INDIA in F1

Category: National Championship

The event counts as the National Championship recognised by FMSCI, the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India, the governing body of motorsports in India, and the ASN recognised by FIA and FIM.

  • Vijaykumar falls to CS Santosh; Bengalurean wins both motos

    Vadodara, 23 October 2005: TVS Racing team dominated the 3rd round of the MRF National Supercross Championship by taking top honours in all of the Six Championship classes of the races held in Vadodra’s Akota Stadium, on Sunday. For once the reigning champion C Vijaykumar of TVS Racing fell behind his fellow rider C. S. Santosh who proved supreme by taking top honours in both motos of the prestigious ‘Foreign Open class’. He collected the maximum 40 points and earned ‘The Best Rider of the Day’ title.

    The day began with the First moto of the Indian Experts Foreign Motorcycle where C Vijaykumar of  TVS Racing managed to take an early lead till C. S. Santosh of  TVS Racing with great dexterity overtook the former to emerge top in a thrilling finish. The 15 year old Karan Kadam who is riding for the first time this season for TVS Racing came a close 3rd. The second moto too saw a similar fight till Vijaykumar taking a fall, which put him in 3rd behind Santosh and Karan Kadam.

    The group B Indian Experts upto 150 CC 2-Stroke was no battle for C. Vijaykumar of  TVS Racing except for the strong performance by C. S. Santosh of  TVS Racing who closely came behind the former. Veteran motocross expert, Rustom Patel came a distant 3rd.

    In the stock class of vehicles or in other words motorcycles without any modification; Syed Zubair of  TVS Racing proved his class by taking honours in the Indian Experts Group D 80 CC to 110 CC in his TVS Victor. TVS Racing dominated this class with all the three podium positions going to the team. Deepak John of TVS Racing took top honours in the Indian Experts Group D 125 CC to 160 CC in his TVS Fiero F2.

  • CS Santosh, Eathasham share honours; Vijaykumar keeps lead

    CS Santosh, Eathasham share honours; Vijaykumar keeps lead

    Pune, 15 May 2005: TVS Racing team continued its dominance at the second round of the MRF National Supercross Championship by winning 4 and sharing honours in the foreign open class among the total of 6 Championship classes held in floodlit Pune’s Deccan College Ground, today. The foreign open class points were shared between C. S. Santosh of TVS Racing and Yamaha’s Syed Eathasham. The reigning champion C Vijaykumar of TVS Racing continues to lead the championship in the prestigious ‘Foreign Open class’ with 70 points closely followed by C. S. Santosh with 67 and Yogesh Barguje of Yamaha with 60 points.

    The day began with the First moto of the Indian Experts Foreign Motorcycle where C. S. Santosh of TVS Racing inspite of having a poor start managed to overcome other riders and emerged victorious with a huge lead. Syed Eathasham of Yamaha racing managed to hold on to his second position though C. Vijaykumar nearly threatened him. Vijaykumar finished third in a well fought battle. The second moto of the race saw a change in fortunes with Syed Eathasham managing to take an early lead and maintain it till the end. Full credit to Santosh to reach second as he was last in the rung till about 5 laps. He zipped past others to emerge a close second. Vijaykumar could manage only a third.

    In the stock class of vehicles or in other words motorcycles without any modification; C. D Jinan of TVS Racing proved his class once again by taking honours in the Indian Experts Group D 80 CC to 110 CC in his TVS Victor and the Indian Experts Group D 125 CC to 160 CC in his TVS Fiero. TVS Racing dominated both these races with all the three podium positions going to the team.

    The group B Indian Experts upto 150 CC 2-Stroke saw a four-way battle between Syed Eathasham, Yogesh Barguje, C. Vijaykumar and C. Santosh. Syed Eathasham proved his class by take the top spot. Vijaykumar of TVS Racing, had to pull back due to technical problem with his bike. C. S. Santosh of TVS Racing capitalized on this and emerged second followed by Yogesh Barguje of Yamaha.

