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Motorsports: Armaan finishes second in Lamborghini series

Published - November 23, 2015 12:34 am IST - Sebring (USA):

India’s Armaan Ebrahim ended the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia Series on a high, finishing second after earning a podium and fourth position in the concluding round’s double-header at the historic Sebring International Raceway here.

The 26-year-old, along with his Sri Lankan team-mate Dilantha Malagamuwa, came up with two stunning drives while overcoming gearbox issues, which led to a pitlane start for the second race as the duo picked up valuable points to finish a creditable second in the championship.

Armaan, the JK Tyre brand ambassador, will be participating in the Super Trofeo World Final, a double-header that will conclude at the same venue.

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Despite the late arrival of the car, Armaan and Dilantha qualified third for both the races but gearbox problems plagued them through the day while denying them a possible higher finishes.

As part of strategy, Dilantha went out first in Race One, but he struggled with an errant gearbox before handing over the car to Armaan, who drove a brilliant second half of the race to come in third. Summing up the final round of the series, Armaan said: “Our car arrived only at 5 a.m. on Thursday. So, there was literally no time to do any work on the car. The three Free Practice sessions went off quite decently for us and we qualified third for both races. — PTI

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