The 2016 season of the Volkswagen Vento Cup that will begin from June will feature 12 new drivers.
The selection process gathered an overwhelming response receiving over 560 entries from across the country and lasted for over 45 days.
Out of these 560 entries, 62 racers made it to the final round of the selection process and were invited to Pune’s Indi Karting Track for a two-day final selection process.
After being judged on various criteria such as fitness, driving skills, grasping and learning ability and discipline, final 12 were selected for the season.
Eight drivers from previous seasons of Volkswagen Motorsport India’s Vento Cup and Polo Cup will complete the grid of 20 along with the 12 new drivers.
The final drivers of the 2016 season will now undergo a fitness camp and a pre-season testing before the first competitive round of the year.
Volkswagen Motorsport India will run its premium one-make touring car racing series Vento Cup as a part of the 2016 MMSC FMSCI Indian Racing championship.
The 2016 season will comprise a total of four rounds across three race tracks in India — Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore; Madras Motor Race Track, Chennai and Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida.
The drivers: Aditya Mhatre (Mumbai), Amit Mete (Aurangabad), Arfath Mohammed (Chennai), Arunshowry Vallabhaneni (New Delhi), Eswar Bolisetti (Visakhapatanam), Gowdham Murugan (Coimbatore), Harjee Wadia (New Delhi), Harshavardhan Saravanan (Chennai), Hatim Shabbir (Chennai), Ishaan Dodhiwala (Hyderabad), Ishan Bhardwaj (New Delhi), Keith Desouza (Goa), Mohamed Jamil (Pudukkottai), Nachappa Sivanesan (Chennai), Neha Dabas (New Delhi), Niranjan Todkari (Pune), Pradeep Rao (Mumbai), Rashad Khan (Pune), Sailesh Bolisetti (Visakhapatanam), Venkatraj Ellendula (Secunderabad).
