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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...

Kevin Benavides riding a Honda motorcycle won the 4th stage of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally 2018. In the evening of the stage, held on April 19, 2018 in Morocco in Africa, the Race Direction rectified the results fol...

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....

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...

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...

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 eleventh stage of the Dakar 2018, from Belén to Fiambala, spanned across 485 kilometers with a ‘special’ of 280 kilometers. Sherco TVS Factory Rally Team’s Joan Pedrero finished the stage at 8th position and now...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Fifteen women racers were finally selected from 30 aspiring candidates for the TVS Racing - Training Academy for Women in association with the Rajini Academy of Competitive Racing. Thirty women riders attended the d...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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...

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 ...

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.

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...

The much awaited 18thMaruti Suzuki Raid de Himalaya which saw a tragic turn of events with the death of Subhomoy Paul, ace rallyist from Kolkata, finally concluded in Manali, with Suresh Rana and his co-driver Ashwi...

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 ...

Hero MotoSports Team Rally, the motor-sport division of two-wheeler manufacturer, Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (HMCL), has showed a glimpse of their off-roading prowess at the Hero Centre of Innovation and Technology (CIT), J...

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 ...

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.

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...

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 ...

Mahindra Racing rider Marco Bezzecchi won both CIV races at Misano recently where he was a wild card entry in Round 5 and 6 of the Italian National Motorcycle Racing Championship.

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda RC213V) who at one point in the race thought that his “run at this circuit was going to come to an end” achieved a historic result in MotoGP race in Germany. At the rain soaked German Gra...

The 13th edition of Royal Enfield’s Himalayan Odyssey was flagged off from Delhi’s India Gate. The Himalayan Odyssey this year, embarks on a new journey with the debut of Himalayan Odyssey- Women (HO-W), a women’s o...

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 ...

Team Ten10 Racing were the early pace setters in the CBR 250R Open category as its riders Mathana Kumar (Kerala) and Rajiv S clinched the first 2 spots in the Race 1 of the category. The excitement filled race was k...

Puja Dabhi of Pune romped home to an impressive victory as the Round One of the Honda All Ladies Race at Honda One Make Race got underway at the Kari Motor Speedway, here on June 25, 2016.

TVS Racing announced that its champion rider Aravind KP will be competing for the ‘Sherco-TVS Rally Factory’ team at Dakar Rally 2017. Aravind has been a part of the TVS Racing team for the past ten years and this w...

TVS Racing has announced an exclusive collaboration with the new Alisha Abdullah Racing Academy for Women– India’s first training school for women racers. TVS Racing will support the academy with the racing bikes a...

Finally after several days of gruelling ride across the Moroccan desert, the Afriquia Merzouga Rally saw Kevin Benavides (Honda) winning the rally followed by Stefan Svitko (KTM), second and Adrien Van Beveren (Yama...

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...

Rally rookie "J-Rod" Rodrigues delivered a steady stage, finishing the day in tenth position for Hero MotoSports in Afriquia Merzouga Rally 2016, Stage 1. CS Santosh, his teammate, finished 17th. The Afriquia Merzou...

Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) beat Di Giannantonio and Bagnaia with a perfect last lap on Sunday (May 22, 2016) at the Gran Premio d’Italia Moto3 World Championship race.

On Sunday (May 23, 2016) evening it was heartening to see among the sea of KTM, Yamaha, Honda and Husqvarna motorcycles, two participants from Hero Motorsports Team Rally making their debut in one of the toughest ra...

First the scrutineering, then kicking off the proceedings is a prologue on Sunday (May 22, 2016) evening … the Afriquia Merzouga Rally is back in the game. The Afriquia Merzouga Rally has been revamped, renamed and ...

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 ...

Leading Indian two-wheeler manufacturer Hero MotoCorp Ltd (HMCL) has formed a strategic partnership with Speedbrain GmbH, the German off-road racing specialist. The newly formed ‘Hero MotoSports Team Rally’ will mak...

With the knee injury that he suffered recently during training acting up, India’s Sarath Kumar was forced to sit out the second of the Asian Road Racing Championship this weekend after participating in the three fre...

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...

For someone who started last, this was a victory that was well-deserved as Brad Binder of Red Bull KTM Ajo blasted through the pack of motorcycles to win the Moto3 World Championship in Spain. This was the fourth ro...

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...

Meco Motorsports who have been at the forefront of promoting racing at the grass-root levels in India announced the launch of Formula Junior Racing Series which will provide an affordable platform for young, rookie ...

The 14th edition of Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm rally ended in the Blue City of Jodhpur with Team Maruti Suresh Rana and his navigator Ashwin Naik garnering the first position followed by Amanpreet Ahluwalia and Vire...

