Hero MotoSports' Sebastian Buhler finished the rally in 18th place, followed by CS Santosh at 20th, while Joaquim Rodrigues recovered to take 27th overall in the Andalucia Rally, the team's first international outing this year.
Ducati's Danilo Petrucci became the seventh different winner of the season, while Honda and Alex Marquez secured their first podium of the season in the wet and crash-ridden 2020 French GP.
The 2020 Indian National Rally Championship will comprise a total of five rounds with two to be held in Itanagar, followed three in South India. The complete season will be wrapped up in a month and a half.
Petronas Yamaha SRT rider Fabio Quartararo beat Pramac Ducati's Jack Miller in the final seconds of qualifying by just 0.222s, while Danilo Petrucci on the factory Ducati starts third in his best qualifying session in the season so far.
The pace of the Red Bull cars is looking good which may mean that Lewis Hamilton may again be thwarted from winning his record-equalling 91st race win considering his teammate Bottas has the pole position.
Hero's Joaquim Rodrigues made a strong comeback to finish Stage 3 in 18th place after starting at the back, while CS Santosh and Sebastian Buhler maintained steady pace to finish the stage in 20th and 24th places respectively.
