Cyprus’ Tio Ellinas will battle with Formula 3 British race winner Rupert Svendsen-Cook for the rights to be crowned the 2013 MRF Challenge champion.
After three rounds and nine races, the series will head here for the final round with five races to go. GP3 runner-up Ellinas leads the championship ahead of Arthur Pic and Svendsen-Cook. However, Pic will be unable to race this weekend due to testing responsibilities. Ellinas and Svendsen-Cook are separated by a mere 22 points with 100 points still available this weekend.
Motorsports in India is synonymous with MRF. In fact, the development and popularity of various forms of the sport could be directly attributed to the pioneering efforts of the company, be it racing, rallying, motocross or karting. To encourage motorsport enthusiasts MRF has spared no money in offering world class facilities.
Vikash Anand and Raj Bharath will be looking for a strong result in front of their home crowd.
“The MRF Challenge has been a great success this year. The final round promises to be a thriller with the title going down to the wire. The MRF 1600 will also have the season opener this weekend. I am very pleased that Narain has agreed to race this weekend in front of his home crowd as he will be the perfect motivation for these talented upcoming drivers,” said MRF Tyres managing director Arun Mammen.
Ellinas has been soaking up the applause and is widely tipped to have a big future in F1 following impressive displays in GP3.
He signed off the 2013 season by winning the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi in Nov
Tio Ellinas battles it out in India
