Gaurav Gill


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 Championshipand went on to win 3 times 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.

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 2013 and became the first Indian to win the title in 2014 for Team MRF Skoda.

Career results

APRC results

YearEntrantCar1234567APRCPoints
2007Team MRFMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXNCL
Ret		NZLAUSJPN8th9
2007Team MRFMitsubishi Lancer Evo VIIMAL
5		IDN
4		CHN
Ret		8th9
2008Team MRFMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXNCLAUSNZLJPNIDN
1		MAL
Ret		CHN8th17
2009Team MRFMitsubishi Lancer Evo XNCLAUS
4		NZLJPN
Ret		IDN
Ret		CHN
Ret		4th12
2009Team MRFMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXMAL
Ret		4th12
2010Team MRFMitsubishi Lancer Evo XMAL
2		JPN
3		NZL
7		AUS
1		NCL
DNS		IDN
C		CHN
Ret		2nd97
2011Team MRFMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXMAL
2		AUS
2		NCL
Ret		NZL
Ret		JPN
Ret		CHN
Ret		4th63
2012Team MRF ŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000NZL
3		NCL
1		AUS
Ret		MAL
Ret		JPN
Ret		CHN
Ret		4th82
2013Team MRF ŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000NZL
2		NCL
1		AUS
Ret		MAL
Ret		JPN
1		CHN
2		1st145.5
2014Team MRF ŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000NZL
1		IND
C		NCL
2		AUS
Ret		MAL
1		JPN
Ret		CHN
Ret		3rd104
2015Team MRF ŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000NZL
2		NCL
1		AUS
Ret		MAL
2		JPN
Ret		CHN
Ret		3rd104

Awards

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