Motorsport

For its 42nd Edition, the Dakar Rally will start in Jeddah on the 5th of January 2020 and conclude 12 stages later, near the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. The World's toughest race will cover an overall distance of close to 7,900 kilometres, among which, competitors will slug it out in the sand for over 5,000 kilometres of special stages. The first half of the rally will leave tyre tracks on surfaces where navigation skills will come to the fore, Read More...

Entering the 7th and final round of the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) 2019 at Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Idemitsu Honda Racing India team’s rider-duo of Rajiv Sethu and Senthil Kumar finished 3 practice sessions on a strong note. Rajiv was his fastest ever in free practice sessions at Chang circuit. With a gap of 2:045 seconds from Indonesian lead rider Rafid Topan, who clocked fastest at 1:53:039, Rajiv clocked his best practice lap time of 1:55:084. 19-year-old Read More...

McLaren Racing and Automation Anywhere, a global player in Robotic Process Automation announced a Formula 1 partnership that will integrate artificially intelligent software robots (bots) into the team’s race operations. The multi-year technology partnership, beginning at the start of the 2020 Formula 1 season, will deploy Automation Anywhere’s intelligent digital workforce in a competitive motorsport environment. The technology – digital workers that work side-by-side with people to perform repetitive and manual tasks – will help streamline McLaren’s business processes and Read More...

The final round of the 2019 Asia Road Racing Championship will be held at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand, this weekend. After winning points in each of the 6 rounds till now, the only Indian team in Asia Production 250 class, Idemitsu Honda Racing India will be entering the ultimate round in the Top 9 among 20 teams.  The team's rider Rajiv Sethu enters the last round of AP 250 class with 33 points under his belt. The Chang Read More...

Today, Team Hero MotoSports announced their four-rider squad for the Dakar Rally 2020, which is scheduled to take place between 5th – 17th January 2020 in Saudi Arabia. This rally will be taking place in the dunes of Saudi Arabia and will commence at Jeddah, passing through Riyadh and conclude 12 stages later at Al Qiddiya. For the first time, Team Hero MotoSports will be participating with a 4-member squad at the Dakar Rally 2020. The riders participating are: Joaquim Read More...

One of India’s most popular motorsports icon, Narain Karthikeyan, recently claimed victory in the SUPER GT x DTM Special Exchange Battle, which was held on Sunday at Fuji Speedway, Japan. The former F1 racer drove his way to victory in a 2019 Modulo Epson Honda NSX–GT in just 57.38.362 minutes. Karthikeyan was able to emerge victorious at the end of this race by beating over 22 rivals while overcoming 3 separate safety car interventions and facing unfavourable weather conditions. He Read More...

One of Formula 1’s most popular team, Red Bull, recently attempted a new pit stop challenge aboard the Ilyushin Il-76 MDK cosmonaut training plane. To celebrate its 3 record-breaking pit stops in Formula 1 this season, Red Bull decided to perform something unique. This unique feat was about performing a pit stop at an altitude of 33,000 feet. Have a look at how the Red Bull Racing Team managed to pull off this incredible feat: Also Read: Have A Look Read More...

Mahindra Racing is gearing up for the sixth season of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship armed with a talented driver line-up, new partnerships and a new technical team. As the only Indian team on the grid, Mahindra Racing has also transitioned its entire workforce in-house and is strengthening the team’s capability from a technology, energy management, simulation and race strategy perspective, all under one roof. Jérôme d'Ambrosio and Pascal Wehrlein will continue to spearhead the team’s on-track charge. The Read More...

Recently, the city of Bengaluru witnessed the first-ever edition of the Red Bull Ace of Dirt. This competition is a first of its kind race where different off-road disciplines come together to compete in an elimination format to be the last man standing. A total of 32 participants competed in this off-road race, and at the end, Yuva Kumar emerged victorious and won the once in a lifetime opportunity to train with ace motorcyclist and Red Bull athlete, CS Santosh Read More...