Euro flavour to JK Asia Series

MUMBAI: Two European venues - Belgium and France - will be the new attractions in the second season of the JK Racing Asia Series, the inaugural race of which will be run at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia this weekend.
"We have dropped China and Indonesia as venues for this season. The races will be held at Spa-Francorchamps and Paul Ricard circuit in Europe," Sanjay Sharma, who heads the motorsport division at JK Tyres, said on Thursday.
In keeping with JK Tyre's philosophy of unearthing fresh Indian talent, three promising drivers - Vishnu Prasad, Raj Bharath and Sandeep Kumar - will get a chance to participate in the opening round in Malaysia. The participating teams include Eurointernational, which won the honours in the opening season, Team Meritus, Eurasia Motorsport and Atlantic Racing among others.
After Malaysia, the series will move to France and from there to Belgium. The series will then return to Asia and run as a support race to the F1 races in Singapore and India before culminating at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, where it will run alongside the World GT1 championship.