MRF Challenge 2015: Pietro Fittipaldi sets track on fire

 

Fittipladi beat Alessio Picariello and Nikita Troitckii to further extend his championship lead to 16 points. Earlier in the day, Picariello won race three after the race was red-flagged on lap seven of 10. Fittipaldi leads the championship with 168 points, with Troitckii in second with 152 points and Calderon following with 147 points. Picariello is a further 13 points away in fourth place.

 

In morning race, pole sitter Picariello kept his lead into the first corner with Sean Walkinshaw and Max Fewtrell losing positions. Troitckii moved into second position with Fittipaldi and Tatiana Calderon behind him. Dylan Young crashed on lap two which brought out the safety car for two laps.

 

 

Indian driver, Tarun Reddy, who had initially been named as the winner of the red-flagged race lost his win. Calderon, who finished the race first, lodged an appeal complaining of being pushed off the road by Tarun in their fight for second.