Greater Noida :  Jeffrey Kruger continued to dominate in the Volkswagen Polo R Cup as he won Race 1 ahead of his sister Robyn Kruger who is a guest driver for this round. Rahil, who was standing second on the Championship standings before this round, finished third, ahead of Prashanth Tharani, who was the leader in Championship Standings before this round. Starting from the pole position, Jeffrey pulled away from the pack from lap 1 and kept on increasing his lead to eventually win the race comfortably.

Jeffrey starting on pole had a great start and led off the grid. Robyn had a better start and was side-by-side with Jeffrey as they entered the first corner. Jeffrey managed to stay ahead and started to pull away. Behind him Robyn, who started second on the grid, just managed to stay ahead of Rahil Noorani (started third). Championship contender Rahil Noorani attempted to put pressure on Robyn but to no avail as she started to pull away. Behind them Prashanth Tharani Singh (started sixth) and Hanoosh Supraneni (started seventh) slotted into 4th and 5th position. Jeffrey continued to pull away at the front and was unbeatable as he crossed the finish line in first place.

“It was a great race with my sister and I am happy to have come out in front. Going into the first corner we were side-by-side but I managed to stay ahead. After that I kept pushing lap after lap and managed to build a good lead. I am very happy to win again as I love driving on this circuit”, said Jeffrey Kruger, the South African driver.

Prithviraj Siddappa, Head of Motorsports, said, “The final round of the Volkswagen Polo R Cup is definitely living up to its hype. It was a good battle between brother and sister and the result was just. Tomorrow’s races will be even more exciting with Rahil finishing ahead of Prashanth. Both will be fighting hard for the title, I’m hoping for healthy and hard competition”.

Earlier on the day Kruger was in sublime form as he dominated qualifying with a time of 2:27:322, a massive 1.626 seconds faster than second placed Karthik Tharani Singh. Karthik was not allowed to participate in Race 1 owing to an infringement of the Polo R Cup clause for drivers. This promoted Robyn Kruger and Rahil Noorani in second and third place respectively.

Race 1 of Round 4 result (provisional):

Pos.	Car No.	Driver Name (City)	Best Lap	Total Time	Gap
1	8	Jeffrey Kruger (Johannesburg)	2:27.710	19:53.359	8 laps
2	25	Robyn Kruger (Johannesburg)	2:29.750	20.05.626	12.267
3	1	Rahil Noorani (Mumbai)	2:29.776	20:08.662	15.303
4	9	Prashanth Tharani	2:30.474	20:12.786	19.427
5	17	Hanoosh Surapaneni (Hyderabad)	2:30.821	20:16.498	23.139
6	20	Gaurav Mehta (Pune)	2:30.390	20:17.021	23.662
7	6	Lee Keshav Gupta (New Delhi)	2:30.895	20.18.659	25.300
8	2	Angad Singh Matharoo (Chandigarh)	2:29.670	20:21.656	28.297
9	18	Niranjan Todkari (Aurangabad)	2:31.023	20:24.026	30.667
10	23	Rakesh Ramkunar (Chennai)	2:31.459	20:33.126	39.767
11	21	Adnan Lehry (Chennai)	2:31.385	20:33.424	40.065
12	3	M S Prince (New Delhi)	2:31.851	20:36.782	43.423
13	7	Samarth Jaiswal	2:31.573	20:38.327	44.968
14	14	Anshul Shah (Nagpur)	2:32.365	20:39.824	46.465
15	10	Yatin Magu (New Delhi)	2:32.312	20:39.853	46.494
16	11	Shivjeet Malik (Gurgaon)	2:33.483	20:51.197	57.838
17	16	Venkatesh Shreyas(Coimbatore)	2:36.152	21:06.225	1:12.866
18	12	Divijraj Thakran (Gurgaon)	2:32.612	16:04.605	6 laps
19	5	Gowdham Raj (Coimbatore)	–	–	–
20	4	Kartik Tharani (Chennai)	–	–	–

 Source : Lokesh Shastri