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Marc Márquez has already beaten all and sundry on two wheels but on June 5, 2018 he switched to four wheels and a Formula 1 car for a new speed experience on the track. The four-time MotoGP champion, who leads this ...

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 2 of the 9th edition of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally saw the racers cover a distance of 175 km in the region of Erg Chhabbi. At the end of the stage, India’s Sherco TVS Factory Rally team’s Joan Pedrero stood ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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 ...

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, ...

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...

On the night of August 31, 2017, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP's Valentino Rossi had a successful operation on the displaced fractures of the tibia and fibula of his right leg. The MotoGP-star was hospitalised after an end...

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 ...

The 9th edition of Maruti Suzuki’s annual southern motorsports rally, Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare concluded in a grand finale in Pune on July 22, 2017 with Team Maruti Suzuki’s Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik winning the...

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...

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 ...

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...

Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez of Repsol Honda Team scored a grand and historic one-two result in the Spanish Grand Prix held on May 07, 2017. Pedrosa took the victory in his home Gran Premio Red Bull de España, st...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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.

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.

Cheers erupted as Anindith Reddy crossed the finish line at the Buddh International Circuit on Sunday Nov 20, 2016. Reddy had been remarkable the entire day and sealed the deal by finishing first in the Euro JK 16 c...

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 Jakkur Aerodrome on the outskirts of Bengaluru came alive to the sound of drag racing at the JK Tyre Vroom 2016 quarter mile drag fest over the weekend on October 16, 2016.

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 ...

The 18th edition of Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya was off to a roaring start as over 250 participants set out to battle the extremes in the week-long challenge.

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 ...

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) won an exciting race at MotorLand Aragon in the Spanish MotoGP to extend his championship lead. Movistar Yamaha MotoGP racers Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi fought hard to come in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 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...

India’s ace rally rider CS Santosh who was placed 16th place in the Merzouga Rally in Morocco (Africa), which forms part of the Dakar Series, will now be spending the next three months in Europe to train for the nex...

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...

Royal Enfield Himalayan Odyssey is introducing an all women edition that will be flagged off from New Delhi on July 9, 2016. Women riders can register themselves on the website http://royalenfield.com/ho/register fr...

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...

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...

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...

Day 3 of the Maruti Suzuki Dessert Storm rally started from Bikaner and travelled to the ‘Golden City’ of India, Jaisalmer. The gruelling distance covered on the third day was approximately 350 Kms. It was rally tha...

Day 2 of the Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm 2016 saw vehicles rallying into the city of Bikaner. Located in the heart of the Thar Desert, Bikaner is surrounded by golden sand dunes, majestic forts, stunning palaces, tra...

The first day of Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm rally saw Abhishek Mishra driving his Grand Vitara taking lead in extreme category. Legs 1 & 2 of the extreme category had two competitive stages of 57 Kms and 24 Kms leng...

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.

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...

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 ...

The six-day marathon Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya entered its second day of driving actions amongst the scenic locations of ManalI with Suresh Rana leading the band in Xtreme category second time. After the exc...

Mapfre Team Mahindra rider Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia claimed his best finish of the year so far, after fighting hard from the sixth row of the grid to squeeze his way to the seventh place in the Spanish GP. He narro...

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 ...

Devendra Thakur from Hero Action Team has won the gruelling cyclothon race at the 2nd Decathlon Sports Carnival in Mohali in North India by covering the 36km race in less than 50 minutes. His teammate Shiven Sharma ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...