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An indian Parth Ghorpade wins 2012 Formula Pilota Asian Championship

An Indian racer Parth Ghorpade became the first Indian to win the Formula Pilota Asian Championship when he clinched the race 2 at Round 6  of the 2012 Formula Pilota Championship in Sepang, Malaysia on Sunday. he finished 1st in the Asian Category and 3rd overall in the Championship behind Antonio Giovinazzi and Dan Wells. Parth had earlier finished 5th in Race 1 and had to retire in Race 3.


The happy news is that overall champion and asian champion will get the opportunity to join a 4 day evaluation at the ferrari drive academy including f3 test adn programe of a physical and psychological tests Parth had earlier finished fifth in Race 1 and had to retire in Race 3.

Qualifying had been a disaster for his entire Eurasia team as they took the wrong direction on the set up for the wet session. As a result, the four Eurasia cars, despite taking the top four positions in the official practice session, were at the back in qualifying. The best Parth could manage was a P9 for Race 1 and P7 for Race three. In the first race, Parth finished in the fifth place after starting P9 and also set the second fastest time which got him a P2 grid position for the second race.

In the second race, Parth managed to overtake pole-sitter Giovinazzi into the first corner and started to pull away. On the third lap it started to rain. On the  last lap as the conditions worsened, seven cars went off the track with only two managing to rejoin. Parth managed to hold his nerve and pull off one of his best wins of the season, setting fastest lap of the race in the process. With this win Parth managed to seal the Asian title.Parth, who is only in his second year of single seater racing was delighted with his season.
He commented, “I am thrilled to be the first ever Indian to win the Formula Pilota Asian Championship. The Eurasia Team have given me a great car all year to finish 3rd overall so a big thank you to all the hard work put in by everyone this year. After our worst qualifying of the year  we knew we had to take some risks to move up the grid. 5th in the first race was the best I could do. In the second race I got a great start and went into the lead with Antonio behind me. I managed to pull away but then it started raining and the track became very slippery with slick tyres. On the last lap it was really hard to keep the car on track but was determined to win this one.”