Ishaan Madesh and Gyan S recorded lights-to-flag victories in the MRF Formula 2000 and Formula 1600 categories, respectively, in the third round of the MRF Indian National Racing Challenge 4W – 2026 at the Madras International Circuit, here on Saturday.

Ishaan, who missed the first round, was near-flawless while winning his race with a measure of comfort, outpacing points leader Saishiva Sankaran, just like he did in the third race of the previous round.

Similarly, Gyan did well to stay in front of the pack while keeping a sharp eye on points leader Bhuvan Bonu who finished second with Tanmay Kothari completing the podium.

Earlier, Viswas Vijayaraj notched his seventh consecutive win across three rounds in the Formula LGB 1300 class.

In the junior category, Nethan McPherson (Delta Racing), who missed the previous two rounds, made a winning start, holding off a pair of Momentum Motorsports team-mates, Kaveen Rajapaksa and Adam Junaid.

T.S. Diljith led a DTS Racing podium sweep in the Super Stock class while Aakash Vivek topped in the MRF Saloons (Toyota Etios) category.

The results (Provisional, all 8 laps unless mentioned): MRF F2000: Race-1: 1. Ishaan Madesh (12 mins, 47.336 secs); 2. Saishiva Sankaran (12:50.666); 3. Krishay Gutte (12:53.825).

MRF F1600: Race-1: 1. Gyan Satish (13:58.546); 2. Bhuvan Bonu (13:59.069); 3. Tanmay Kothari (14:05.371).

Formula LGB 1300: Race-1, Open: 1. Viswas Vijayaraj (DTS Racing) (15:05.241); 2. Vinithkumar (DTS Racing) (15:05.529); 3. T.S. Dilijith (DTS Racing) (15:13.891).

Junior: 1. Neythan McPherson (Delta Speeds) (15:18.321); 2. Kaveen Rajapaksa (Momentum Motorsports) (15:21.732); 3. Aadam Junaid (Momentum Motorsports) (15:31.381)

Super Stock: Race-1: 1. Diljith (16:42.380); 2. Lal Kattikulam Bharathan (DTS Racing) (16:46.929); 3. Deepa S. John (DTS Racing) (16:48.315).

MRF Saloons: Race-1: 1. Aakash Vivek (Redline Racing India) (17:12.082); 2. S. Gokula Rathinam (Redline Racing India) (17:14.889); 3. R. Hemachandran (Redline Racing India) (17:19.637).