May
29-31, 2009 : SEPANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT - MALAYSIA
DAY
1 - May 29th - Red Rooster Racing put forward
a very competitive performance in the Formula BMW Pacific Series that
took place at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. Akhil
Khushlani, qualified 4th in the race with a time of 2:10.679
on a grid of 14 cars. There are 4 races scheduled for the next two days
with each race consisting of 10 laps.
DAY
2 - May 30th – Akhil started 4th on
the grid and finished 3rd in the first race of the day. It was a very
competitive first race with very intense racing by the top teams. Akhil
showed a lot of maturity in the way he drove and was very consistent
with his lap times.
In
the second race, he started 6th on the grid and had moved to the 5th
position with some very inspiring driving when he was pushed by Rio
Haryanto of Questnet Team Qi – Meritus. Akhil hit
the wall and could not finish the race as his car was badly damaged.
The crew at E-Rain racing did an admirable job in putting the car back
for the next day after the crash. Haryanto was fined at the end of the
race by the stewards for shunting Akhil off the track.
DAY
3 - May 31st – Akhil started 3rd on
the gird for the first race of the day. He was up in second place but
finally finished in 3rd place. He clocked the fastest time of the race
with a very impressive time of 2:11.257, which proved to be the fastest
time of the weekend.
In
the second race of the day, Akhil started 11th on the
grid and finished 5th. He did an impressive job of overtaking 6 cars
and was a very exciting race to watch despite the 5th place finish.
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