Chennai F4 night street race HIGHLIGHTS | Australia's Hugh Barter and South Africa's Aqil Alibhai share honours

The Formula 4 cars are lined up on the track with Hugh Barter on pole position followed by Ruhaan Alva.

Safety car out even before the end of first lap

Its lights out and away we go!!!!!

The Formula LGB race 1 has officially begun

Formula LGB cars lined up on the grid for the inaugural race on the Chennai Formula Racing Circuit

Qualifying Updates

Indian Racing League (IRL)

Alvaro Parante takes pole position followed by Nikhil Bohra and Rishon Rajeev to complete the top three.

The IRL cars were three seconds quicker than the Formula 4 cars with Alvaro topping the charts with 1.40.430 in IRL qualifying

Update: Hugh Barter from Godspeed Kochi took pole position clocking a time of 1.43.158.

He dominated the qualifying session with an advantage of over 1.5 seconds from Ruhaan Alva (Bengal Tigers)

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DAY 2 SCHEDULE

All the drivers got their first taste of the circuit late at night yesterday with Formula LGB cars going out on track for their first practice session at around 9 pm. They were followed by the Indian Racing League (IRL) and Formula 4 cars.

Some drivers had expressed concerns over the dust on the track while going on fast laps but over the course of the session, the track got better and they were able to find grip.

Meanwhile, the final practice session began at 10:15 am today and went on till 11:35 am. The qualifying sessions are under way now.

Here's the full schedule for an action packed Day 2:

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