Gaurav Gill
 Gaurav Gill 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Born | 2 December 1981 |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 2008–2009, 2018–2019, 2022–2023 |
| Co-driver |  Nicky Beech David Senior Glenn Macneall Gabriel Morales Florian Barral |
| Teams | Team Sidvin India, Team MRF Tyres |
| Rallies | 12 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Stage wins | 0 |
| Total points | 0 |
| 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]
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
[edit]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
[edit]APRC results
[edit]| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | APRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Team MRF | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | NCL Ret |
NZL | AUS | JPN | 8th | 9 | |||
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | MAL 5 |
IDN 4 |
CHN Ret | ||||||||
| 2008 | Team MRF | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | NCL | AUS | NZL | JPN | IDN 1 |
MAL Ret |
CHN | 8th | 17 |
| 2009 | Team MRF | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | NCL | AUS 4 |
NZL | JPN Ret |
IDN Ret |
CHN Ret |
4th | 12 | |
| 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 |
2nd | 97 |
| 2011 | Team MRF | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | MAL 2 |
AUS 2 |
NCL Ret |
NZL Ret |
JPN Ret |
CHN Ret |
4th | 63 | |
| 2012 | Team MRF Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | NZL 3 |
NCL 1 |
AUS Ret |
MAL Ret |
JPN Ret |
CHN Ret |
4th | 82 | |
| 2013 | Team MRF Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | NZL 2 |
NCL 1 |
AUS Ret |
MAL Ret |
JPN 1 |
CHN 2 |
1st | 145.5 | |
| 2014 | Team MRF Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | NZL 1 |
IND C |
NCL 2 |
AUS Ret |
MAL 1 |
JPN Ret |
CHN Ret |
3rd | 104 |
| 2015[6] | Team MRF Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | NZL 2 |
NCL 1[7] |
AUS Ret |
MAL 2 |
JPN Ret |
CHN Ret |
3rd | 104 |
Awards
[edit]Arjuna Award In Motorsport
References
[edit]- ^ "7 tips from Gaurav Gill for upcoming Indian rally drivers". Red Bull. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "About Gaurav Gill". Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ The Hindu. 25 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080828113508/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/25/stories/2008082560231600.htm. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Profile, Gaurav Gill". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/sport/motorsport/article961329.ece.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "FIA APRC – Asia-Pacific Rally Championship".
- ^ "Perfect Result for MRF in New Caledonia". 20 May 2015.
External links
[edit]- Official website GauravGill.com
- Profile on ewrc-results.com