Bengaluru-born Akhil Rabindra, the only Asian in the European GT4 Series, started his 2023 season with a ninth and seventh position in Round 1 at Monza, Italy in the Pro-AM category.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Akhil racing for Racing Spirit of Léman for the second season along with Belgian driver, Rodrigue Gillion is driving the Aston Martin Vantage AMR this season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The weekend at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza began for Akhil with P11 in Qualification 1 where he finished four laps with a timing of 1:56.998. Akhil thereafter had a P14 in Qualification 2, his management team informed in a release on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Akhil's first race of the season in Round 1 saw him starting Race 1 on P11 in the Pro-AM category and 29th overall in the grid. Akhil finished the race two positions better at P9 along with Gillion for a combined time of 1:27:41.569 over 26 laps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In Race 2, Gillion started on P14 in the Pro-AM category and 47th overall. After the switch of drivers, Akhil finished the race brilliantly, securing P7 in the Pro-AM category with an overall time of 1:01:33.319 over 29 laps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Talking about the race, Akhil Rabindra said, "I started the season without any pre-season testing and I was also fighting a bit of jet lag after constant travelling before the first round. It wasn't the finish we wanted but we will work harder and come back stronger. There are a few things we as teammates need to improve which we will work out before the second round in France."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Akhil, however, has had a stellar domestic season after winning the Drivers Championships title in the recently concluded Indian Racing League where he was driving for Hyderabad Blackbirds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n