Chennai, Dec 8 (PTI) Mumbai Falcons won two races while Bangalore Racing Stars took one race in the second round of the X1 Racing League at the MMRT in nearby Sriperumbudur on Sunday.

The Mumbai franchise represented by Kush Maini and Mikkel Jensen (Denmark) won two races Arjun Maini and Oliver Webb (England) won the other race for Bangalore Stars.

The first race of the day, won by the Bangalore team, took a heavy toll with six cars packing up due to mechanical reasons, which left a six-car grid for the second and third races.

The first race was interrupted by a safety Car period after one of the cars blew the engine.

Bangalore started fourth on the grid behind Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, but with some smart tactics managed to pull ahead.

The teams were required to make a mandatory driver change between ninth and 14th minutes window and Bangalore, powered by Arjun Maini and Webb got it spot on and then held off a late charge from Mumbai to win the race.

Hyderabad (Vitantonio Liuzzi-Gosia Rdest) completed the podium.

The second race began on reverse grid of the previous race standings.

As such, Delhi's Gaurav Gill, the three times Asia Pacific Rally champion, started from pole and led until he pitted for Raghul Rangasamy to take over.

Rangasamy maintained the track position to finish second behind Mumbai Falcons (Kush Maini and Jensen).

Bangalore Racing Stars who had started fifth, came in third.

Mumbai Falcons went on to complete a double later in the evening, finishing on top in Race-3 ahead of Bangalore Racing Stars and Blackbirds Hyderabad.

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