Yet another chapter was added to Chennai’s motorsport legacy when city’s riders Sarath Shankar Kumar, Aravind B and Rihana Reya clinched the respective championships to bring curtains on the 2015 Honda One Make Race...

Suzuki Motorcycle India Private Limited (SMIPL) kicked off the year’s off-road action on a high note, taking top spot in the Moto and third overall on the Quad at the inaugural India Baja 2016. Baja is one of the mo...

Mahindra Racing demonstrated the incredible power and performance of its new M2Electro Formula E electric racing car, and new MGP30 racing motorcycle at the Buddh International Circuit on February 12, 2016.

Iveco, a brand of CNH Industrial, conquered the top of the podium at Dakar 2016, the world's longest and most competitive off-road rally. This edition saw trucks, cars, quads and motorcycles race across 9,000 kilome...

When it comes to tough off-road rallies like the Dakar Rally, once is not enough. Indian off-road racing phenomenon CS Santosh will be participating in the 2016 edition of the Dakar Rally to be held in Argentina-Bol...

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...

Champion rider KP Aravind rode flawlessly through the challenging track created for the Pune International Supercross event as he won both Motos to firm-up his chances for the Overall title in the MRF Mogrip FMSCI N...

The top position in the 17th edition of Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya that ended ended in Srinagar was grabbed by Raj Singh Rathore and his co-driver Amber Udasi in their off-road Polaris vehicle. They were followe...

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...

The 4th round of the MRF Mogrip FMSCI National Supercross Championship 2015 was held in Hyderabad on September 6, 2015. The Supercross event witnessed over 90 entries from riders across the whole nation. This Champi...

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...

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...

The Track Day conducted by KTM at the Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida for the owners of of the RC 390 and the 390 Duke saw a mix of classroom training and practical sessions on the race track. The riders ...

Team Bhalla Royale emerged as the champions in the Ceat Pune Invitational Supercross League 2014 powered by Gulf Oil. With 401 points their riders put on a stellar performance on a tricky track due to heavy rains i...

Chennai based TVS Motor Company is now getting aggressive on the motorsport front. TVS Racing, the racing division of TVS Motor Company and Sherco Motorcycles, a French motorcycle manufacturer, specialising in off-r...

Double MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda RC213V) scored his 13th victory of 2014 at Valencia to become the most successful rider over the course of Moto GP – the world’s most premier championship of r...

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...

The only celebrity in the 16th Maruti Suzuki Raid De Himalaya, superstar Salman Khan ’s brother Sohail Khan is in the 13th position at the end of the third day of the rally. He is competing in the Raid Adventure c...

The second and final day of Bike Festival of India (BFI) at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) saw Atinder Jeet and Anirudh Rived winning the XDL Championship finals, which were being judged by stars of stunt bik...

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...

The two-day Bike Festival of India (BFI), an initiative by Event Capital & Rhiti Sports, got underway at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) on October 4, 2014. The first day of this extravaganza saw thousands of ...

In the high-risk, high-speed Xtreme category of the Raid, which takes off on October 5, 2014 women rallyists are driving four out of the total 41 vehicles

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...

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) concluded the fourth Round of Honda One Make Race 2014 under the umbrella of ‘MMSC - FMSCI National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2014’. The race was conducted at t...

The Harley-Davidson Street 750 has already been tested on a hot summer’s day by Motown India team and came out as a true winner. Now, after scorching the ice at ESPN’s X Games Aspen, the new Harley-Davidson Street 7...

Dorna Sports, promoter and organiser of the MotoGP World Championship, which is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), has announced that Michelin will be the sole supplier of tyres to te...

The 10th edition of the MRF MoGrip-FMSCI National Supercross championship has attracted almost 100 entries for each of the six rounds to be staged across the country, according to a statement from FMSCI. The first r...

Tokyo based Bridgestone Corporation announced that it has agreed to a one-year extension with the MotoGP class of Road Race World Championship Grand Prix through the 2015 season, after which the Japanese tyre manufa...

The day proved to be a successful one for rider Mathana Kumar who recorded two wins and two podium finishes at the TVS & Honda One Make Championships conducted by the Madras Motor Sports Club (MMSC) along with FMSC...

Who could have ever imagined that trucking could get such a great sex appeal? With dowdy, badly maintained over loaded trucks with over worked drivers on Indian roads, one could never have imagined that Indian truck...

The Tata T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship that will be held on March 22 and 23, 2014 at the Buddh International Circuit will be preceded by a support race comprising motorcycles from TVS and Honda. According to a ...

After a gruelling and exciting journey of around 2200 km across sandy Rajasthan, the 12th Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm came to an end in Jaipur, the capital city of the State. The annual six-day marathon motorsport ev...

Ten days ahead of International Women’s Day, a group of feisty women at the Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm are redefining woman power by taking on the big boys at what is still primarily a male sport – rallying. The 12t...