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Ahead of the first race later today, points leader Dhruv Mohite will be starting the weekend on pole having set the fastest lap time of 1m54.959s on Friday. Joining him on the first row will be Thane's Saurav Bandyopadhyay, while Pratik Sonawane of Pune will be starting third.

Just days after Fernando Alonso announced his retirement from F1, McLaren has confirmed that Carlos Sainz will be stepping into the former world champion's shoes as his replacement. Sainz joins McLaren on a multi-year deal stepping away from its current team Red Bull Racing. Red Bull though has loaned Sainz to Renault this season. That said, Renault has already announced about bringing Daniel Ricciardo onboard from Red Bull next year, who will be stepping in as a replacement for Sainz at the French outfit and will race alongside Nico Hulkenberg next year.

Two time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso has announced his retirement from the championship and the McLaren driver will not be taking part in the 2019 season. Announcing his decision, the F1 driver took to Twitter to announce his decision, through the F1's summer break. Alonso is currently racing with the McLaren F1 Team and will continue until the end of this season.

Agra-based karting racer Shahan Ali Mohsin will become the first Indian to represent the country in the IAME International Karting final at Le Mans, France. The 14-year-old has been competing in a number of karting events in India and globally and was recently crowned the 2018 India Karting Champion in the 2018 MSports X30 Challenge, Junior category. Shahan not only won the championship in the junior category but also the seat at IAME International Karting series that will see the young driver compete against 120 participants from across the globe.

Hero MotoSports team riders Joaquim Rodrigues and Oriol Mena will be participating in the Atacama Rally, held in Chile, and marks the comeback of Rodrigues after his Dakar injury.

The Force India team will now be backed by a group of investors that will be led by Lawrence Stroll, father of current Williams F1 driver Lance Stroll.

Honda has announced big plans for motorsports in India and Asia, including three teams and an exclusive racing championship on the Honda NSF 250R give an opportunity to Indian racers to compete at the international level in motorsport.

Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso took home a hard fought win at Brno in what was a three-way fight for the 2018 MotoGP Czech Grand Prix title. The Ducati rider fended off attacks from rival Marc Marquez as well as teammate Jorge Lorenzo to bring home his second win of the season after an absolute thriller during the closing stages at Brno.