MotorSport

Mahindra Racing, one of the 10 founding teams of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, is the first team felicitated at the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy event, in Brisighella, Italy. This is the first time that a Formula E ...

There is nothing like a very tough rally that pushes the limits of man and machine to the extreme. The Dakar Rally held in South America is one of them, the other being the Afriquia Merzouga Rally held in Morocco. T...

Kevin Benavides riding a Honda motorcycle won the 4th stage of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally 2018. In the evening of the stage, held on April 19, 2018 in Morocco in Africa, the Race Direction rectified the results fol...

Stage 2 of the 9th edition of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally saw the racers cover a distance of 175 km in the region of Erg Chhabbi. At the end of the stage, India’s Sherco TVS Factory Rally team’s Joan Pedrero stood ...

Stage 1 of the 9th edition of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally began at Timbaktu hotel and saw the racers battle across two loops of 110.7 kilometers and 96.01 kilometers respectively. At the end of the stage, the overa...

Sam Bird of DS Virgin Racing held his nerve in the closing laps of the CBMM Niobium Rome E-Prix presented by Mercedes EQ and fended off multiple attacks from both Lucas di Grassi of Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler and Mit...

After clocking his first win of the 2018 season in Formula One in Melbourne in March 2018, Sebastian Vettel of Scuderia Ferrari got his second win at the Bahrain Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas of...

Breaking open a bottle of champagne, Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel celebrated his surprising victory over Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes. Luck as you have it played soil sport for Hamilton when the Brit was forced to ...

Sherco TVS Factory Rally Team’s Lorenzo Santolino continued his impressive form in the fourth stage of the Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm 2018 topping the stage at P1. Leg 4, which was divided into two parts, including...

The arid desert of Jaisalmer is proving to be relentless, with the participants battling it out in a cut-throat competition. The stages covering the majestic dunes of Asu Tar and Turkon ki Basti brought a whole new ...

Hero MotoSports Team Rally’s ace rider CS Santosh met with an accident on March 21, 2018 at Desert Storm 2018 and injured himself. Following his injury, as a precautionary measure, the Hero MotoSports Team Rally h...

Upholding the legacy and showcasing its commitment to fuel excitement for motorsports in the country, Harley-Davidson India debuted its very first Flat Track experience in India for motorcycle enthusiasts. Led by...

The 16th edition of the 2018 Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm was flagged off from The Great India Place Noida mall on March 18, 2018. The rally is set to explore new terrains, covering a total distance of 2300 kms.

Hyderabad’s speed sensation Anindith Reddy was crowned ‘FMSCI National MotorSports Person of the Year 2017’ at a glittering function in Chennai March 11, 2018. The 26-year-old, who has been scorching the domestic ci...

For the first time Honda is promoting Indian riders in an Indian team in international motorsports arena. The IDEMITSU Honda Racing India team by T Pro Ten10 will see two promising Indian riders - second-timer Rajiv...

Triumph Motorcycles India further strengthened its association with the California Superbike School (CSS) for the fourth year in a row. With the aim to make world-class motorsports skills accessible to talented enth...

Techeetah driver Jean-Eric Vergne fended off his team-mate Andre Lotterer in a tense fight around the streets of Santiago to claim his second victory in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship and the first one two in th...

Mahindra Racing, the only Indian team to compete in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, has announced the formation of a strategic partnership with Pininfarina (a Mahindra Group owned company) and Tech Mahindra. Thi...

Let us not just hail the winners in each of the categories of the 40th edition of Dakar Rally in 2018, whether it is Matthias Walkner of Red Bull KTM Factory Team in the bike section, or Ignacio Casale of Casale Rac...

The eleventh stage of the Dakar 2018, from Belén to Fiambala, spanned across 485 kilometers with a ‘special’ of 280 kilometers. Sherco TVS Factory Rally Team’s Joan Pedrero finished the stage at 8th position and now...

