Popular Indian cricketer and biking aficionado Mahendra Singh Dhoni has now become the owner of a racing team in FIM Supersport World Championship. This championship is a support race series for World Superbike Championship that forays into India next year. Named as Kawasaki MSD R-N Team India, the new race team was unveiled in Czech Republic last month by team principal Amit Sandill.
“Trying to grow the sport in Asia, the sport itself is in a pretty nascent stage in Asia so this is a first step. Trying to get to the championship and making a kind of mark in the championship and then take the sport to India and then other countries in Asia. We would also like to start a Racing Academy. Behind all this is the passion, which comes as a bonus,” Sandill said.
Telugu actor Nagarjuna has been named as one of the directors of the new team. Riders for Dhoni’s team are Dan Linfoot (Great Britain) and Florian Marino (France).
wish he launched the motocross team!
wish he launched the motocross team!