India's Zaamin Jaffer starred as the best of the homegrown talent in the Delhi Championship with MRF races at the brand new Buddh International Circuit over the weekend, 29th/30th October, with a fantastic showing as part of the support package to the inaugural Airtel Grand Prix of India.Accompanying the FIA Formula One World Championship for its first visit to the sub-continent, the 21-year-old had to battle severe sickness throughout the weekend but performed superbly to attain a sixth place finish in race one on Saturday and an even better top five result on Sunday.Mumbai-born Zaamin, in only his first year of 'slicks and wings' action, returned to his homeland off the back of an encouraging debut season in Formula Renault in the UK and quickly got to grips with the 1.6-litre Ford-engined Van Diemen car utilised in Delhi Championship with MRF.Despite being struck down with illness during practice and into qualifying, he was still able to post the ninth fastest time in both sessions. Faced with a tough challenge to make strong progress through the cosmopolitan field from the fifth row of the grid, the ever-improving Indian ace drove impressively with excellent pace to fight through into a deserved top six finish.For Sunday's encounter around the 5.1-kilometre New Delhi track, Zaamin lined-up ninth on the grid again but delivered an even more competitive drive than on Saturday to shine once again with the partisan support of the tens of thousands of spectators in attendance.Initially moving up into the top six early on, he spent the majority of the race in that position but out of the final corner on the last lap he was able to get terrific drive on the run to the finishing line and took fifth place at the chequered flag - once more the highest placed Indian driver. Further to that, Zaamin also posted the fourth fastest lap of the race to confirm his superb pace."It's been an amazing weekend", he commented, "The whole event has been fantastic, it's been such a privilege to be part of the first ever Grand Prix weekend in India and to be the top Indian driver in the MRF Formula races is really special and a great result - especially when you factor in I was ill most of the weekend!"Practice and qualifying didn't go as we wanted for that reason, so we were left with a lot of hard work in the races but I had good pace and knew we'd be able to fight through. The highlight for me was pulling off a move at the last corner of the last lap in race two, that sealed a great weekend. I'm sure we could have challenged for the podium if we'd qualified in the top six but sixth and fifth place from ninth on the grid in both races is a good return."Zaamin added: "I'd like to congratulate everyone involved in creating the Buddh International Circuit as it's a fantastic track to drive and a great facility. This weekend has been so important for our sport in India, I'm really happy to have been part of it all."