Virdi ready to defend his RFC India title in Goa

Gurmeet Virdi (left) with his co-driver Kirpal Singh Tung.

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 16

Defending champions Chandigarh Gerrari offroaders will all play in the Indian stage of the Rainforest Challenge, starting July 21 in Goa.
Gurmeet Virdi with co-driver Kirpal Singh Tung will defend his title against two other local teams – Kabir Waraich and co-driver Padam Chauhan and Sanbir Singh Dhaliwal and co-driver Gurpartap Singh Sandhu.
"The name of Gerrari is based on our instinct to overcome a given obstacle, we are not satisfied until we overcome everything in front of us." The club was created in 2009 in As a group of off-road and off-road vehicle enthusiasts, it was in 2012-2013 that we started participating in minor competitions, which we really appreciated, "said Virdi.
Virdi, however, ran out of lack of sponsors for the event. "I have not had any sponsors until now.There are two main reasons for this: it is getting harder and harder to get sponsors in motor sport, and secondly, I do not have I have never really pushed myself to find sponsors, if we get sponsors, we will certainly be able to participate in many more events. "
While talking about the difference between the Indian and Malaysian part of the competition, Waraich said: "There is no major difference in terms of hardness-quotient.I can even say with confidence that RFC India is more difficult than the Malaysian in many ways. "
"The only difference is that it's pretty hard to adapt to the terrain and weather conditions in Malaysia." International competitors may not have a good support and support team from India. " , he said.
In total, 41 teams each composed of a pilot and a co-pilot from different regions of the country will participate in the RFC India 2018.
Participants will undertake 26 special stages or challenges. The event follows a points system, in which the team with the maximum points at the end of all the special stages claims the title.
The total amount of benefits for the best Indian driver will rise to $ 10,000, including an automatic free entry worth $ 3,900 for the RFC Master Event to be held in Malaysia. at the end of the year.