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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

It’s one of the rare days when you have a three-in-one victory. It happened at Mugello on June 4, 2017 when an Italian rider Andrea Dovizioso, riding an Italian bike Ducati won an Italian GP. Ducati Team’s Andrea Do...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

Force Gurkha RFC India 2016 champions Gurmeet Virdi and Kirpal Singh Tung have become the first Indian team ever to successfully complete the Grand Final of the Rainforest Challenge (RFC) Global Series, but have als...

After creating history in July at Force Gurkha RFC India 2016 by becoming the first Indian duo to win the country’s toughest off-road motorsport event, Gerrari Offroaders Chandigarh’s Gurmeet Virdi and Kirpal Singh ...

Andreas Mikkelsen won the WRC Australia on November 20, 2016 as Volkswagen bowed out of the FIA World Rally Championship with a 1-2 finish. He won despite a tough fight posed by his team-mate and world champion Séba...

Air India has felicitated a team of 30 students of KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai, for their participation in Formula Student Germany 2016, an international designing competition of formula cars made by s...

A brave tyre choice and a determined ride in treacherous damp conditions took independent-team Honda rider Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda RC213V) to a historic first MotoGP race win at at the Automotodrom Brno in the Czec...

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...

After a year long wait, the time has finally arrived for some incredible off-road motorsport action in Goa. Force Gurkha RFC India, the country’s toughest off-road motorsport event, is back for what is expected to b...

Italian teenager Francesco Bagnaia (Pecco) made history at Assen on July 26, 2016 – fighting every inch of the way to claim not only his first grand prix win, not only the first win for the Mahindra Moto3 team, but ...

The all-new Isuzu D-Max V-Cross is ready to enthuse the adventure seekers at the India 4X4 Week 2016 to be held in Goa, between July 22 and 24, 2016. Isuzu Motors India will display and offer a driving experience at...

The list of the 25 Indian teams that will compete in Season 3 of Force Gurkha RFC India has been announced. While some of the competitors who have participated in the first two editions of RFC India are back for an...

Continuing the momentum following Andretti Autosport’s 1 – 2 finish at the epic 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500, the team’s partnership portfolio continues to grow with the addition of Magneti Marelli, a globa...

Tata Motors will support IIT Bombay Racing Team as the official automotive partner, in rolling out Orca – the fastest Indian electric race car, developed by IIT Bombay Racing Team. Faster than many other Internation...

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Jorge Lorenzo continued his momentum at the Autodromo del Mugello track on Sunday (May 22, 2016) as he secured a brilliant victory in the Gran Premio d'Italia. His achievement marks the Yama...

Formula E has confirmed that round nine of the FIA Formula E Championship will not take place in Moscow on June 4, 2016. Together with the local authorities, Formula E has taken the decision not to race in the Russi...

Mahindra Racing and Pininfarina have released three concept designs for a future Formula E racing car. These images are the product of a collaborative and creative project that offers fans a glimpse of the potential...

The 3rd JK Tyre Arunachal Festival of Speed concluded with Philippos Matthai of Delhi winning the overall title after stringing together consistent performances in the Auto Cross, Hill Climb and Rally Sprint events....

Like the way Vicky Chandhok described, the journey from the “highway to the speedway” finally culminated with Jagat Singh and Nagarjuna A winning the first ever Indian truck race. For the first time in the last thre...

Cougar Motorsport Pvt. Ltd. has announced the opening of registrations for Force Gurkha RFC India 2016 to be held in Goa from July 22 to July 29, 2016. The third edition of India’s toughest off-road motorsport event...

Lucas di Grassi who was announced winner of the Mexican FormulaE race was excluded from the result of the Mexico City ePrix. The victory was handed over to Jerome D’Ambrosio. Di Grassi’s Abt Schaeffler car that h...

Red Bull Racing Formula One team continues to accelerate its performance with industry-leading engineering simulation software. Through an extended agreement, Red Bull Racing Formula One will leverage Ansys’ cutting...

The VF-16, Haas F1 Team’s first race car, has arrived. The car officially broke cover on February 21, 2016 via Haas F1 Team’s social media channels and website. It hits the track Monday for the first day of preseaso...

