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It was one-two for Mercedes Benz drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas at the Spanish Grand Prix as Hamilton secured his second victory in a row. Red Bull racing driver Max Verstappen came in third with his dam...

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...

Hero MotoSports Team Rally, the motorsport division of Hero MotoCorp Ltd., will begin its ‘Road to Dakar 2019’ campaign with the 2018 Merzouga Rally to be held in Morocco from April 15 to 20, 2018. This will be the ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 Singapore Grand Prix – the first night race in F1 history to be run in wet conditions—saw both the Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen crashing out of the race, while Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes g...

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 ...

It was the first win for Ferrari after 2001 in Monaco as Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen finished 1st and 2nd at the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2017 on May 28, 2017. With his win, Vettel has pushed his titl...

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales came out fighting and lucky as he dominated the MotoGP field to claim a sensational victory at the Grand Prix de France. With this, he sealed Yamaha’s 500th Grand Prix w...

Even while Sebastien Buemi gave Renault e.dams its most important win of the year by producing a dominant display in front of its home crowd in the Qatar Airways Paris ePrix - round six of the 2016/17 FIA Formula E ...

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...

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 ...

It was now the turn of Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari to come in first in the third Formula 1 race of the season, having done the same thing in the first race. With this win, Vettel has a clear lead in the drivers’ cha...

Hyundai Motorsport has registered its maiden victory of the 2017 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) with Neuville and co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul securing victory in Tour de Corse in the #5 Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC. The ...

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...

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 ...

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...

It was a perfect start from Movistar Yamaha at the 2017 MotoGP season which began in Qatar as Maverick Viñales secured a great win while teammate Valentino Rossi put in a stellar performance during the opening round...

Harrison Newey was crowned the MRF Challenge 2016 Champion after beating Mick Schumacher and Joey Mawson in the final race of the season. Newey and Mawson tied on 277 points after the finish but the British driver t...

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...

Toyota celebrated victory just two rallies into its comeback following a 17-year absence from the FIA World Rally Championship with Jari-Matti Latvala winning in Sweden. It was the Finn’s 17th career victory, but on...

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

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.

In stage 4 of Rally Dakar 2017, defending motorbike champion Toby Price, KTM’s 2016 winner, exited the race after he broke his femur in a fall.

Australian Toby Price won the second stage of the Rally Dakar 2017 in the motorcycle category with a lead of more than 3 minutes over his team-mate Matthias Walkner and almost four minutes over Paulo Goncalves. Xavi...

Mercedes continued its winning streak and Lewis Hamilton his No. 1 position as the Sao Paulo race saw Lewis and teammate Nico Rosberg come in one and two at the Formula 1 Grande Premio do Brasil 2016 on November 13,...

It was the 250th Grand Prix start for Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo who said goodbye to that title in stunning style, as the Spaniard held off a late charge from reigning World Champion Marc Marquez (R...

Mahindra Racing collected a second consecutive podium and scored its first ever pole position for the inaugural Marrakesh ePrix, the second round of the 2016-17 FIA Formula E Championship.

Andrea Dovizioso of Ducati Team produced a superb performance at the Sepang International Circuit to take victory in the Shell Malaysia Grand Prix. The Ducati Team rider crossed the finish-line ahead of Rossi and ...

Anand Mahindra and his team could not have got a better Diwali gift as Francesco Bagnaia (Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra) took his second ever career win at Sepang International Circuit in the Moto3, avoiding a pile of ...

Even though Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) may have won the Moto GP 2016 championship, the win by Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) in Australian GP held on the race track of Phillip Island on October 23, 2016 proved that ther...

It was a stunning win for Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez as he crossed the chequered flag to claim the 2016 MotoGP World Championship at a place that could not have been more appropriate. Yes, Hondas home in Japan...

The 2016 edition of Maruti Suzuki Rad de Himalaya came to a tragic halt after one of the participants, 49 years old Subhamoy Paul, who was taking part in the Moto-Quads Xtreme category of the rally, died on the 3rd ...

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 ...

Silverstone’s British Grand Prix saw Maverick Vinales of Team Suzuki Ecstar cruising to victory while home hero Cal Crutchlow managed a second place, outpacing MotoGP championship leader and Repsol Honda rider Marc ...

