The 2025 MRF MMSC Indian National Car Racing Championship concluded with the fourth and final round held at the Madras International Circuit on January 24-25. Ishaan Madesh and Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran won the premier MRF Formula 2000 and Formula 1600 titles, respectively, while Biren Pithawalla defended his title in the Indian Touring cars category.
Other title winners included 80-year-old Vidyaprakash Damodaran (ITC 1625), Biren Pithawalla (Indian Touring Cars), Aman Nagdev (Polo Cup), Rithvik Thomas (Indian Junior Touring Cars), Joel Joseph (Formula LGB 1300) and Akshay Muralidharan (MRF Saloons).
1. Aman Nagdev won the Polo Cup title
2. 80-year-old Vidyaprakash Damodaran won the ITC 1625 title
MRF F2000 champion: Ishaan Madesh
Heading into the final round, Arjun Chheda held the lead in the MRF F2000 category. This lead was slashed to just two points when Madesh won the first race on Saturday. The reigning National Karting champion then followed that up with two back-to-back wins on Sunday to take a clean sweep and win the title.
MRF F2000 Race 1
1. Ishan Madesh – 12mins 51.183sec
2. Arjun Chheda – 12mins 52.050sec
3. Shivesh Selvarathnam – 13mins 03.800sec
MRF F2000 Race 2
1. Ishaan Madesh – 21mins 00.736sec
2. Arjun Chheda – 21mins 14.310sec
3. Shivesh Selvarathnam – 21mins 19.348sec
MRF F2000 Race 3
1. Ishaan Madesh – 12mins 47.405sec
2. Arjun Chheda – 12mins 52.727sec
3. Tarun MB – 13mins 06.385sec
MRF F1600 champion: Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran
In the MRF F1600 category, Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran finished on the podium in all three races, including taking victory in Race 2. This was enough for him to seal the title with a race to spare.
MRF F1600 Race 1
1. Nigel Abraham Thomas – 13mins 55.894sec
2. Arjun S Nair – 13mins 56.411sec
3. Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran – 13mins 57.709sec
MRF F1600 Race 2
1. Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran – 21mins 56.732sec
2. Nigel Abraham Thomas – 22mins 02.561sec
3. Arjun S Nair – 22mins 04.050sec
MRF F1600 Race 3
1. Nigel Abraham Thomas – 13mins 57.378sec
2. Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran – 14mins 06.172sec
3. Gyan S – 14mins 17.826sec
Indian Touring Cars champion: Biren Pithawalla
Biren Pithawalla overcame a host of setbacks, including brake issues, drop in power and even an injury through the weekend to retain the title in the Indian Touring Cars category. While he didn’t win a race at the finale, he did finish on the podium in all three races and defeated his nearest championship rival Dhruv Chavan by 10 points.
Indian Touring Cars Race 1
1. Ritesh Rai (Buzzing Hornet) – 14mins 59.428sec
2. Karna Kadur (Arka Motorsports) – 15mins 03.519sec
3. Biren Pithawalla (Mumbai, N1 Racing) – 15mins 03.924sec
Indian Touring Cars Race 2
1. Karna Kadur (Arka Motorsports) – 19mins 15.138secs
2. Biren Pithawalla (Team N1 Racing) – 19mins 25.275sec
3. Arjun Balu (Race Concepts Motorsports) – 19mins 25.733sec
Indian Touring Cars Race 3
1. Arjun Balu – 14mins 55.495sec
2. Biren Pithawalla – 15mins 09.053sec
3. Rithesh Rai (Buzzing Hornet) – 15mins 15.953sec
Polo Cup champion: Aman Nagdev
Aman Nagdev won two races at the finale to clinch is maiden national title. This comes on the back of a truly dominant season that saw the teenager finish on the podium in nine of out 10 races, six of which were race wins. He finished 21 points clear of second-placed Aditya Patnaik, who also scored a 100 percent podium success rate this season.
Polo Cup Race 1
1. Aman Nagdev – 15mins 32.762sec
2. Aditya Patnaik – 15mins 36.672sec
3. Ojas Surve – 15mins 38.390sec
Polo Cup Race 2
1. Ojas Surve – 26mins 21.764sec
2. Aditya Patnaik – 26mins 56.419sec
3. Aman Nagdev – 27mins 04.902sec
Polo Cup Race 3
1. Aditya Patnaik – 15mins 43.686sec
2. Aman Nagdev – 15mins 48.564sec
3. Pratikk Sonawane – 15mins 50.882sec
Polo Cup Race 4
1. Aman Nagdev – 15mins 30.275sec
2. Ojas Surve – 15mins 31.585sec
3. Aditya Patnaik – 15mins 38:083sec
ITC 1625 champion: Vidyaprakash Damodaran
For the 2025 season, the championship added a new Indian Touring Cars (ITC) category for cars up to 1,625cc. Only two racers competed in this new category at the finale – the championship’s oldest driver, 80-year-old Vidyaprakash Damodaran and his grand-nephew Nikanth Rambabu.
