Masters at Coimbatore: Pradeep Ravi Heads a Five-Crew Polo Story
Pradeep Ravi and Thimmanna Uppapanda headed the published Masters Cup podium, with Dinesh Kumar T and Lohith J M second and Balakrishna J and Bopanna Nelammakkada third.
Photograph: BlueBand Sports- Published Masters Cup winner
- Pradeep Ravi / Thimmanna Uppapanda
- Published runner-up
- Dinesh Kumar T / Lohith J M
- Published third
- Balakrishna J / Bopanna Nelammakkada
- Full timing export
- 5 Masters-identified finishers
- Winner’s overall export
- 22nd · 01:44:06.373
The Masters story at Rally of Coimbatore sits across two useful views of the result. The published FMSCI Masters Cup summary placed Pradeep Ravi and Thimmanna Uppapanda first, Dinesh Kumar T and Lohith J M second, and Balakrishna J and Bopanna Nelammakkada third. The detailed overall timing export also identifies Ashok P John and Arun V and Sangeeth Samuel and Vybhav Mukund Rao as Masters finishers.
This report keeps the published podium clear and includes all five names from the timing export so the category is represented in full. Every crew ran a Polo in the completed result, with the final times spread across a demanding Coimbatore route that rewarded a steady car and a clean service plan.
Pradeep and Thimmanna lead the published podium
Pradeep Ravi and Thimmanna Uppapanda led the published Masters Cup classification. Their official overall export total was 01:44:06.373, placing the crew twenty-second overall. The result put the Masters winner inside the main national order and gave the class a front reference for the rest of the field.
Dinesh Kumar T and Lohith J M followed in the published Masters Cup summary. Their overall export time of 01:46:08.305 placed them twenty-sixth overall. Balakrishna J and Bopanna Nelammakkada completed the published top three with 01:52:37.839 and thirty-fifth overall.
The full timing export
| Export order | Overall | Car | Crew | Vehicle | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | 45 | Pradeep Ravi / Thimmanna Uppapanda | Polo | 01:44:06.373 |
| 2 | 26 | 42 | Dinesh Kumar T / Lohith J M | Polo | 01:46:08.305 |
| 3 | 35 | 65 | Balakrishna J / Bopanna Nelammakkada | Polo | 01:52:37.839 |
| 4 | 43 | 52 | Ashok P John / Arun V | Polo | 02:00:58.102 |
| 5 | 45 | 51 | Sangeeth Samuel / Vybhav Mukund Rao | Polo | 02:08:00.968 |
Ashok P John and Arun V finished forty-third overall in 02:00:58.102. Sangeeth Samuel and Vybhav Mukund Rao completed the five-crew timing set in forty-fifth overall at 02:08:00.968. Their places extend the category beyond its published podium and show how much value a classified finish carries on a fast gravel weekend.
A class measured by the finish
The Masters cars occupied a different part of the order from the overall leaders, though the work remained the same. The crews had to read a fast road, keep the Polo reliable and make each service decision last until the next control. The result gives Pradeep and Thimmanna the published class win and gives the four crews behind them a complete record of the weekend.
Pradeep led the published Masters Cup podium. Five crews in the timing export carried the category through to the final record.
ViPeople Masters reportWhy the detail matters
Masters categories are easy to reduce to one podium photograph. The full result gives a better account of the people who stayed in the rally, the cars that remained usable and the crews who carried their pace through every stage. Coimbatore’s Masters field deserves that wider view.
