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Mahindra Racing has dropped the ball on the upcoming 2019/20 ABB FIA Formula E Championship. The India factory team revealed its M6Electro challenger for the sixth season of the electric racing series and also announced that drivers Jerome D'Ambrosio and Pascal Wehrlein will retain their seats with the team.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG is the new Official Powertrain Partner of Mahindra Racing, for the FIA Formula E Championship. Together with Mahindra Racing, ZF has already started development of the electric driveline for the 2020/2021 season.

Sherco TVS Rally Factory Team is all set to enter the 2019 Rally of Morocco starting this weekend and will be fielding a three-rider squad with racers Michael Metge, Lorenzo Santolino and Johnny Aubert. The Rally of Morocco is the final round of FIM Cross Country Rallies World Championship and will take place between October 3-9, 2019. The racers will cover a distance of 2500 km, and will be spread over five stages during the six-day run. It includes bikes, quads, trucks, cars and SSV categories. The rally will see 160 participants traversing through the dunes and tricky trails of the Moroccan desert across Erfoud and Fez.

The event saw Ducati's Moto GP rider- Andrea Dovizioso making his first visit to India to attend the Shell-Ducati Riders' Day where he spoke extensively about his racing experience.

The three-member team to lead BMW Motorrad Team India were chosen from over 75 BMW GS owners who participated in the two-day event in Goa. HK Rickiey Naik from Bengaluru, Shakeel Basha from Coimbatore and V Sathyanath from Tirupur qualified to represent India at the International GS Trophy 2020.

Scuderia Ferrari's controversial strategies backfired today as Mercedes bagged a surprise 1-2 finish in the 2019 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix. Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton secured the win ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas, as the Ferraris struggled to make good use of a strong start. While Sebastian Vettel faced an early retirement, Charles Leclerc finished third after securing his fourth pole position of the season on Saturday and briefly looked in tow to win the race. With the victory, Mercedes continues to be the only constructor champion to win a race at Sochi, while Ferrari did come close to challenging that status this year.

McLaren will be reunited with Mercedes engines from the 2021 season as the former champions go back to using the German manufacturer's power units in their bid to return to the top. The Woking-based team are currently supplied by Renault, having joined forces with the French company last year. They will see out that deal, which runs until the end of 2020, before making the switch back to Mercedes as part of a long-term agreement until at least 2024.

The Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) has denied a recent report claiming rally driver Gaurav Gill misrepresented his achievements in his application to the Arjuna Award selection committee. The media report stated that there were inconsistencies in Gill's application, specifically mentioning that he "won 11 stages of the World Rally Championship" in 2018 in Annexure 1 of the application. The claim was dismissed by the World body the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Gill had participated in four WRC rallies last year - Italy, Finland, Great Britain and Australia - in the WRC2 category. The 11 stage wins were a part of the Kennards Hire Rally Australia under the WRC2/RC2 category. The sub-category is part of WRC as a whole and is loosely referred to WRC as well.