The Asian Motor Racing Club (AMRC) which has the best of Formula drivers in the country will be in action representing the McLarens team at the Colombo Night Races scheduled to be held on December 17.The event is no doubt going to attract much attention as it will be for the first time they will be in action like the other category of vehicles that will be participating got the first time in an event of this nature.
The AMRC McLarens Formula will have three teams namely Formula Ford 1600 (Post 85), Formula Ford (Pre 85) and Formula McLarens 1300cc. Veteran formula driver Rohan de Silva who is the most experience with nearly 30 years of racing expertise will lead the McLarens team in the Post 85. He will have the service of another experience driver in Dinesh Jayawardena who was one of the Speed 2001 champions.
Dinesh Jayawardene will be the main hope to bring honour to the McLarens Team in this category. In this class the others who will compete for the McLarens team are Ashan Silva Saraz Nawaz and Shirendra Lawrance too are capable of challenging the other drivers with their experience gained through the competitions held here during the Speed Championship 2011.
Rikaz Khalid the young Formula driver who has competed in Indian circuits in the recent past is sure to come up with top class performances at this meet. He is a driver in the making for the future.
The Ford Formula 1600cc (Pre 85) class too is packed with another set of fine drivers who has performed well in the local motor racing scene. Susantha Gunewardene who has come up with many good performances in this class will take top spot while Ravi Mayadunne and Kaushal Samarasinghe are expected to drive their machines well to reach podium positions here on this day.
The McLarens Formula 1300 team comprises a pack of young drivers who have graduated for Formula driving through ‘Go Karting’ at the Sped Drome. They are the first set of youngster to make their way to the Formula racing in Sri Lanka and also to compete in a mega show here.
The team consists of nine drivers who shown their class during the year competing in the local scene, driving alongside the experienced drivers. This will be an opportunity for them to come up with a fine performance to showcase their talent as up and coming Formula drivers for the future racing in Sri Lanka.
Though they are a young team they are capable of handling their machines to suit the occasion and are sure to be on the run to bring in success to Team McLarens. Yanik Lawrence and Viran Boteju are expected to shine
Ford Formula 1600cc (Post 85) - Rohan de Silva, Dinesh Jayawardene,
Ashan Silva, Dilshan Dodanwala, Safraz Nawaz, Shirendra Lawrence, Tharindu Lokuge and Rikaz Khalid
Ford Formula 1600cc (Pre 85) - Susantha Gunewardene, Kaushal Samarasinghe, Emdad Hussain and Ravi Mayadunne
McLarens Formula 1300cc - Mohan de Silva, Yanik Lawrence, Asela Ekanayake, Devanka Wijesekera, Nigel Fernando, Viren Boteju, Gayan Ranatunge, Tulfiq and Zalie. |
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