Both the two riders of Hero MotoSports Rally Team -- Oriol Mena and CS Santosh--and the sole rider of Sherco TVS Rally Factory Juan Pedrero Garcia have sailed past the 10th stage of the 2018 Dakar Rally being held...

Now that a very tough Stage 8 is over, rookie Oriol Mena of Hero MotoSports came in a respectable 14th. He now has an overall standing of 18 after 8 stages. Across the cam, at TVS Sherco Rally Factory, their sole ri...

The massive sand dunes of Peru are far behind and now the riders at the Dakar Rally 2018, with their recalibrated vehicles are experiencing a different terrain completely. After the much deserved rest day at La Paz,...

After six gruelling days of riding and driving through Peru’s vast sand dunes and having entered the beautiful landscape of Bolivia, the Dakar Rally 2018 is left with 110 bikes, 41 quads, 71 cars and SxS, and 30 tru...

With two of their fine riders retired hurt, the fate of Sherco TVS Rally team rests on one rider, Joan Pedrero. The sixth stage of Dakar 2018 saw the teams leave behind the treacherous deserts of Peru and scale the ...

Every time the Dakar Rally hits the Bolivian leg, there are always chances of the weather and climate playing the spoilsport. Staying true to that tradition, the first part of the 6th stage of the Dakar Rally from A...

The 40th edition of the Dakar Rally continues to challenge man and machine as it progresses beyond the 5th stage to complete its 14 stages spread over 9000 km. This is the 10th Dakar to be held in South America . Th...

Aravind Prabhakar (KP) of Sherco TVS Rally Team crashed out of the gruelling Dakar Rally 2018. No official statement has been released by the company or the organisers but highly placed sources confirmed to Motown I...

After the 4th stage of the tough Dakar Rally 2018, riders representing Indian motorcycle companies have done relatively well with Juan Pedrero Garcia of Sherco TVS Rally factory coming in 17th overall. His teammate ...

The fourth stage of the Dakar Rally camped itself in San Juan De Marcona for one more day of dunes and navigation. It turned out to be a very tough stage for the competitors with hidden way points and difficult terr...

For riders representing Indian teams, it was an eventful Stage 3 at the Dakar Rally 2018 with Oriol Mena of Hero MotoSports Team Rally coming in 12 during stage 3 and now standing 19 th overall after three stages. H...

With the third stage of the Dakar Rally moving from Pisco to a very windy and dusty San Juan De Marcona, Spanish debutant rider Oriol Mena of Hero MotoSports Team Rally overcame tough navigation to clock-in a fast t...

After a short appetiser on Saturday, the competitors faced the full might of the dunes of Ica near Pisco on Sunday January 7, 2018. The second stage in Peru was 90% off the track. The 267 km challenge required some ...

Hero MotoSports Team Rally riders CS Santosh and Oriol Mena both have regained momentum on the 2nd day of the Dakar Rally 2018 and are keeping it steady in Stage 2.

The most gruelling race on the planet, the Dakar Rally, flagged off its 40th edition in Lima, the capital city of Peru on January 6, 2018. This edition of Dakar Rally marks the 2nd year of participation for India’s ...

For the riders of the Sherco Tvs Factory Rally Team, it was a safe Stage 1 Dakar 2018 race as they rode from Lima to Pisco in Peru. The rally in the course of the next several days will cross three countries: Peru, ...

Hero MotoSports Team Rally showcased their new RR 450 rally bike for the first time in the country. The motorsport division of Hero also announced its team for the Dakar Rally 2018 which will comprise of Joaquim Rod...

Narsee Monjee, Vile Parle in Mumbai witnessed the national finals of the inaugural edition of Red Bull Desert Wings University Challenge, a thrilling competition for students who are motorsport enthusiasts. At this...

The prestigious Italian brand Alfa Romeo owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has signed a multi-year technical and commercial partnership agreement with Swiss Sauber F1 Team for participation in the Formula 1 w...