Team Aspar Mahindra rider Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia fought to a brilliant second place finish in a hold-your-breath Moto3 battle at Silverstone on September4, 2016, finishing less than two tenths of a second away fr...

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...

Though Nico Rosberg of Mercedes won the Formula One race in Belgium, this race will be remembered more for all its crashes and near misses. Rosberg scored his sixth victory of the year, the 20th of his career, and h...

The first and second positions by Peugeot MC Saxoprint rider John McPhee and Jorge Martin (Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra) at the HJC Helmets Grand Prix Moto3 race in Automotodrom Brno, Czech Republic came as sweet vict...

It was a Ducati moment at the Austrian MotoGP on August 14, 2016 as Andrea Iannone took the first win for the Ducati Team after almost six years. It was Casey Stoner who took his Ducati bike over the finish line at ...

What a brilliant race at the Austrian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes nudged himself to win the F1 race at Spielberg for the Round 9 of the Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Osterreich 2016. In a bid to win the r...

The 250th race of the modern MotoGP era will be one that Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS and Jack Miller will never forget, after the Australian claimed a remarkable maiden premier class victory at the historic A...

Belgian driver Thierry Neuville banished memories of a torrid start to the 2016 season by claiming his second career victory in a Hyundai i20 at the WRC Rally Italia Sardegna. He became the fifth different winner in...

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton fought back to defeat the Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel to win for the fifth time in Montreal in the Canadian Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas took a well deserved third place to give Wil...

The rain swept, incident filled Formula1 race in the beautiful and luxurious principality of Moanco saw Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes win and a magnificent podium finish for Sergio Perez of Force India who came in thir...

After having spent a night in the High Atlas, the competitors took an early start for the 4th stage of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally in Morocco. This was the fastest one of this rally on off road tracks crossing all k...

As temperatures in the desert climbed to 40 degrees celsius and more on Wednesday May 25, 2016, a desert storm made things complicated for the competitors of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally in Morocco. Originally the fo...

Kris Meeke, the Northern Irishman won the Vodafone Rally De Portugal , the four-day rough road event by 29.7sec in his Citroën’s DS 3 on Sunday (May 22, 2016). Meeke was back in the championship after missing the pr...

It was a red letter day for Red Bull’s 18-year-old Max Emilian Verstappen as he drove magnificently to win the Barcelona Formula One race on a hot day which saw a lot of drama on and off the field. While Verstappen ...

For once Volkswagen had to eat the humble pie as Hayden Paddon driving his Hyundai i20 scored his first WRC victory at YPF Rally Argentina on the afternoon of April 24, 2016 after fighting off world champion Sébasti...

The three biggest names of MotoGP—Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez—raced like there was no tomorrow and then finally Rossi romped home victorious at the Gran Premio Red Bull de España. The MotoGP Span...

Lucas di Grassi, the Abt Schaeffler driver has extended his lead in the FIA Formula E Championship with a flawless drive in the Visa Paris ePrix held on April 23, 2016. Grassi took the lead the moment the race star...

Redemption came to Lucas di Grassi in the shape of a perfectly judged win in the FIA Formula E Faraday Future Long Beach ePrix on April 2, 2016. The Abt Schaeffler Audi Sport driver had sprayed the victory champagne...

The 2016 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix saw the all too familiar Mercedes winning formula in play as the team came in first and second with Nico Rosberg and his team mate Lewis Hamilton winning the race in M...

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 ...

Usually, the Brazilian GP is one of most anticipated F1 calendar as the track at Interlagos has never failed to deliver an exciting performance. This year however, it was unfortunate that the same track that crowned...

Lucas di Grassi OF ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport claimed his second FIA Formula E Championship win in a race at Putrajaya in Malaysia that was packed with incident from start to finish. Sam Bird of DS Virgin Racing Form...

After qualifying on pole and locking the front row yet again for Mercedes with team mate Lewis Hamilton next to him, Nico Rosberg took victory of the first Mexican Grand Prix in 23 years at the Autodromo Hermanos Ro...

Lewis Hamilton dominated and finally won the Russian Grand prix in Sochi on October 11, 2015. Russia's president Vladimir Putin handed out the winner's trophy to Hamilton, who threw it into the air in delight. Unfor...

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...

"Yes, you did it! You're great, you're magic," the Ferrari crew sang to Sebastian Vettel as he scoredhis third victory of the season - and his fourth in Singapore at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. A huge crowd of ar...