While Rambabu won all the races at the finale, Vidyaprakash’s performance across the season was enough and he scored just enough points to win the title.
ITC 1625 Race 1
1. Nikanth Rambabu (Performance Racing) – 15mins 52.940sec
2. Vidyaprakash Damodaran (Performance Racing) – 16mins 07.926sec
ITC 1625 Race 2
1. Nikanth Rambalu (Performance Racing) – 20mins 22.211sec
ITC 1625 Race 3
1. Nikanth Rambalu (Performance Racing) – 16mins 10.997mins
2. Vidyaprakash Damodaran (Performance Racing) – 16mins 11.924sec
Indian Junior Touring Cars champion: Rithvik Thomas
Rithvik Thomas held a comfortable lead heading into the final round. Even though he didn’t make it to the podium over the weekend, a P4 result in Race 2 was enough for him to wrap up the Indian Junior Touring Cars title with one more race to go.
Indian Junior Touring Cars Race 1
1. Deepak Ravikumar (Performance Racing) – 15mins 32.831sec
2. Viswas Vijayaraj (Performance Racing) – 15mins 33.210sec
3. R Raja Rajan (Performance Racing) – 15mins 45.157sec
Indian Junior Touring Cars Race 2
1. Deepak Ravikumar (Performance Racing) – 20mins 03.408sec
2. RP Raja Rajan (Performance Racing) – 20mins 39.977sec
3. Jarshan Anand (DB Motorsports) – 21mins 07.201sec
Indian Junior Touring Cars Race 3
1. Viswas Vijayaraj (Performance Racing) – 15mins 31.018sec
2. Deepak Ravikumar (Performance Racing) – 15mins 34.664sec
3. RP Raja Rajan (Performance Racing) – 16mins 10.218sec
Super Stock champion: Diljith TS
Diljith TS dominated the Super Stock category, scoring eight wins from nine race starts. He ended up taking home the title despite missing the first round of the season.
Super Stock Race 1
1. Diljith TS (DTS Racing) – 16mins 36.868sec
2. Lal Kattikulam Bharathan (DTS Racing) – 16mins 48.941sec
3. Anirudha Arvind (DTS Racing) – 16mins 54.675sec
Super Stock Race 2
1. Anirudha Arvind (DTS Racing) – 21mins 12.952sec
2. Diljith TS (DTS Racing) – 19mins 24.991sec +1 lap
3. Deepa S John (DTS Racing) – 19mins 37.628sec +1 lap
Super Stock Race 3
1. Dilijith TS (DTS Racing) – 16mins 35.981sec
2. Krishanu Dutta Bhuyan (Zion Racing) – 16mins 51.049sec
3. Anirudha Arvind (DTS Racing) – 16mins 55.613sec
Formula LGB 1300 champion: Joel Joseph
Joel Joseph clinched both the Open and Junior crowns in the Formula LGB 1300 category after finishing on the podium in all three races. He survived some close battles with his title rival and teammate Vinith Kumar, who eventually settled for third in the standings, behind Aditya Patnaik.
Formula LGB 1300 Race 1
1. Aditya Patnaik (Momentum Motorsports) – 17mins 57.626sec
2. Bhuvan Bonu (MSport) – 17mins 57.813sec
3. Joel Joseph (DTS Racing) – 18mins 00.792sec
Formula LGB 1300 Race 2
1. Bhuvan Bonu (MSport) – 21mins 44.649sec
2. Aditya Patnaik (Momentum Motorsports – 21mins 53.533sec
3. Joel Joseph (DTS Racing) – 21mins 54.505sec
Formula LGB 1300 Race 3
1. Vinith Kumar (DTS Racing) – 15mins 09.078sec
2. Lokithlingeash Ravi (DTS Racing) – 15mins 09.805sec
3. Joel Joseph (DTS Racing) – 15mins 10.039sec
MRF Saloons champion: Akshay Muralidharan
Despite not completing the last race, luck was on Akshay Muralidharan’s side to clinch the MRF Saloons title. Tarushi Vikram ended the season on high, winning two of the three races, which saw her finish third in the championship, behind Mohammed Arafath.
MRF Saloons Race 1
1. Tarushi Vikram – 16mins 59.449sec
2. Mohammed Arfath – 17mins 06.681sec
3. Akshay Muralidhran – 17mins 08.397sec
MRF Saloons Race 2
1. Akshay Muralidharan – 27mins 04.714sec
2. Tarushi Vikram – 27mins 30.993sec
3. Dr MM Annamallia – 27mins 33.844sec
MRF Saloons Race 3
1. Tarushi Vikram – 17mins 56.618sec
2. Mohammed Arafath – 16mins 01.703sec + 1 lap
3. Salvius Karthik Roy – 16mins 11.300sec + 1 lap
