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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...

Stage 3 of the 9th edition of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally, touted to be the highlight stage of the Rally, saw the racers battle dunes of Rissani erg, Chebbi erg along with sand in the Fezou region and Ouzina erg bef...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Sebastian Vettel won the Brazilian Grand Prix on November 12, 2017, held at the Interlagos circuit. It is Scuderia Ferrari’s 229th Formula One win, the fifth this season for the team and for Seb. Kimi Raikkonen also...

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 ...

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 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...

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...

Gurmeet Virdi (co-driver Kirpal Singh Tung) of Gerrari Offroaders Chandigarh managed to edge past the neck-to-neck competition with Siddartha Santosh (co-driver Prithviraj AC) for the top spot, as Gurmeet retained a...

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...

No. 46 Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP), referred to as the “Doctor” raced his way to another spectacular win, his 115th, in the Motul TT Assen, in the Netherlands. The nine-time World Champion completed a c...

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’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...

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 ...

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...

Callum Ilott of Prema Powerteam won the sixth race of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship season at the 5.793 kilometres long Formula 1 track in the royal park of Monza in Italy. It was the third race at the Mo...

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.

The Carlin team dominated proceedings in first qualifying of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship on April 28, 2017 at the 5.793 kilometres long Grand Prix circuit of Monza in Italy with India’s rookie 18 years ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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.

Indian racer Armaan Ebrahim has taken a giant step towards his dream of FIA World Endurance Championship by signing up to race in the ultra competitive Pro Class of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Championship 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 ...

Twenty-nine-year-old UP based truck driver Pitambar won the his first professional truck race, in the Super Class Category of the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship, Season 4. Shivnihal Singh (40 years) also of UP ...

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...

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...

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...

The 4th leg of the 15th edition of Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm culminated with Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik retaining their lead from the previous day as they raced past their competitors.

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...

Traversing 350kms of Jaisalmer’s undulating and gruelling terrain in the scorching heat, the participants reached the end of leg 3 of the 15th edition of Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm. The rallyists completed 200km, th...

The second leg of the 15th edition of Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm witnessed the participants overcoming tough sandy terrains in the blazing heat through 3 stages. The rallyists covered a total distance of around 500k...

The first leg of the 15th edition of Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm culminated at Bikaner on January 30, 2017 as the participants covered a total distance of around 250km traversing through the sandy dunes in the scorch...

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.

Sebastien Ogier began the defence of his FIA World Rally Championship crown with a fourth consecutive win in the Monte-Carlo rally on January 22, 2017. He eased through the final leg in the mountains above Monaco to...

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.

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.

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...

It was just the other day in Abu Dhabi that Nico Rosberg was crowned the FIA Formula One champion for the year 2016, his maiden title after more than 200 races in F1. But then in an emotional address prior to the 20...

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.

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...

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.

With the end of its best season to date fast approaching, Mahindra Racing has embarked on an ambitious new project alongside four-time 250cc World Champion and double WorldSBK Champion Max Biaggi. Having achieved tr...

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.

On a day that internationally renowned stunt driver Terry Grant dazzled Coimbatore’s racing fans, Anindith Reddy of Hyderabad emerged as a star himself, springing to the top of the ladder in the Euro JK 16 event at ...

Surprise, Surprise, surprise as Daniel Ricciardo and his teammate Max Verstappen of Red Bull finished one-two in the 2016 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix. Ricciardo held off a charging team mate Verstappen to...

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...

It seemed like a well scripted race on the first day of the 2nd round of the 19th JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship held at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore in the state of Tamil Nadu, as one saw the t...

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...

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...

Despite local racer taking a first on the podium at the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo in Sepang in Malaysia on Sunday August 14, 2016, India’s Armaan Ebrahim along with teammate Dilantha Malagamuwa finished sec...

After a week-long nail biting competition, Gerrari Offroaders Chandigarh’s Gurmeet Virdi and co-driver Kirpal Singh Tung have won the Force Gurkha RFC India 2016 with a total score of 2177 points out of 2700. This i...

TVS Motor Company has announced that they will be supporting racer Arjun Maini and has signed up for a long term association with the 19-year old. Maini recently created history by securing a podium finish in his se...

In a swift move Merwyn Lim and co-driver Hamizan Bin Abdul Hamid of Force Motors took the lead from Gurmeet Virdi and Kirpal Singh Tung of Gerrari Offroaders in the Terminator Special Stages (SS) 19-24 of Force Gurk...

In a fascinating turn of events at the Force Gurkha RFC 2016, Gurmeet Virdi and co-driver Kirpal Singh Tung of Gerrari Ofroaders managed to maintain their top spot despite stiff competition on Day 3 as well. Virdi c...

The first day of Force Gurkha Rain Forest Challenge (RFC) 2016 in Goa, one of the toughest off road challenges in the world, saw competitors hammering away in their 4X4 vehicles, with all teams doing their best to g...

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...

Pune-based commercial vehicle manufacturer Force Motors announced that Kabir Waraich, a seasoned off-roader has now joined forces with Team Gurkha for the Force Gurkha RFC India 2016. Kabir along with his navigator ...

TVS Racing’s Syed Asif Ali was declared the winner of Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally held in Navi Mumbai on July 10, 2016. Riding a TVS Wego, Ali sped through the rough water logged terrain and braved the weather to eff...

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...

Andreas Mikkelsen snatched a dramatic last-gasp victory at the PZM 73rd Rally Poland on the afternoon of July 3, 2016 when long-time leader Ott Tanak was cruelly deprived of a maiden FIA World Rally Championship win...

On July 2, 2016, Mahindra Racing had yet another reason to celebrate as their driver Bruno Senna came in second in the Formula E race in London. While Nico Prost of Renault e.dams scored his second FIA Formula E Cha...

What a race finale at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France! It was heart breaking for Toyota as it lost in the last lap to Porsche before a crowd of 263,500 spectators. It was heart breaking and a cruel twist of fate ...

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...

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...

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...

Stage two of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally on May 24, 2016 saw the two riders of Hero MotoSports Team Rally perform well in the heat of the Moroccon desert. Joaquim Rodrigues consolidated his position in the overall ...

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...