Another Indian company has made its entry into the world of Formula E. Tata Motors controlled Jaguar has announced its return to global motorsport. In the autumn of 2016, Jaguar will enter the third season of the ex...

Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt. Ltd. etched yet another chapter in the history of motorsports in India by bringing the current and three times World MotoGP Champion Jorge Lorenzo for the second time in India. This vis...

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...

Hong Kong is set to feature on the calendar for season three of the FIA Formula E Championship. The Hong Kong ePrix will take place on October 9 2016 subject to FIA track homologation. The 2km circuit will run betwe...

The 17th edition of the Maruti Suzuki Raid-De-Himalaya, the world’s highest altitude motoring rally which kicks off on October 9, 2015 from Shimla, the Queen of hills, will see action from the recently launched S-Cr...

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...

Toyota has announced to host the Etios Motor Racing for a third season at the Buddh International Circuit in Noida. Toyota has also anounced the driver line up which include Hisham E.K.P, Hashim E.K.P, Shuchindra...

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 governing body of motorsports around the world, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has launched a programme which will enable children around the world to receive proper structured training thro...

Mahindra Racing has officially announced that Nick Heidfeld will team up with their existing driver Bruno Senna for the second season for the Formula E Championship. The duo incidentally came in 6th and 7th on the f...

Force Motors seems to be on a cruise mode. The company Gurkha vehicle and their Malaysian driver Tan Eng Joo (co-driver Tan Choon Hong have held on to their top position in RFC India 2015 after the completion of th...

Amongst 2200 students from 110 teams who competed in the 4th edition of Maruti Suzuki SUPRA SAEINDIA, the team from Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology (KIET), Ghaziabad came out victorious.

Leading car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki and Society of Automotive Engineers India (SAEINDIA) have announced the finale of Supra SAEIndia 2015. Supra 2015 is a platform that encourages engineering students across the ...

In 2014, Goa rocked with the sound and fury of the Force Gurkha Rainforest Challenge (RFC) India. It is now back in its mean and terrible form. The 2015 edition of the off-road motorsport extravaganza is set to take...

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 ...

On May 9, 2015, after securing a victory in Monaco, Sebastien Buemi became the first driver to secure two wins in the FIA Formula E Championship. The Swiss driver won the first ever race of the series to be held in ...

Johan Kristoffersson has won the opening round of the World Rallycross Championship in Portugal for the newly entered Volkswagen Team Sweden Polo RX Supercar. Reigning World RX Champion, Petter Solberg finished 2nd ...

Prodrive has announced that they have officially inaugurated their new headquarters in Banbury, UK. The new facility is spread across 110,000sqft were the company will start manufacturing its first parts. The fac...

Aston Martin CEO Dr. Andy Palmer will be strapping himself into an Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 N430 racing car to race alongside three other fellow drivers to race at Silverstone Circuit for the Britcar 24-hour race...

Thirty five years on, the Brazilian national anthem was played again at Long Beach to celebrate a Piquet victory. On the afternoon of April 4, 2015 Nelson Jr. took his first Formula E win in the same spot where his ...

The rain-hit Season II T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship saw Stuart Oliver of Team Castrol Vecton winning the race once again at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on March 15, 2015. Starting second o...

The first Formula E race to be held in the USA saw Nicolas Prost of e.dams-Renault winning the race after a stiff fight with rivals before a 20,000-strong crowd. The streets of Miami were packed and people stood in ...

Tata Motors will kick-off Season II of the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship 2015, at the Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida beginning March 14. The main race will be held on Sunday, March 15.

Team Nemesis Racing from College of Engineering, Pune bagged the first prize in the 8th edition of the Baja SAEINDIA 2015 with the lightest weighing vehicle of only 160kgs. Team Predators from D.Y Patil College of E...

While the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship may finally see Indian truck drivers racing at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in Greater Noida in 2016, a similar truck racing championship could also be held in S...

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. held a press conference in the run-up to the Australian Grand Prix of the FIA Formula One World Championship (F1), which will take place in one month’s time (March 13-15, 2015).

The northern state of Uttarakhand, in a bid to promote tourism, has given motor car rallying a new meaning, one that can be enjoyed by the entire family. The second Uttarakhand Adventure Car Rally was flagged off fr...

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...

