29-year old UP based truck driver PITAMBAR, today won his first professional truck race, in the Super Class Category of the T1 PRIMA Truck Racing Championship, Season 4.
Shivnihal Singh (40 years) also of UP and Gurujant Singh (33 years old) of UP, were second and third respectively and were among the 10 drivers who made it to the finals of the Super Class category.
Mohabat Singh of Rajasthan clocked the fastest lap @ 1:50.677, while first place Pitambar’s fastest lap was @ 1:50.950.
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Selected through the second edition of T1 Racer Program (TRP), Tata Motors formally kicked off preparations for Season IV, with the second edition of the T1 Racer Program (TRP 2.0) in 2016, under a new theme of ‘Junoon-e-Trucking’. TRP 2.0 received over 1000 applications from all over the country, of which Season 4 presented 10 new shortlisted Indian truck drivers with an opportunity to race at India’s globally renowned F1 race track.
Besides inducting new Indian drivers to the sport, Season 4 will also feature Indian truck drivers from Season 3, competing against each other in a separate race category called CHAMPION CLASS.
Like in the earlier seasons, the championship will continue to host experienced international drivers representing six teams under the PRO CLASS category, with racers from FIA’s European Truck Racing Championship (ETRC) competing in the championship for the very first time. The ETRC was represented by six racers from the rest of Europe, who competed in the Pro Class category alongside six British drivers from the British Truck Racing Association (BTRA), who have raced in T1 since the sporting event was first introduced in 2014.
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