Return Of The King

Vishnu Prasad was a perfect four for four on his return to JK Tyre’s premier single-seat racing series in Coimbatore.

- Vinayak Pande

One left the opening round of the 2017 JK Tyre Euro JK 17 series at Coimbatore’s Kari Motor Speedway with two takeaways. One, that Vishnu Prasad is mighty fast no matter what he drives and who he drives against as far as the current crop of Indian based racing drivers are concerned. Two, that 16-year-old Mira Erda is very brave to enter the same series that not only features Prasad, but also the defending Euro JK champion Anindith Reddy Konda and the MRF FF1600 champion Vikash Anand as well as former national karting champion Ricky Donison, who is currently competing in America’s F2000 series. Former national championship level karter and a contender in last year’s Euro JK season Nayan S Chatterjee was also part of the competitive field.

Putting yourself up for scrutiny against such a field at such a young age is highly commendable and although Erda didn’t quite light the timesheets on fire, she got the track time in racing conditions needed to start working on what needs to be done to get faster.

Prasad In Charge