Armaan Ebrahim and his team mate Dilantha Malagamuwa from Sri Lanka took their second consecutive podium finish in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Series at the Sentul International Circuit as the duo finished 3rd in t...

Formula One race driver Jules Bianchi who suffered trauma to his head during the Japanese Grand Prix on October 5, 2014 died on July 17, 2015, his family informed. During the accident in Japan his car left the track...

At the Rally of Poland, the 7th round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), Sebastian Ogeir once again came out victorious holding off his Volkswagen Motorsport team mate Andreas Mikkelsen who finished 2nd. ...

Lewis Hamilton has won the 70th British Grand Prix for Mercedes AMG Petronas followed by his teammate Nico Rosberg in 2nd and Sebastian Vettel in 3rd for Scuderia Ferrari in the midst of a surprise on the weather fr...

Nico Rosberg won the 71-lap long Austrian Grand Prix at the Redbull Ring for Mercedes as his team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished 2nd despite the 5 second penalty that was added to his overall time. As the lights we...

Nico Hulkenberg is an F1 driver for Sahara Force India team and has won several points in the various races in the past. But a Grand Prix win has always eluded him. He then received an offer from Porsche to drive at...

After Team Audi Sport Joest had dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the past 5 years, Porsche finally managed to suppress the power of the Audi R18 e-Tron quattro after Nico Hulkenberg brought the #19 Porsche 919 ...

While the forecast showed that rain was approaching the city of Le Mans, no sign of any drizzle was seen as the three Porsche 919 Hybrids qualified on the top three spots of the grid for 83rd edition of the Le Mans ...

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...

"Woohoo, yes!!" screamed Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG Petronas as he won the 78 lap Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2015 held on May 24th 2015. He's only the fourth man in history to win three straight races in the P...

Kris Meeke has clinched his first maiden WRC victory at XION Rally Argentina. Meeke is the first British driver since 2002 to win a world rally. The Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT finished a one-two as Mads Østberg fin...

As he stood on top of the podium, Nelson Piquet Jr held his trophy in one hand and his crash helmet – a tribute to his father’s original design – in the other. The significance of the moment was plain for all to ...

Eighteen years old Toby Sowery was crowned MRF Challenge 2014 Champion after finishing on the podium in Race 3 at the finale at the MMRT in Chennai. Sowery is the third Champion of the MRF Challenge and at 18 years...

The prestigious and tough Dakar Rally 2015 from January 3 to January 17, 2015 will, for the first time see an Indian participating. Daredevil, adrenaline junkie, star sportsman – words fall short while describing In...

Sebastien Buemi of e.dams-Renault clinched his first Formula E victory with a great drive in Punta del Este in Uruguay, holding off an almost defiant Jean-Eric Vergne of Andretti for a well-deserved win. Vergne s...

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...

French car maker Peugeot, which once had a presence in India through the Premier group, is competing in the 2015 Dakar Rally hoping to write a new chapter in a remarkable history at the event. Peugeot had entered th...

With half an hour left at the final race of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mark Webber lost control of his Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 race car and suffered a huge impact as he went str...

Sam Bird of Virgin Racing flew to victory in the 2014 FIA Formula E Ycapital Management Putrajaya ePrix. He beat championship-leader Lucas di Grassi of Audi Sport ABT and Sebastien Buemi of e.dams-Renault who came i...

Jules Bianchi is finally out of medically induced coma and has been aero-medically transferred from Yokkiaichi to Nice University Hospital in France. According to a statement from the Bianchi family on November 1...

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...

Marussia will run a single car for the duration of the forthcoming Grand Prix weekend in Sochi, Russia out of respect for its driver Jules Bianchi, who remains in hospital in Yokkaichi, Japan, in a critical but stab...

Mohali man Amartej Buwal, driving a Maruti Gypsy, finally won the 16th Maruti Suzuki Raid De Himalaya. The Raid raced to a finish at Manali on October 10, 2014 after covering 2,200 kilometers approximately over six ...

Suresh Rana, the nine-time champion of the Raid Xtreme (4X4) category, crashed out of the 16th Maruti Suzuki Raid De Himalaya on the fifth day of the rally on October 9, 2014. Celebrity actor Sohail Khan, meanwhile...