarthak, who crashed during the morning's practice session when he was 1.1 second off the pace, put in a near-flawless hot lap in the qualifying clocking 01 minute, 48.047 secs around the 3.712 km circuit to warm up for the battle ahead with championship lead...