HASNAIN SHEIKH FROM BENGALURU EARNS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THE DAKAR RALLY LIVE
~ Ramaiah
Institute of Technology (Bengaluru) Student wins the Red Bull Desert Wings
University Challenge National Finals in Mumbai ~
~ National
Finals Winner gets a chance to earn the Ultimate Dakar experience in Peru ~
1st December
2018: The National
finals of the second edition of Red Bull Desert Wings University Challenge, a
thrilling competition for students who are motorsport enthusiasts, took place
on 30th November at Jai Hind College, Mumbai. At this highly competitive,
remote controlled, ‘mini Dakar’ race with 8 finalists, Hasnain Sheikh from
Bengaluru set the fastest time – 7.38 secs- on a specially created track and emerged
as the winner of the National Finals of Red Bull Desert Wings Univeristy
Challenge 2018 
The national winner will be flown on an
all-expense paid trip to Arequipa, Peru to compete in the World Finals from 10th-13th
January 2019. The national winner will also get the opportunity to witness the
toughest rally raid, the Dakar Rally in Peru. 
After winning the National Finals of the
inaugural edition of Red Bull Desert Wings last year, Rohit Mahalikudi from
M.S. Ramaiah Institute Of Technology, Bengaluru was one of the students flown
to the actual Dakar Rally in Pisco Peru for the final RC car race and an
once-in-a-lifetime experience with actual Dakar teams. Rohith emerged as the
runner-up global champion of Red Bull Desert Wings University Challenge.
Any university
student above 18 years of age and holding a valid passport is eligible to
participate.
Hyderabad Qualifiers
Date: 27th and 28th July 2018
Venue: Biker’s Company
Hyderabad
Winner: Ashutosh
Andhari won the Hyderabad Qualifier (fastest lap time - 16.183 seconds)
Chennai Qualifiers
Date: 7th September 2018
Venue: SRM University, Chennai
Winner: Bala Giridhar S won the Chennai Qualifier (fastest lap time - 10.34
seconds)
Bengaluru Qualifiers
Date: 22nd October 2018
Venue: RIT Quadrangle,
Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru
Winner: Hasnain Sheikh won the
Bengaluru qualifier (fastest lap time - 10.22 seconds)
Pune Qualifiers
Date: 4th November 2018
Venue: IIESR College, Pune
Winner: Swarnavo Basu won the Pune
qualifier (fastest lap time - 12.08 seconds)
Jaipur Qualifiers
Date: 13th November 2018
Venue: Poornima College
Winner: Vitthal Patidar won the Jaipur qualifiers (fastest lap time - 11.620
seconds)
Delhi Qualifiers
Date: 14th November 2018
Venue: Delhi Technological University
Winner: Rohit Roy won the Delhi qualifiers (fastest lap time - 10.36 seconds)
Guwahati Qualifiers
Date: 19th November 2018
Venue: Royal Global University
Winner: Lukram Abhinaba Singh won the Guwahati Qualifiers (fastest lap time - 11.67
seconds)
Kolkata Qualifiers
Date: 21st November 2018
Venue: ILEAD Kolkata
Winner: Aadil Aftab won the Kolkata Qualifiers (fastest lap time - 10.437
seconds)
Mumbai Qualifiers
Date: 30th November 2018
Venue: Jai Hind College, Mumbai
Winner: Vansh Desai (fastest lap time - 10.53 seconds) and Ayush Divecha (fastest
lap time - 11.55 seconds) won the Mumbai Qualifiers
National Finals:
Date: 30th November 2018
Venue: Jai Hind College, Mumbai
Winner: Hasnain Sheikh from Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore (fastest
lap time – 7.38 seconds)
The competition
globally has around 5000 participants across 4 continents, 11 countries (Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, France, India, Peru, Slovenia, South Africa
& Spain) and 50 different cities.
The World Final will
take place in Arequipa, Peru from the 10th-13th
of January 2019, where the country winners will have a real Dakar experience,
alongside competing for the title of Red Bull Desert Wings University Challenge
Global Winner. For their final challenge, they will compete side-by-side
against each other, racing the cars around a bespoke track, custom built in the
Peruvian desert sand and designed to push both their cars and skills to the
limit. The real Dakar experience will involve meeting the world-famous Dakar
pilots, watching racing from the sand dunes, sleeping desert style under the
stars and lots more activities to enjoy the Peruvian culture.
This year, setting the
fastest lap is not the only way to win a trip to the Dakar! The Content Creator
Challenge is where students globally are challenged to film a cool Instagram
story of the action at their local event/s (maximum 3 full story entries) where
they must use #redbull #desertwings somewhere in the story and save the full
story to their highlights on Instagram. Entries close December 10th 2018. The
first place winner globally of the Content Creator Challenge wins a chance to
visit the world final in Peru while 10 global runner-ups win the Carrera
radio-controlled car.
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