Gill, who completed the entire rally in a time of 1::37:34.6 in the N+ category, was closely followed by team-mate Arjun Balu (co-driver Sujith Kumar BS) in second, with a time of 1::38:12.7, at the end of the Super Special Stages on Sunday. Benefitting from Aroor’s crash, Bangalore’s Karna Kadur (co-driver Somonnita Ghosh) clinched the third spot overall after claiming pole in the 2000cc Group N category with a time of 1::44:45.7.
Results: Overall/ 2000cc (Group N+): Gaurav Gill/ Musa Sherif (Team MRF, 1::37:34.6) 1; Arjun Balu/ Sujith Kumar BS (MRF, 1::38:12.7) 2; Karna Kadur/ Somonnito Ghosh (1::44:45.7) 3.2000cc (Group N): K Kadur/ Somonnito G (1::44:45.5) 1; Vikram Devadasen/
Somayya AG (1::43: 56.4) 2; Sirish Chandran/ Nikhil Pai (Team Overdrive, 1::44:45.7) 3. 1600cc: Balram CG/ Santosh Kumar (1::55:58.4, including 10 second penalty) 1; Prakhyat Shirole/ Rupesh Kholay (1::56:38.0) 2; Siddhartha Rangnekar/ Nitin Jacob (1::57:13.4) 3. 1400cc (Rally Star Cup): Karan AM/ Shanmuga SN (Kari Motorsports, 1::52:40.2) 1; Vikram Rao/ S Dinesh (1::57:00.0) 2; Vineeth Vincent Tom/ Sob George (1::57:37.1) 3. Gypsy: Sanjay Agarwal/ Shivaprakash E (1::53:14.3) 1; Shafeeq-ur-Rehman/ Adhiraj Bardhan (2::00:00.2) 2; John K Philip/ Philip Thomas (2::09:51.1) 3.
