Gaurav Gill wins ’Motorsports Person of the Year Award’ at FMSCI function

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 racing and rallying stars in the country.

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(L-R)Ace racers Arman Ebrahim,Anindith Reddy Konda,Nayan Chatterjee,Vishnu Prasad & Raghul Rangasamy were seen together at the FMSCI Annual  Award Function held in Hyderabad this month.

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Armaan Ebrahim won the Outstanding achievement in World Motorsport at the FMSCI Annual Awards Function in Hyderabad for winning the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Series 2016.

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Armaan Ebrahim(L)Winner of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Series 2016 with JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship Euro JK 16 National Champion Driver Anindith Reddy Konda(R) with Nayan Chatterjee(Extreme Right)

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Five time National Rally Champion Gaurav Gill was decorated with the prestigious ‘Motorsports Person of the Year Award’ Trophy from Jean Todt(L), president of FIA & Akbar Ebrahim(R),president FMSCI at Hyderabad.

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Mira Erda won the Outstanding Women in Motorsport Award in Karting category at the FMSCI Annual Award Function held in Hyderabad

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Sneha Sharma won the Outstanding Women in Motorsport Award in single seater category at the FMSCI Annual Award Function held in Hyderabad.

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Gill, the reigning Asia Pacific Champion had a spectacular 2016, winning all five rounds of the APRC to set a new record, received the Raymond Gautam Singhania Trophy from Jean Todt, the president of FIA (Le Federation Internationale de l’Automobile).

The awards giving ceremony, an annual feature in the Federation of Motor Sports Club of India (FMSCI), was organised at a much more lavish scale this year  under the stewardship of its recently elected president Akbar Ibrahim. As many as 75 winners were presented with trophies for their victorious efforts in the year gone by.

B Vijay Kumar, owner of the Kari Motor Speedway, was also given the lifetime achievement award for his immense contribution to the field of motorsports in the country. 

“This is a special day for motor sports as the FMSCI was formed exactly on this day, 44 years ago,” Akbar said. “I am proud to say that we had as many as 350 tournaments through the year, which makes us the third most active motor sporting country in Asia,” he added.

Akbar also pointed out that a new wing has already been commissioned to empower women and help them race in various disciplines, including motocross, drag racing and rallying.

All the award winners:

Life Time Achievement Award :  B. Vijaykumar ; Motorsports person of the year, Gaurav Gill; Celebrating 50 years of competition in motorsports: D Vidyaprakash

JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship

LGB Formula 4 - National Champion Driver: Vishnu Prasad; LGB Formula 4 - National Champion Team: Meco Racing; Euro JK 16 - National Champion Drive: Anindith Reddy Konda

MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship

MRF FF 1600 National Champion Driver: G. Vikash Anand; Indian Touring Cars (ITC) - National Champion Driver: Arjun Narendran; Indian Touring Cars (ITC) - National Champion Team: Red Rooster Racing; Indian Junior Touring Cars (IJTC) - National Champion Driver: Keith DeSouza; Indian Junior Touring Cars (IJTC) - National Champion Team: Red Rooster Racing; Super Stock - National Champion Driver: Raghul Rangaswamy; Super Stock - National Champion Team: Race Concepts; F 1300 - National Champion Driver: Raghul Rangaswamy; F1300 - National Champion Team: Wallace Sports & Research Foundation;

Outstanding Women in Motorsport Award:

In Karting -  Mira Erda

In Single Seater   Racing -  Sneha Sharma

In 2w Racing -   Aishwarya Pissay &  Shruthi Nagarajan

In Rallying --  Bani Yadav

MRF FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship

Indian National Rally Champion - Driver: Karna Kadur; Indian National Rally Champion - Co Driver: Nikhil V Pai; Indian National Rally Champion - Team: Indian National Rally Champion - Team: Mahindra Adventure; Indian National Rally Champion Driver - 2000cc: Karna Kadur; Indian National Rally Champion Co-Driver - 2000cc: Nikhil V Pai; Indian National Rally Champion 2000cc Team: Yokohama; Indian Rally Champion - Driver: Abhilash P.G.; Indian Rally Champion - Co-Driver: Srikanth Gowda; Indian Rally Champion - Team: R3A PGA Motorsports

Maruti Suzuki FMSCI National SuperLeague TSD Rally Championship

National Champion Crew: Karthick Maruthi / Sankar Anand S; National Champion Driver: Karthick Maruthi; National Champion Navigator: Musthafa M

Outstanding achievement in World Motorsport

Armaan Ebrahim: Winner of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Series 2016; Jehan Daruvalla: 2nd in the Formula Toyota Championship in New Zealand ; Akash Gowda – 3rd in the FIA South East Asia F4 Championship; Shahan Ali Moshin – Asia Max Karting Championship – 1st in the Micro Max Class; Ricky Donison – Asia Max Karting Championship – 2nd in the Senior Max Class; Nayan Chatterjee – Asia Max Karting Championship – 2nd in the Shifter Class  

JK Tyre FMSCI National Rotax Karting Championship

Micro Max - National Champion Driver: Shahan Ali Mohsin; Micro Max - National Champion Team: Meco racing;  Junior Max - National Champion Driver: Manav Sharma;  Junior Max - National Champion Team: BPC Racing; Senior Max - National Champion Driver: Ricky Donison; Senior Max - National Champion Team: BPC Racing

The MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship

 MRF MOGRIP FMSCI National Supercross Championship  

The MRF MOGRIP FMSCI National Rally Championship 2W: