MotorSport

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 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 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 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 ...

The Volkswagen Motorsport India’s One-make series – Ameo Cup concluded its inaugural season at the Madras Motor Race Track near Chennai. Karminder Pal Singh put forward a strong performance in the first race of the ...

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...

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...

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...

A special race weekend organised by Volkswagen Motorsport India on the side lines of the MRF Challenge concluded on January 29, 2017 at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC), Gr. Noida. Held as a three-race weekend,...

Rajiv Sethu of Honda Ten10 Racing clinched the title in the Pro Stock 165cc category after scoring a grand double over the weekend in the fifth and final round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing...

Sam Sunderland of KTM took his first Dakar win in Buenos Aires after two failed attempts in previous years, ensuring the trophy stays with the official KTM team. Stéphane Peterhansel defended his crown at the wheel ...

Stage 5 of Rally Dakar 2017 saw its share of terrible weather, miscalculations and surprises as KTM Factory Team rider Sam Sunderland (bike category) and Peugeot driver Sébastien Loeb (car category) won the race.

Edition 39 of the Dakar (2 – 14 January 2017) will be contested in three countries. A lot of important participants will grace this event.

Karna Kadur and Nikhil Pai jumped to the lead of the MRF FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) standings with victory in the prestigious Coffee Day India Rally at the end of three days of hard-fought actio...

Two 35-year old veterans, Anthony Keith West (Australia) and Decha Kraisart (Thailand) lit up the Buddh International Circuit on Sunday October 2, 2016 with a memorable battle before the former took the honours for ...

Jagan Kumar of Team TVS Racing came back strongly to win the second race of the premium Super Sport Indian 165cc category as the third round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship concl...

It was an action filled final day at the Round 3 of the Honda One Make Race at the National Championship which got underway at the Madras Motor Race Track, Chennai on Friday.

Twenty-two year old Chennai lad Vikash Anand won a double to clinch the title in the MRF Formula 1600 category and a ticket for the Mazda Road to Indy shootout as the fifth and final round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indi...

Sunday August 21, 2016 proved to be a high adrenaline conclusion to the Round 2 of National Championship which took place at the Madras Motor Race Track, Chennai over the weekend.

Despite local racer taking a first on the podium at the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo in Sepang in Malaysia on Sunday August 14, 2016, India’s Armaan Ebrahim along with teammate Dilantha Malagamuwa finished sec...

TVS Motor Company announced the names of the 10 women riders shortlisted to participate and ride in Himalayan Highs Season 2. The selected riders will accompany Anam Hashim to the highest motorable road- Khardung-La...

After a week-long nail biting competition, Gerrari Offroaders Chandigarh’s Gurmeet Virdi and co-driver Kirpal Singh Tung have won the Force Gurkha RFC India 2016 with a total score of 2177 points out of 2700. This i...

TVS Motor Company has announced that they will be supporting racer Arjun Maini and has signed up for a long term association with the 19-year old. Maini recently created history by securing a podium finish in his se...

Indian racer Hari Krishnan, sponsored by Honda achieved his first-ever podium finish at an International level, finishing second-position in the Race 2 of the Asia Dream Cup at the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship ...

Twenty-three-year-old Indian rider Sarath Kumar is set to write a new chapter in his racing career. With backing from the WOW Digit Company, the former Asia Dream Cup graduate will be making his SuperSports 600cc de...

Lohitt Urs and his co-driver Shrikanth Gowda expectedly won the title in the FIA Asia Cup category besides emerging National champions even as Gaurav Gill (co-driver Musa Sherif) took the Overall crown in the Coffee...

The 18th JK Tyre Racing Championship concluded with a bang as a packed Grand Stand witnessed some of the best and the most adrenaline-pumping motor sports action in the country at the Buddh International Circuit on ...

Haas F1 Team has announced that their first driver for their 2016 debut in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship will be Romain Grosjean. The 29-year old Frenchman who is currently driving for Lotus F1 Team was to...

Vishwadev Muraleedharan, a 23-year old MBA graduate from Coimbatore, completed a fine double to clinch the rider’s title in the Suzuki Gixxer Cup (Novice) category of the MMSC One-Make Championship at the Buddh Inte...

Round 4 of the 12th JK Tyre-FMSCI Rotax National Karting Championship came to a thrilling end at Meco Kartopia in Bangalore. The young lad from Agra, Shahan Ali Mohsin from Team Meco Racing continued his dominance i...

Zayn Khan was unanimously elected as the new President of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India at the council meeting held on September 23, 2015. He was elected to replace R Bharath Raj, who passed away whi...

The Swedish pair of Pontus Tidemand and his co-driver Emil Axelsson expectedly clinched the title to lead a clean sweep by Team MRF in the Rally Hokkaido, the fifth and penultimate round of the FIA Asia Pacific Rall...

Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing) and Mathana Kumar (Ten10 Racing) made it a day to remember by completing a double each in the fourth and penultimate round of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship on...

Starting fourth for the first race, Patel found himself in the path of a spinning Marchee Lee while fighting for the lead on turn two of the first lap. While Lee recovered from the spin, Aditya was forced to retire ...

Pontus Tidemand and co-driver Emil Axelsson led a 1-2 finish for Team MRF as the Swedes swept to their third win of the season by claiming the title in the Malaysian Rally, the fourth round of the FIA Asia Pacific R...

Karminder Singh has won race 2 of Volkswagen Vento Cup 2015 to claim the top sport in the championship after round 1 of JK Tyre National Racing Championship at the Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore. Singh started r...

Nissan has announced the commencement of the GT Academy National Finals for India. The event, hosted over two days at Chennai’s legendary MMSC Racetrack, saw the top 20 qualifiers from online and live qualification ...

Just a day after taking his fourth pole in Montreal - and 44th overall - Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes, driver of car number 44, took his fourth victory at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and fourth victory of the year. ...

Mathana Kumar of Ten10 Racing blazed the track to score a double in the showpiece Group C (165cc) Open class to complete a fine weekend at the Rolon Round of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Champion...

First they would have to compete and show their prowess in the virtual world. Nissan and PlayStation will once again be searching the virtual world of Gran Turismo 6, for a real world racing driver. The revolutionar...

Bengaluru for the first time played host to the JK Tyre-MMS Rotax Kart Open and Rookie Cup 2015 on May 23 and 24, 2015. There were 24 races in total which took place over these two days and 40 young karters competin...

Suzuki Motorcycle India Private Limited (SMIPL) has launched the Gixxer Cup, marking its entry in the Indian racing arena. Suzuki has a long and successful history of motorcycle racing and the time is ripe to bring ...

Honda has announced that three riders from India will compete in the Honda Asia Dream Cup 2015 season. The India contingent from Chennai consists of Sarath Kumar, Hari Krishnan Rajagopalan and Sethu Rajiv. The Hond...

Former WRC and reigning WRX champion, Petter Solberg took victory at the first ever World RX of Hockenheim for the SDRX team. Ford Olsberg MSE driver Reinis Nitiss finished 2nd while Timmy Hansen took 3rd for Team P...

On January 26, 2015 Automobili Lamborghini appointed Giorgio Sanna as the Head of their Motorsport division. Sanna will immediately take charge of the three international single-make series which are organised by La...

The MINI brand has reasons to celebrate big time, It has achieved further success at the Dakar Rally. After covering more than 9,000 kilometres spanning Argentina, Chile and Bolivia, MINI won the world’s toughest ra...

Volkswagen Motorsport India has announced the Vento Cup which will be a part of the 18th JK Tyre Racing Championship from 2015. Similar to the Polo R Cup, a premium one-make touring car racing series, 2015 will s...

It was a bitter sweet day for Mahindra Racing as one of their drivers Karun Chandhok came in 19th without finishing the face after a broken rear suspension, even while his team mate Bruno Senna finished fifth in the...

The popular Coffee Day Rally has been confirmed as a round of the 2015 FIA Asia Cup and will be held from December 11 to 13 in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka. This was stated in a press release issued by FMSCI. The event...

Vishnu Prasad has won the JK Racing Formula BMW 02 held at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, UP. Prasad won both the FB 02 and the Formula LGB F4 races, but only managed to take home one title as Dil...

Vikram Mathias and co-driver Swaroop Mohan in their Mitsubishi Evo IX continued with their overnight lead to win the Coffee Day Rally. This was the sixth and concluding round of the FMSCI Indian Rally Championship i...

Day 1 of the JK Tyre Polo R Cup 2014 saw some crashes as Race 1 began its first lap. On the first lap, at the first turn Anshul Shah drove off the track and lost his grip, hitting Lee Keshav’s car and toppled. Lee K...

On a day of mayhem on the Special Stages, 11 competitors, including National champion Gaurav Gill (co-driver Musa Sherif) failed to finish while Vikram Mathias and his first-time navigator Swaroop Mohan, took the ov...

Scuderia Ferrari has announced that it has reached an agreement of three years duration with Sebastian Vettel, who now drives for Red Bull Racing team. Vettel will drive for the team beginning the 2015 season. The d...

Just the other day Tag Heuer was in the news with Ranbir Kapoor of India’s Bollywood becoming its brand ambassador. Now it is the turn of another celebrity to join hands with the Swiss watch brand Tag Heuer. Bruno S...

A weekend full of fuel burning, tyre smoking and adrenaline pumping motorsports came to a close the conclusion of round 3 of the JK Tyre Racing Championship with 8 races and 6 different winners racing in 4 different...

Team MRF completed their best season ever in the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) by winning all six races in the 2014 Championship with Jan Kopecky coasting to the win in the China Rally Longyou. Kopecký driv...

Indian industrialist Gautam Singhania has won both races for Dragon Racing Ferrari at the opening round of NGK Racing series at the Yas Marina Grand Prix circuit. Fred Fatien finished second in the sister car as thi...

Even though Karthik Tharani Singh had won Race 1 of Round 2 of the JK Tyre VW Polo R Cup 2014, the Race 2 on July 13, 2014 in Coimbatore was won by Bonnie Thomas. The latter registered his second victory of the seas...

Overnight leaders Gaurav Gill and Musa Sherif, won the JK Tyre-powered Rally of Coimbatore, the second round of the FMSCI-Indian Rally Championship (IRC), by over two minutes, on July 13 2014. The winners were drivi...

Formula One champion from Australia Mark Webber who left the F1 circuit after the 2013 season, goes by the name AussieGrit on the popular social media site Twitter. Daniel Ricciardo, the man from Australia who repla...

In what could be termed as a very thrilling race with a nail biting finsih, Bonnie Thomas narrowly edged past his rivals to win Race 2 of the Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2014. The race was held at the Kari Motor Speedway ...

Mercedes is doing it in Formula One and now it’s the turn of Volkswagen to do in the FIA World Rally Championship. Before you wonder what it’s all about, we are talking about the one-two victory. In Formula One, off...

Jeffrey Kruger had a great 2013 season in Polo R Cup in India. Now he takes the challenge of Volkswagen Castrol Cup 2014 in Poland. The South African driver has qualified 6th and finished Race 1 in 4th while Race 2...

The 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship will see more powerful Volkswagen engines in their cars which will see an extra 15hp added on to the old 210-hp generation of Formula 3 engines. Thus, it would be 225-hp ...

The Volkswagen Polo R 2014 season, the dates of which have yet to be announced, has the drivers in place. During a two-day selection programme by Volkswagen Motorsport India, drivers were put through rigorous tests....

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