Karamjit confident
NST, 28/6/2008

DESPITE a sudden surge in international entries, national champion Karamjit Singh believes the status quo will be maintained in Round Three of the Malaysian Rally Championship, which begins in Kuantan today.

"We believe we can still win the third round," said Karamjit, "but the fight for overall first place will be tougher than normal."

The presence of Indian champions Arjun Rao and Musa Sheriff on board a powerful Mitsubishi Evolution 6 and New Zealand champion Mark Tapper in a similar car does not bother the team too much.

Karamjit's GSR Pennzoil Team manager and rally veteran Gunaseelan Rajoo is anticipating his team could take the podium as overall winners, repeating their success in Round Two in Perlis last month.

Gunaseelan and his brother and co-driver Jayaseelen, will compete for the first time in their new Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9.

Another change in this Round is the Perodua M5 Racing Team's decision to run two cars instead of three, said to be due to budget constraints.

P. Nandakumar has been dropped by Perodua and will now compete as a privateer.

Despite this setback, Nandakumar is confident he can do well driving his own Proton Satria which won second overall in Round One when Karamjit hired and drove it and fifth overall in Round Two when it was driven by Jasbir Singh, another Indian driver.

The competitors will be flagged-off at noon today at the Felda Lepar Hilir 1 Primary School.

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