Team Orion Racing India of KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai was declared the overall champions of the first JK Tyre Formula Design Challenge (FDC) 2015 were. Teams Formula Manipal (Manipal University) and ...

Automobili Lamborghini has presented the new Lamborghini Huracán GT3, in a world premiere at its headquarters in Sant'Agata Bolognese. The GT3 competitor makes its debut following that of the new Huracán LP 620-2 Su...

Tata Motors announced the opening of the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship – Season 2 on January 20, 2015. The championship will be taking place at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on March 15, 2015...

Colin Chapman, an engineer, inventor and businessman is considered one of the greatest all time in motorsport and in the automotive world as a whole. Chapman who died on December 16, 1982 was a genius and his ideas...

Mahindra Adventure’s Super XUV500 won the top three positions at the 40th edition of the K 1000 rally, the 5th round of the Indian Rally Championship (IRC) 2014. The team has thus sealed the overall title in this pr...

The world F1 title for 2014 went without any hesitation to Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes AMG Petronas after he won a brilliant race at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 23, 2014. With this win, Hamilton c...

The world's only surviving example of a Skoda 966 Supersport has been restored to its former glory. Specialists from Skoda have been working with great care on the renovation of this vehicle for the past year, and n...

German luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz organised a classic car rally to celebrate 120 years of its rich motorsport heritage. The rally which was organised in Mumbai, showcased some of the finest classic cars from the...

As Jules Bianchi continues to fight for his life, the FIA had released a provisional list teams for the 2015 season. The list mentioned 11 two-car teams with Marussia F1 Team renamed as Manor F1 Team. But it has com...

From TAG Heuer’s official relationship with McLaren Formula 1 comes the bold styling and serious reliability of the TAG Heuer Formula 1 series. The Formula 1 line has been developed for the use of modern F1 drivers....

Ferrari F1 team is now using driving simulation software from specialist software company rFpro that models the world’s Grand Prix circuits with unprecedented levels of realism and response speed.

Mercedes AMG Petronas not only secured a one-two finish, but also their first constructors’ title at the 2014 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix, the country’s inaugural F1 race which was held at the 5.848km all-new Herma...

Sohail Khan, Bollywood actor and brother of superstar Salman Khan, is among the 236 competitors who took off from Shimla in the 16th Maruti Suzuki Raid De Himalaya, one of the top ten toughest motorsport events of t...

Bollywood stars have been endorsing vehicles a lot in the past in fancy advertisements. Very few take out time to participate in a motorsport rally. Things have finally changed with Bollywood producer-director-actor...

Tough luck for Indian F1 fans! For those who have been hoping with their fingers crossed for the Indian Grand Prix to return in 2015, well, you’ll have to keep them crossed a little while longer as the calendar for ...

The world's leading synthetic engine oil Mobil 1, associated with the toughest races globally, was also connected to the 6th edition of the Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare that began on August 4, 2014 in Bangalore and co...

The maiden edition of the Force Gurkha Rainforest Challenge (RFC) India witnessed the 2-day Prologue stage that started on August 9, 2014 near the International Centre Goa in Dona Paula. While heavily modified vehic...

The students of K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering have built ORI -2014, a car that is a prototype for Formula Student Germany, an international design competition. The lightweight car comes with a custom built dri...

At the Formula E launch in London, Mahindra Racing Formula E driver Karun Chandhok had the honour of doing doughnuts on the Westminster Bridge in front of the iconic Big Ben. A host of celebrities, VIPs, MPs, teams...

Mahindra’s smart SUV vehicle, the XUV500 triumphed in the ‘Mahindra Adventure Rally of Maharashtra’, as Team Mahindra Adventure, won the 1st round of the Indian Rally Championship (IRC). Thus Mahindra has got off to...

Mahindra’s smart SUV vehicle, the XUV500 triumphed in the ‘Mahindra Adventure Rally of Maharashtra’, as Team Mahindra Adventure, won the 1st round of the Indian Rally Championship (IRC). Thus Mahindra has got off to...

The Board of Directors of German automobile major Volkswagen has decided on a long-term involvement in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). The board has given its affirmation for continuing with its commitment t...

The Mahindra Formula E drivers Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok tested their new Formula E car recently at a wet Donington Park circuit in the UK. Taking part in the first ever shakedown for the 10 Formula E teams, th...