Gaurav Gill

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Gaurav Gill
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Gaurav Gill 2019
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1981-12-02) 2 December 1981 (age 40)
World Rally Championship record
Active years2007-2019 ( Team MRF ) Years = 2019 current - Jk Tyres
TeamsTeam MRF, Team Sidvin India, Jk Tyres
Rallies5
Stage wins0
First rally
Last rally
Last updated on: August 2018.

Gaurav Gill is an Indian race car driver 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 3 times ( 2013, 2016, 2018) Gaurav Gill became the first-ever person from the field of Motor Sports to win the coveted ARJUNA AWARD from the President of India in 2019. Gaurav also won the Indian Rally Championship a whopping 7 times and one Indian National SUV championship with Mahindra Adventure. Gaurav also won numerous stages 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[]

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 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.[1][2][3][4]

Career results[]

APRC results[]

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[5] Team MRF Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 NZL
2 		NCL
1[6] 		AUS
Ret 		MAL
2 		JPN
Ret 		CHN
Ret 		3rd 104

Awards[]

Arjuna Award In Motorsport

References[]

  1. ^ "About Gaurav Gill". Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  2. ^ 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. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Profile, Gaurav Gill". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008.
  4. ^ http://www.thehindu.com/sport/motorsport/article961329.ece. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "FIA APRC - Asia-Pacific Rally Championship".
  6. ^ "Perfect Result for MRF in New Caledonia". 20 May 2015.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Asia-Pacific Rally Champion
2013 		Succeeded by
Jan Kopecky
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