MotorSport

Daniel Abt drove a dominant race to secure victory in the BMW i Berlin E-Prix in front of his home fans ahead of Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team-mate Lucas di Grassi at Tempelhof Airport.

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...

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...

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...

Sherco TVS Factory Rally team has announced a 4-rider squad for Merzouga Rally, 2018. The squad includes Joan Pedrero and Lorenzo Santilino from Spain, Martin Duplessis from Argentina and Vanni Cominotto from Italy....

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Covering a total distance of 217 km, the first leg of Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm 2018 culminated in Bikaner. Braving the scorching heat of the Thar Desert, the participants battled it out to grab the lead in their r...

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...

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...

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...

This win, unlike the earlier one, was well deserved as Felix Rosenqvist of Mahindra Racing bided his time and made amends for missing out on victory in Marrakesh last year with a late move on Sebastien Buemi to clin...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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, ...

Kabir Waraich and Gurmeet Singh of Gerrari Off-roaders from Chandigarh proved to be the most accomplished team in the JK Tyre-Orange 4x4 Fury, clinching the coveted title and the winners’ prize purse of Rs 2.5 lakh ...

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...

Sam Bird of DS Virgin Racing won the Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Formula E season-opener race on December 2, 2017 as Nick Heidfeld of Mahindra Racing raced into third position thereby getting a podium finish with...

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...

The Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Racing team is entering the final stages of their preparations ahead of the 2018 Dakar Rally – the 40th edition of the event, which will be staged from January 6 to 20, 2018 in Peru, B...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

It was two wins in a row for Sam Bird of DS Virgin Racing on July 15 and 16, 2017 at the FIA Formula E Qualcomm New York City ePrix. But for India’s Mahindra Racing, it was a very eventful Sunday when it recorded a ...

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 ...

The Mahindra Group announced the withdrawal of Mahindra Racing from the Moto3 World Championship series after the conclusion of the 2017 season. The move comes in as a result of a shift in the racing division's focu...

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...

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 ...

It was an unfortunate second race for Mahindra Racing as winner of the first race in Berlin eprix Felix Rosenqvist had to be content with just the second place (a result of a pit stop confusion), while another Mahin...

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.

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...

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...

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 ...

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.

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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 ...

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

Liberty Media Corporation and Delta Topco, the parent company of Formula 1 have announced that Liberty Media has completed its acquisition of F1, the iconic global motorsports business, from a consortium of sellers

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...

The 6th and final round of the Maruti Suzuki National Super League Championship concluded with the much awaited ‘Rally of Himachal’ in Shimla. Braving the biting cold and steep winding roads covered with snow, Karth...

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 ...

Joan Barreda of Monster Energy Honda Team picked up his 4th stage victory but will not be able to prevent Sam Sunderland of KTM from winning his first title on the Dakar by the end of Saturday January 14, 2017.

Racing resumed on Thursday January 12, 2017 at Dakar Rally 2017 with a 449-kilometre stage from Chilecito to San Juan in Argentina.

Winners of stage 8 Rally Dakar 2017 included Joan Barreda of Monster Energy Honda Team (bike category), Sebastien Loeb of Peugeot (car cateogry), Ignacio Casale of Yamaha (Quad category) and Martin van den Brink of ...

The Rally Dakar 2017 Stage 7 left La Paz (Bolivia), the highest capital city in the world and headed towards another world renowned venue, the Salar d’Uyuni salt flats. On the road to Uyuni, Ricky Brabec of Monster...

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.

Joan "Bang Bang" Barreda, one of the youngest and most promising motorcycle athletes to fill the Dakar Rally, left rivals far in the distance to conquer stage 3 and take overall lead in the Rally Dakar 2017.

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...

Nasser Al Attiyah offered Toyota its 5th stage victory in the history of the Dakar and the third since the arrival of the Hiluxes after the special win in 2013 by Giniel de Villiers and another in 2015 by Yazeed Al ...

For the first time in its history, the world’s toughest off road racing championship Dakar is visiting Paraguay and is all set to launch its 2017 edition from its capital Asuncion for a sole and single stage with a ...

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

Polaris India, leaders in Off-Road and All-Terrain Vehicles, maintained its winning streak by securing the top two pole positions in the third edition of Ultimate Desert Offroad 2016. The new champion Kabir Waraich ...

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...

Polaris India Pvt. Ltd., leader in off-road and all-terrain vehicles is all set to participate in the third edition of Ultimate Desert Offroad 2016.

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,...