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Gaurav Gill leads the pack

BANGALORE: Gaurav Gill (co-driver Musa Sherif) of Team MRF led the field at the end of the first leg of the INRC Rally of Chikmagalur on Saturday.

Perched at 48 minutes and 42 seconds, Gill has a good 24 seconds lead over his immediate rivals, Vikram Mathais (co-driver P.V.S. Murthy) of Red Rooster Racing and Lohith Urs (Srikanth Gowda) of Team MRF, both clocking the same time of 49.06.

The results (Provisional unaudited classification): After Leg 1: Overall: 1. Gaurav Gill & Musa Sherif (Team MRF) (48:42s); 2. Vikram Mathias & P.V.S. Murthy (Red Rooster Racing (49:06); 3. Lohith V. Urs & Srikanth Gowda (Team MRF) (49:06). 2,000cc N+: 1. Gill & Sherif (Team MRF) 48:52s; 2. Mathias & Murthy (Red Rooster Racing 49:06); 3. Urs & Gowda (Team MRF) 49:06. 1,600cc: 1. Girijashankar Joshy & M. Chandramouli (53:45s); 2. Joseph C. Jos / Royce Kizhakoodan (Team DDL) (54:18); 3. Rahul Kanthraj & Vivek Bhatt (54:47). 1,400cc: 1. Abhijeet N. Pai & G.A. Satvik (55:09); 2. Vikram Devadasan & Nihkil Pai (55:25); 3. Deepak Chinnappa & M. Chandrasekar (56:43). Rally Star Cup: 1. C.G. Balram & C.G. Raghuram (56:52); 2. Phalguna Urs & Anoop Kumar (57:51); 3. A.M. Karan / A.G. Somaiah (58:11). Gypsy: 1. Sandeep Sharma & Anmol Rampal (55.50); 2. Kushwant Randhawa & Ravindra (56.36); 3. Shafeeq Ur Rahman & K.P. Ajith (58:10).