PANAJI
Goa's Cedric Jordan DaSilva (co-driver Mackwin Dias) took the lead after the first competition day of the ninth edition of the Rainforest Challenge (RFC) India.
As per the provisional results declared after the completion of four of the 26 Special Stages (SS) of the competition, the Goan driver was placed at the first position with 348 points out of 400. Giving Cedric a tough fight was Anand V Manjooran (Chethan Chengappa) from Kerala, who was second with 346 points. The third position was taken by Dr Mohammed Fahed VP (Rajeev Lal), also from Kerala, with 325 points.
Dr Chaitanya Challa (Hamdaan Khan) from Hyderabad was at the fourth position with 247 points while Bijender Singh (Gajender Singh) from Delhi was at the fifth position on the leaderboard with 239 points.
Cedric and co-driver Mackwin Dias showed great coordination and off-roading skills throughout the day, because of which they scored 90 points in three of the four Special Stages for the day. On the other hand, Anand V Manjooran and co-driver Chethan Chengappa scored a perfect 100 in SS 4, thereby emerging as the top performers for that SS.
