{"id":9851,"date":"2012-09-08T10:10:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T10:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9851"},"modified":"2012-09-08T10:10:29","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T10:10:29","slug":"silverstone-grand-prix-akhil-khushlani-finished-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9851","title":{"rendered":"Silverstone Grand Prix: Akhil finishes 6th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" src=\"images\/racing\/anil-khushlani.jpg\" alt=\"Silverstone Grand Prix: Akhil Khushlani finished 6th\" width=\"250\" \/>New Delhi<\/strong>: After being off the racing track for a year, one of India\u2019s most promising racing talents, Akhil Khushlani did well to finish in sixth place at the historic Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit for <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=JK+Racing+Asia+Series+&amp;sa=Search\">JK Racing Asia Series <\/a>Round 9. He finished a second behind Malaysian driver Afiq Ikhwan, who claimed pole.<\/p>\n<p>For Khushlani, it\u2019s been a tough journey of getting reacquainted with racing after doing tests and keeping busy starting his business over the past year. \u201cI qualified sixth and I am actually quite happy with my result as I did not manage the practice.\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the experience, Akhil said, \u201cIt\u2019s a very nice circuit, it\u2019s very fast and physical and I think every driver enjoys it, so do I. You don\u2019t really get this weather in the UK so we are really lucky this weekend with 25 degrees and sunshine the whole day, so we\u2019ll try to make full use of it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing one second off the pole position after one year of not driving, I feel good and confident. I am going to play catch up for the races and see how it comes out\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The US Formula Project driver is enjoying his return to racing. \u201cThe circuit is interesting and fast and tiring I must say. And as I mentioned earlier, it\u2019s been one year, I am lucky I coped well with it and I really do like this track\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Meritus.GP driver Ikhwan looks to be back on form after a difficult season so far that has left him fourth in the points table. \u201cI would like to thank the team, my sponsor Petronas, my crew members who all worked very had for this qualifying and this event\u201d said Ikhwan after the session. \u201cQualifying pole in Silverstone is brilliant for me and I am so happy. I am happy with the car, we had a good pace here.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged the hard races he had the past few outings and was thankful that he and his team managed to overcome them. \u201cWe fixed all the problems that we had in the previous races, in Spa we had a broken anti-roll bar but just now it was just perfect and I am looking forward for both races.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to score points to be on top again so we\u2019ll see how it goes tomorrow. We had good pace, five tenths quicker than the second placed guy\u201d he ended.<\/p>\n<p>Hiqmar Danial went through a team change this weekend from Eurasia Motorsport to Eurointernational. He saw a change in his performance and was quick to credit his team\u2019s great effort for his second placed start for Round 9. \u201cObviously I just changed teams, my dad decided on the change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team treats me really well and I had a warm welcome from them. From the moment I came here, Antonio Ferrari really put in the effort for me to be here and when I got here, he worked hard for me. I can see his effort, which is a reason why I am in front. The mechanics and engineers worked really hard for me so a big thank you to them\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the session, Danial was a little dejected at the end result, \u201cIt was a really close qualifying. I was P1 for a few times at the start, the last lap I could have been in pole but I screwed up the last sector.<\/p>\n<p>But the youngster vowed to make the best of the race this weekend. \u201cWe will see the data and see where we can improve and hope for the win tomorrow\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Current Championship leader, Nabil Jeffri set the third fastest time but was given a one grid demotion for having four wheels off the track edge twice during the session. Fellow Malaysian and Eurointernational teammate, Irfan Ilyas, was given a two grid demotion for the same infringement which he repeated four times.<\/p>\n<p>The penalties pushes Tan Wei Ron up the grid to third whilst Khushlani and Briton Jack Dex are up to fifth and sixth respectively leaving Ilyas in seventh. When asked about qualifying on row two, Tan was happy with the outcome. \u201cI am pretty excited. Tomorrow\u2019s race will tell a different story from today\u2019s qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>The JK Racing Asia Series Round 9 is scheduled to be held at 2.05pm (local time) on Saturday, 8th September 2012 with Round 10 scheduled for Sunday, 9th September 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" src=\"images\/racing\/anil-khushlani.jpg\" alt=\"Silverstone Grand Prix: Akhil Khushlani finished 6th\" width=\"250\" \/>New Delhi<\/strong>: After being off the racing track for a year, one of India\u2019s most promising racing talents, Akhil Khushlani did well to finish in sixth place at the historic Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit for <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=JK+Racing+Asia+Series+&amp;sa=Search\">JK Racing Asia Series <\/a>Round 9. He finished a second behind Malaysian driver Afiq Ikhwan, who claimed pole.<\/p>\n<p>For Khushlani, it\u2019s been a tough journey of getting reacquainted with racing after doing tests and keeping busy starting his business over the past year. \u201cI qualified sixth and I am actually quite happy with my result as I did not manage the practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[5946],"class_list":["post-9851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-racing-racing","tag-jk-racing-asia-series"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Silverstone Grand Prix: Akhil finishes 6th - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9851\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Silverstone Grand Prix: Akhil finishes 6th - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: After being off the racing track for a year, one of India\u2019s most promising racing talents, Akhil Khushlani did well to finish in sixth place at the historic Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit for JK Racing Asia Series Round 9. 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