Petronas TVS Racing’s Abdul Wahid Tanveer cashed in on his teammate R.E. Rajendra’s rear brake failure in the final stage to emerge the champion of the Rally of Coimbatore, the third round of the FMSCI MRF MOGRIP Indian National Rally Championship for two-wheelers, at the Kethanur windmill farm near Palladam here on Sunday.
It was neck-and-neck between the championship leader Rajendra and Tanveer from the start. If the former finished on top in the first stage (Black Thunder, 18.20kms), the latter did so in the second (Thunder World, 14.99kms).
It looked like anybody’s race going into the second loop (repeat of the morning stages) but Rajendra did one better in the third to gain a nine-second edge over Tanveer going into the final stage. But, as luck would have it, Rajendra ran into brake issues which cost him towards the end.
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