Gaurav Gill

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Gaurav Gill
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Gaurav Gill 2019
Personal information
Nationality Flag of India.svg Indian
Born (1981-12-02) 2 December 1981 (age 43)
World Rally Championship record
Active years 20082009, 20182019, 20222023
Co-driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nicky Beech
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Senior
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Macneall
Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Morales
Flag of France.svg Florian Barral
TeamsTeam Sidvin India, Team MRF Tyres
Rallies12
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points0
First rally 2008 Wales Rally GB
Last rally 2023 Acropolis Rally

Gaurav Gill is a professional rally driver and an Indian motorsports athlete who competes in the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. In 2013, Gaurav Gill became the first Indian driver to win the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship and went on to win two more APRC titles in 2016 and 2018. Gill became the first sportsperson from Motorsports to win the coveted Arjuna Award from the President of India in 2019. [1]

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Gaurav Gill also holds the record for the highest number of the Indian National Rally Championship titles for four-wheelers along with Naren Kumar. He equaled the record of Kumar by winning his seventh title in 2020. The last four of his seven titles were won with the Mahindra Adventure team with experienced Musa Sherif as his navigator. Gaurav also took part in the World Rally Championship round in Australia in 2018 as an unregistered driver in the WRC2 class driving for new development MRF Tyres, making him the only Indian driver to do so ever.

Early life and career

Gaurav was born on 2 December 1981. He got into motorsport racing motorbikes and competed in the National Motocross Championship in 1999. He moved to 4-wheel racing and started competing in car rallies and endurance races. He signed up for the Raid-de-Himalaya in 2000. He was runner-up in the National Road Racing Championship in 2003 and won the title in the following year. He finished the 2006 season, second overall. In 2007, Gaurav won the Indian National Rally Championship with Team MRF and made his debut at the Asia Pacific Rally Championship. He finished runner up in the APRC in 2012 and became the first Indian to win the title in 2013 for Team MRF Skoda. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Career results

APRC results

YearEntrantCar1234567APRCPoints
2007 Team MRF Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX NCL
Ret
NZLAUSJPN8th9
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII MAL
5
IDN
4
CHN
Ret
2008 Team MRF Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX NCLAUSNZLJPNIDN
1
MAL
Ret
CHN8th17
2009 Team MRF Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X NCLAUS
4
NZLJPN
Ret
IDN
Ret
CHN
Ret
4th12
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MAL
Ret
2010 Team MRF Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X MAL
2
JPN
3
NZL
7
AUS
1
NCL
DNS
IDN
C
CHN
Ret
2nd97
2011 Team MRF Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MAL
2
AUS
2
NCL
Ret
NZL
Ret
JPN
Ret
CHN
Ret
4th63
2012 Team MRF Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 NZL
3
NCL
1
AUS
Ret
MAL
Ret
JPN
Ret
CHN
Ret
4th82
2013 Team MRF Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 NZL
2
NCL
1
AUS
Ret
MAL
Ret
JPN
1
CHN
2
1st145.5
2014 Team MRF Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 NZL
1
IND
C
NCL
2
AUS
Ret
MAL
1
JPN
Ret
CHN
Ret
3rd104
2015 [6] Team MRF Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 NZL
2
NCL
1 [7]
AUS
Ret
MAL
2
JPN
Ret
CHN
Ret
3rd104

Awards

Arjuna Award In Motorsport

References

  1. "7 tips from Gaurav Gill for upcoming Indian rally drivers". Red Bull. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. "About Gaurav Gill". Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  3. "Gaurav Gill creates history". The Hindu . 25 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008.
  4. "Profile, Gaurav Gill". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "MRF's Gaurav Gill sitting pretty". The Hindu. 19 December 2010.
  6. "FIA APRC – Asia-Pacific Rally Championship".
  7. "Perfect Result for MRF in New Caledonia". 20 May 2015.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Asia-Pacific Rally Champion
2013
Succeeded by