After their incredible performance at the Force Gurkha RFC India 2017, veteran rallyist Jagat Nanjappa and co-driver Chetan Changappa are all set to compete on the Malaysian soil at the 21st edition of the Rainfores...

Marc Marquez of Repsol Honda RC213V secured his second consecutive Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) MotoGP World Championship riders title at the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix (Spain). This gave ...

The Sherco TVS Factory Rally team announced its three-rider squad for Dakar 2018. The squad comprises of Joan Pedrero of Spain, Adrien Metge of France and Aravind KP from India. Of the three riders, 39-year-old Joan...

Finally, after a race that saw some very tough maneuvering, Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes secured his fourth Formula One win as he came in 9th in the Mexican Grand Prix. The race winner was Red Bull’s young Max Verstap...

It was an incredibly pleasant evening in the city of Kochi when the Mahindra Adventure Club Challenge was flagged off on October 14, 2017. I was invited to the dreamy city in the southern state of Kerala to witness ...

It seems that Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari is not going to let Lewis Hamilton win the 2017 F1 series with ease. Vettel, in fact, led the opening five laps of the race that was held on October 22, 2017 in the United S...

Max Verstappen who turned 20 celebrated his birthday in style when he won the Malaysian Grand Prix on October 1, 2017 for his team Red Bull Racing beating Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton who came in second. Verstappen’s te...

The top four teams on the Force Gurkha RFC India 2017 leader board have got a free entry the RFC Global Series 2017 Grand Finale, to be held in Malaysia later this year. Previously, this coveted award was given only...

As expected at the Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull Ring, a track that suits the ‘Desmosedici’ like no other, Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) nudged ahead of an equally brilliant Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) for a wi...

A gamble on tyre choice turned into a tactical masterstroke in the Czech Grand Prix held on August 7, 2017, as defending World Champion Marc Marquez of Repsol Honda Team made an early pit stop to switch bikes after ...

After a week-long nail biting competition, Gurmeet Virdi and co-driver Kirpal Singh Tung of Gerrari Offroaders Chandigarh have emerged as the Force Gurkha RFC India 2017 Overall Champions with a total score of 2019 ...

Lucas di Grassi became the new FIA Formula E champion despite taking a seventh place in the Hydro-Quebec Montreal ePrix on July 30, 2017. He brought his ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport car home safely for the six points t...

Gurmeet Virdi (co-driver Kirpal Singh Tung) of Gerrari Offroaders Chandigarh managed to edge past the neck-to-neck competition with Siddartha Santosh (co-driver Prithviraj AC) for the top spot, as Gurmeet retained a...

Amidst some jaw-dropping offroad motorsport action, Gurmeet Virdi (co-driver Kirpal Singh Tung) of Gerrari Offroaders Chandigarh reclaimed the numero uno position with 1072 points out of 1500 on Day 3 of Force Gurkh...

Mercedes-Benz which has been dominating the Formula 1 space this season, has announced plans to enter the FIA Formula E Championship for the 2019/20 season – extending the original option agreement to join the elect...

Force Gurkha RFC India is back in Goa after a year, for what is expected to be an extremely tough and adrenaline-filled fourth season. Starting from July 22, 2017, RFC India 2017 will be held at various locations wi...

Rally Poland was an event full of drama and incredible action, with insane speeds on wet and slippery roads, and lots of unexpected twists involving every one of the leading contenders. In the end, Thierry Neuville ...

Reigning Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) has taken his eighth successive win at the Sachsenring in the German Grand Prix despite being under pressure from a stunning rookie ride by home hero German rookie ...

No. 46 Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP), referred to as the “Doctor” raced his way to another spectacular win, his 115th, in the Motul TT Assen, in the Netherlands. The nine-time World Champion completed a c...

Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was the surprise winner in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on June 25, 2017 as chaos dominated a large part of the race. But amidst the chaos, rookie Lance Stroll of Williams took his maiden po...

