MotorSport

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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, ...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The curtain came down on the 13th JK Tyre-FMSCI National Rotax Max Karting at the Mohite Racing Academy in Kolhapur, Maharashtra on Sunday September 25, 2016 with favourites Ricky Donison, Manav Sharma and Shahan A...

TVS Motor Company announced the names of the 10 women riders shortlisted to participate and ride in Himalayan Highs Season 2. The selected riders will accompany Anam Hashim to the highest motorable road- Khardung-La...

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...

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 ...

Sebastien Buemi is the new FIA Formula E champion after clinching the title courtesy of setting the Visa Fastest Lap during the season-ending Visa London ePrix on July 3, 2016. The final race of the 2015/16 season w...

Belgian driver Thierry Neuville banished memories of a torrid start to the 2016 season by claiming his second career victory in a Hyundai i20 at the WRC Rally Italia Sardegna. He became the fifth different winner in...

India’s ace racer Armaan Ebrahim and Sri Lankan team-mate Dilantha Malagamuwa bagged a third place podium spot before a blown engine forced retirement in the next race of the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia ...

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...

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...

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.

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 ...

The JK Tyre IndiKarting National Series, powered by Tata Motors, brought kart racing back to Gujarat after a span of 13 years! Searing hot temperatures could not deter the 108 participants who came to race from all ...

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...

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...

Seventeen Indian truck drivers will compete against each other in the final round – Level 4, of the T1 Racer programme (TRP), organised by Tata Motors, for the very first time. The final round of the TRP, will deter...

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...

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...

There is one more reason to spray a lot of Mumm champagne on the podium by the winners after a Formula E race. Formula E has announced that Maison Mumm is expanding its involvement with the championship and is now t...

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...

Round 4 of the 12th JK Tyre-FMSCI Rotax National Karting Championship came to a thrilling end at Meco Kartopia in Bangalore. The young lad from Agra, Shahan Ali Mohsin from Team Meco Racing continued his dominance i...

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...

Shell has announced a 5 year innovation partnership deal with Scuderia Ferrari, the iconic Italian Formula 1 team. The agreement will let the pair work together closer than they have worked ever before, not only in ...

The pre-season testing rounds at Donington Park concluded with Nico Prost coming in the fastest and ensuring that he gets his Renault e.dams team to the top. But he was a tad lucky too as the Frenchman set his best ...

As Sebastien Buemi of Renault e.dams broke the Formula E lap record at Donington Park as he once again set the fastest time in pre-season testing, Mahindra Racing’s new driver Nick Heidfeld came in fourth, thus indi...

o begin with, 23 heavily modified 4x4s, 46 drivers and co drivers commenced on a journey that saw them through 27 daunting and intimidating Special Stages (SSs) through harsh wet terrain in the Goan rainforest sprea...

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...

Industrialist and car racer Gautam Hari Singhania who is also the Chairman and Managing Director of Raymond Limited secured a podium finish at the prestigious Ferrari event – Ferrari Challenge Europe Championship 20...

Constant downpour during the Prologue leg of the Force Gurkha Rainforest Challenge (RFC) India 2015 led to a complete mud-fest at the Rajiv Gandhi IT Habitat in Dona Paula in Goa. The event was kick-started in 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.

The FIA WMSC, which met ON July 10, 2015 in Mexico City, has approved the calendar for the second season of the FIA Formula E Championship. It is made up of 11 races, hosted in 10 cities, with London exceptionally h...

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 ...

Brazilian Nelson Piquet Jr., representing the Chinese team NEXTEV TCR was crowned the first Formula E champion. He won the championship despite the fact that he came 7th in the last race held in London on July 28, 2...

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 ...

Bengaluru for the first time played host to the JK Tyre-MMS Rotax Kart Open and Rookie Cup 2015 on May 23 and 24, 2015. There were 24 races in total which took place over these two days and 40 young karters competin...

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...

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...

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).

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...

It was a bitter sweet day for Mahindra Racing as one of their drivers Karun Chandhok came in 19th without finishing the face after a broken rear suspension, even while his team mate Bruno Senna finished fifth in the...

The popular Coffee Day Rally has been confirmed as a round of the 2015 FIA Asia Cup and will be held from December 11 to 13 in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka. This was stated in a press release issued by FMSCI. The event...

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...

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...

Delhi-based Gagan Sethi and navigator Dhiraj Arora emerged champions among the professionals while local challengers Vizosielie Rupero and Zakiezotuo Lhoungu topped in the amateur category in the JK Tyre Hornbill Mo...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 ...

Tata Communications has become the first company to deliver a live 4K feed from a Formula 1 event. In a press release, the company said that this landmark was achieved during practice session at the 2014 Formula 1 S...

Federal-Mogul Powertrain, a division of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation has developed a range of piston technologies designed to support heavy-duty diesel engine manufacturers in reducing fuel consumption and mee...

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...

In its very first participation in an off-road event of the toughest nature, Pune-based Force Motors’ Team Gurkha bagged the first two positions. The event, truly the mother of all off-road events in the world, the ...

The Force Gurkha RFC India 2014 got off to a spectacular start with title sponsor Force Motors revealing its three massive souped up Gurkha vehicles. “It is not a standard off the line vehicle. It has been refined. ...

On the 4th day of Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare 2014 contestants made their way to the outskirts of Hospet to meet their next challenge. The day’s contest spanned over three stages across two different locations. The f...

Nissan has announced the names of six gamers who have won the Nissan and PlayStation GT Academy India challenge. These six will now travel to Silverstone in the United Kingdom to represent India at the International...

For motorsports enthusiasts in India there are a lot of exciting events and races in store in 2014. It’s a known fact that the Superbike 1000cc class will be run from Round 2 of the JK Racing India series 2014. This...

Things are only getting better for Mercedes AMG and Petronas as they win race after race in the F1 circuit. While Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG Petronas and his teammate Lewis Hamilton celebrated their latest wins at...

Mahindra Racing has announced Karun Chandhok and Bruno Senna as drivers for the team’s entry of the FIA Formula E Championship for the inaugural season. The duo will represent Mahindra when they line-up on the grid ...

The Governing Council of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) has nominated Akbar Ebrahim as India’s Deputy representative in the Federation Internationale de L’Automobile (FIA). Ebrahim has not onl...

Battling slushy conditions as a result of heavy rains, the works-assisted Skoda MRF team went on to claim another one-two at the second round of the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC). European champions Jan...

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...

Specialist oil developer and producer Millers Oils has signed a deal to become the official oil technical partner for Caterham motorsport, from grassroots Academy level to the top Superlight R300 division during the...

ebm-papst has developed off-board cooling solutions for the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 W05 racing cars, in addition to working closely with the team to improve the garage working environment at Grand Prix venues throu...

French tyre major Michelin has announced that it is the first official sponsor and the official tyre of the National Corvette Museum (NCM) Motorsports Park in Kentucky, USA The NCM Motorsports Park will be one of th...

If all goes well, 2014 could go down in history as THE YEAR for Dr. Vijay Mallya. After four races in the current season, his team Sahara Force India-Mercedes is performing relatively well and in the Constructors Ti...

The 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship will see more powerful Volkswagen engines in their cars which will see an extra 15hp added on to the old 210-hp generation of Formula 3 engines. Thus, it would be 225-hp ...

Six Indian youngsters, who have the best set of skills playing on PlayStation GT6 racing simulators in the country, will see their driving skills further tested and honed on the Formula One Silverstone motor racing ...

Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel is among the three young sports stars who have been honoured at the 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to a press statement, Germany’s S...