{"id":2749,"date":"2017-10-05T15:54:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T10:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.smartworld.asia\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2017-10-05T15:55:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T10:25:03","slug":"mahaveer-raghunathan-first-indian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/mahaveer-raghunathan-first-indian\/","title":{"rendered":"Racer Mahaveer Raghunathan first Indian to claim European race title"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Racer<\/p>\n

Mahaveer Raghunathan became the first Indian to win a European racing championship<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Mahaveer is representing Italian team Coloni Motorsport, a well-known name in the European circuit. He drives a Lola Gibson Tech 3.4 V8 car in the Formula class which has nine other competitors. Eight of them are using more powerful Dallara Mecachrome 4.0 V8 machines. Other one racers competing in a Dallara Renault 3.5 V6 vehicle.
\nIt clearly shows that Mahaveer has a disadvantage of a lesser-powered machine, but the youngster is not complaining.<\/p>\n

\"mahaveer-car,After qualifying third on the grid, Mahaveer consolidated his position in R1_hockenheim-46 (1). Mahaveer said the Race 1 was challenging and it taught him a lot about driving in wet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt started raining during the formation lap and when the race director declared it a wet race, the competitors entered the pits to change their tyres. However, my team took the risk of sending me in with Slick Tyres. I found it difficult to control the car in the first few laps, but slowly got better,\u201d Mahaveer commented.<\/p>\n

In the 18 lap second race, Mahaveer once again finished third to swell his points tally to 40 points for the weekend.
\nMahaveer\u2019s aim is to take the top spot at Zandvoort circuit. \u201cZandvoort is a challenging track, but I am I am confident of a good show especially after my performance in the opening round,\u201d said Mahaveer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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