Motorsport News

For the 2019 season, the Yamaha MotoGP factory team has presented all-new livery for the 2019 Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP bike.

The city of Mumbai saw its iconic Gateway of India landmark turn into a playground for a day as the top motocross riders of the world were here to showcase their electrifying talent. Energy drink maker Red Bull hosted Mumbai's first-ever FMX Jan bringing six riders from across the world including Robbie Maddison, Tom Pages, and Alexey Kolesnikov along with Martin Koren, Radek Bilek and Julien Vanstippen to showcase their skills to an enthusiastic crowd. Red Bull brought the FMX Jam back to India after almost eight years, with the previous edition held in 2011 in Delhi.

Volkswagen Motorsport India has announced its participation in the 'Race of Legends' racing event. Volkswagen Motorsport Team will be proving four equally prepared cars for the competition in addition to all the technical support required in terms of managing the cars during the event.

Mahindra Racing's Pascal Wehrlein finished the 2019 Formula E Santiago e-Prix in second place, securing his maiden Formula E podium and the team's third consecutive one of the season.

The X1 Racing League will be a city-wise team based motorsport series set to start in India this year. While the series was announced last year, we are yet to get more details on the cars that will be racing in the made-in-India event. Nevertheless, ahead of the series going on floors later this year, carandbike has got exclusive images of the X1 Racing League two-seater race car that is set to scorch Indian streets on fire. Promoter and international racer Armaan Ebrahim was seen testing the two-seater race car.

The first ever Ducati India Race Cup will be held in October 2019 at the Buddh International Circuit, and will follow a one-make format with Ducati Panigale and Ducati SuperSport range of motorcycles.

The second season of the Divas on Wheels rally has concluded and Ashima Duggal who was leading the quest on Day 1 along with her navigator Amrita Shergill has taken the top podium. The duo has taken the pole position despite getting a penalty of 3:28 minutes in their run from Chikmagaluru to Coorg on the final day of the rally. The team had earlier received a penalty of 2:53 minutes on Friday but had maintained their agility throughout the race which led them winning the rally.

The Divas on Wheels Rally has witnessed the participation of over 100 women in over 30 teams, who will cover a total distance of 750 km over two days.