The 2017/18 FIA Formula E Championship calendar has been revealed following the FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) meeting in Geneva. The calendar features a more compact schedule, including three double-headers a...

In a race that was full of close calls and heart aches, the #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Earl Bamber (NZ), Timo Bernhard (DE) and Brendon Hartley (NZ) won for the 19th time at the Circuit des 24 Heures. The secon...

Andrea Dovizioso of Ducati Team took an incredible second win of the season after the Italian GP in Mugello in the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya at the Montmelò circuit outside Barcelona in Spain in front o...

Lewis Hamilton won his sixth Canadian Grand Prix race on June 12, 2017, ahead of team mate Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes who came in second in Montreal. The third place went to Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo. This time ...

Mahindra Racing secured an historic maiden victory in the FIA Formula E Championship on June 10, 2017, with a double podium in the first of the weekend’s two Berlin ePrix races.

Nicky Hayden, the 2006 MotoGP World Champion, passed away at the age of 35 following an accident. A member of the Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team rider Nicky Hayden was involved in an accident in which he had a ...

Sebastien Ogier claimed his 5th Vodafone Rally de Portugal win on May 21, 2017. With this, he increased his FIA World Rally Championship lead with his second victory of the season by 15.6sec from Thierry Neuville wh...

Sebastien Buemi staved off enormous pressure from Lucas di Grassi to claim his fourth FIA Formula E Championship win of the season in Monaco. He now extends his points lead to 15. While di Grassi had to be content w...

Thierry Neuville of Hyundai Motorsport, driving a Hyundai i20 coupe, won by a whisker thus making it one of the closest FIA World Rally Championship wins in history at YPF Rally Argentina on the afternoon of April 3...

Callum Ilott of Prema Powerteam won the sixth race of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship season at the 5.793 kilometres long Formula 1 track in the royal park of Monza in Italy. It was the third race at the Mo...

Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes scored the first win of his F1 career on Sunday April 30, 2017 after holding off Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel for a well deserved victory in the 2017 Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix. With ...

India’s Gaurav Gill of Team MRF Tyres made the most of the misfortune to overnight leader and team-mate Ole Christian Veiby and turned back a 33-second deficit to win the International Rally of Whangarei, the first ...

In the fourth race of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship season held in Monza, Italy, British driver Lando Norris of Carlin team defeated teammate Jehan Daruvala from India, who had started from pole position.

The Carlin team dominated proceedings in first qualifying of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship on April 28, 2017 at the 5.793 kilometres long Grand Prix circuit of Monza in Italy with India’s rookie 18 years ...

Marc Marquez of Repsol Honda Team finally got into the victory mode in the third race of the 2017 MotoGP held in Austin, Texas in the United States. The defending World Champion sped to an important and much-needed ...

Volkswagen Motorsport India has announced that it has built a new race car for the Ameo Cup 2017 scheduled later this year. The Ameo Cup race car has been developed entirely at Volkswagen Pune plant for the first ti...

Former Indian National Rally Champion Amanpreet Ahulawalia emerged the winner of the three-day JK Tyre Arunachal Festival of Speed at the Dirang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh. The Noida-based veteran rallyist and his...

Indian racer Armaan Ebrahim overcame rain and technical problems to grab a commendable third-place finish in the Super Trofeo Asia Series in Sepang, Malaysia. Armaan, spearheading Team FFF Racing, began in the sixth...

The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team gave an astounding performance in Sunday’s (April 9, 2017) Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina, securing an immaculate 1-2 finish. Maverick Viñales was in a league of his own ...

Lewis Hamilton did not take long to get back to his winning form as he clinched the first position on the final day of the Formula 1 race in China. With two races over for the 2017 season, both he and Sebasitan Vett...

Participating in his first rally on Indian soil, Hero MotoSports Team Rally’s Joaquim Rodrigues won the India Baja 2017. Popularly called JRod, he blazed through the second leg of the India Baja rally to finish in f...

The second edition of the India Baja—an international motorsports event promoted by Northern Motorsports India—will be held from April 7-9, 2017, in the Golden City of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The event this year will ...

Hero Cycles Pvt. Ltd, the world’s largest bicycle manufacturer, has announced its new IPL partnership as the Principal Sponsor of Kings XI Punjab, the home team of the company which is headquartered in Ludhiana.

Close on the heels of its debut at the Dakar 2017, Hero MotoSports Team Rally, the motorsports team of Hero MotoCorp is gearing up for India Baja 2017 in April this year. This will be the Team’s second rally raid o...

After a winless season in 2016, Ferrari came back fully charged with Sebastian Vettel winning the opening race of the 2017 Formula 1 season. At the Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix Sebastian Vettel beat Lewis H...

While Tata Motors unveiled the country’s fastest race truck -- the 1000 bhp T1 Prima race truck-- at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in Greater Noida during the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship Season 4, it ...

Twenty-nine-year-old UP based truck driver Pitambar won the his first professional truck race, in the Super Class Category of the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship, Season 4. Shivnihal Singh (40 years) also of UP ...

Tata Motors will be showcasing its latest powerful truck, the 1000 bhp Prima Race Truck during the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship to be held on March 18-19, 2017 at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC). The pea...

National champions Asgar Ali and Muhammad Mustafa underlined their supremacy in Siliguri, West Bengal on Thursday March 2, 2017 while claiming the Biswa Bangla JK Tyre Himalayan Drive crown in style.

National champions Asgar Ali and Muhammad Mustafa hung on to their lead for the third successive day to remain firm favourites to take the Biswa Bangla JK Tyre Himalayan Drive championship in Paro, Bhutan on Tuesday...

Overnight leaders Asgar Ali and his navigator Muhammad Mustafa held on to their lead after the second leg of the Biswa Bangla JK Tyre Himalayan Drive in Bhutan on February 27, 2017. Leg two saw the rallyists cover a...

The first edition of the JK Tyre Xtreme 4Play, an off road event, was held at Chandigarh's Ropar district in 1800 acres of private forest reserve from February 17 to 19, 2017. This was the biggest off-roading event ...

Sebastien Buemi of Renault e.dams has made Formula E history by becoming the first driver to win three races in a row. It was also his ninth win in the all-electric street racing series, and the 12th for the team. T...

The fastest Indian men on land, APRC Champion and India’s best Cross Country Rally Driver, Gaurav Gill, and India’s most accomplished supercross & rally-raid champion C S Santosh, are experimenting a sea change in t...

The muscular and mean looking IronScorpion HMV driven by an American driver is among the record 40 entries that have come its way for the fourt edition of the Force Gurkha Rainforest Challenge (RFC) India to be held...

Five time National Rally Champion Gaurav Gill was decorated with the prestigious 'Motorsports Person of the Year Award’ at an FMSCI function held in Hyderabad. The function was attended by the entire galaxy of racin...

Delhi-based Cougar Motorsport Pvt. Ltd. has successfully completed its 100th event. The organisation started operations in the year 2009 as a pioneer in the luxury self-driving experiences arena and has since then ...

Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik have emerged winners of the 15th Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm that concluded on February 4, 2017 in The Blue city of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Driving in their Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara, the du...

Maruti Suzuki will now soon be lording over the high seas too. Procam International, known for hosting long distance running in the country, especially the Mumbai marathon, is launching the Nexa P1 Powerboat, Indian...

Leading passenger vehicle maker, Maruti Suzuki flagged off the Desert Storm from GIP Mall on January 29, 2017. In its 15th edition, the rally will cover a total of 2000 kms over a span of 6 days.

Mick Schumacher took another commanding win at Round 3 of the MRF Challenge 2016 held at the Buddh International Circuit on January 29, 2017 ahead of Joey Mawson and Harrison Newey