    In the Novice class upto 150 cc; Syed Zubbair of TVS Racing in his Shogun fought it out to win the first spot as he continued his winning spree from the first round held at Goa. Mohammad Azgar of Yamaha closely followed him.

    The local class saw some interesting fight between Pinkesh Thakker and Sunil Mohite; though the former managed to maintain his lead till the end. Vishal Barguje managed third.

    Editor’s Note: This article is manually migrated from archives on 30 July 2023.

  • Vijaykumar bags double in top class; TVS Racing Sweeps MRF National Supercross

    Vijaykumar bags double in top class; TVS Racing Sweeps MRF National Supercross

    Panjim (Goa), 8 May 2005: TVS Racing team dominated the first round of the MRF National Supercross Championship by winning Five of the Six Championship classes of the races held in Panjim’s Campal Parade Ground, today. Ace rider and the reigning champion C Vijaykumar of TVS Racing proved his class in the presence of a huge Sunday morning crowd by dominating both the Motos of the prestigious ‘Foreign Open class’. He came first in both the Motos taking his point tally to 40 and also earned ‘The Best Rider of the Day’ title.

    The day began with the First moto of the Indian Experts Foreign Motorcycle where C Vijaykumar of  TVS Racing managed to take an early lead, which he maintained and consolidated till the end. Yogesh Barguje of Yamaha Racing and C. S Santosh of TVS Racing who came 2nd and 3rd respectively battled it out as the latter almost edged out the former in the final bend. The second moto of the race saw a repeat performance with C Vijaykumar emerging clear winner followed by Barguje and Santosh who took the 2nd and 3rd spot.

    In the stock class of vehicles or in other words motorcycles without any modification; C. D Jinan of TVS Racing proved his class by taking honours in the Indian Experts Group D 80 CC to 110 CC in his TVS Victor. TVS Racing dominated this class with all the three podium positions going to the team. Jinan also took the honours in the Indian Experts Group D 125 CC to 160 CC in his TVS Fiero F2.

    The group B Indian Experts upto 150 CC 2-Stroke saw a four-way battle between Syed Eathasham, Yogesh Barguje, C. Vijaykumar and C. Santosh. Though Santosh looked very promising he fell back to the 4th position in a tangle between the riders. In the end Syed Eathasham managed to emerge 1st. Yogesh and Vijaykumar took the 2nd and 3rd spot respectively. This was the only class where Yamaha managed to take the top spot.

    In the Novice class upto 150 cc; Syed Zubbair of TVS Racing in his Shogun fought it out to win the first spot. He was closely followed by Yamaha’s Joshua Pramod and S. Arun of TVS Racing.

    The local class saw some interesting fight between Gordon Furtado and Mohmad Kadar with the latter taking lead till the penultimate lap. Kadar’s bike hit a technical snag and gave way for Gordon. Imtiaz Kadar came a distant second followed by Fidle Furtado who took the third spot.

    Note: This article is manually migrated from the archives on 22 June 2021.

  • Vikram Mathias, Sujith Kumar crowned INRC champions for 2004

    Mumbai, 24 Jan 2005: Bangalore duo Vikram Mathias and co-driver Sujith Kumar of Team MRF were crowned as the new champions in the Indian National Rallying Championship and they were presented with a brand new Maruti Baleno by Maruti at a glittering prize distribution ceremony organised by Motorsports Association of India here on Saturday.

    The 2004 season saw eight rounds and it was a close race with Mathias and Kumar winning the crown by just two points. The duo bagged 46 points to beat reigning championsh VR Naren Kumar and D Ramkumar, who garnered 44 points.

    Prithveen Rajan and co-driver PV Srinivasa Murthy won the 1400cc title and was also presented with a Maruti Alto. The pair scored 71 points. Sanjay Agarwal and Chandramouli won the Rally Star Cup and drove away a Marut 800.

    The Kadet Indian National Karting Championship was won by Chennai’s Vishnu Prasad with 53 points and Ashok Jadhav with 32 points was crowned as the Indian National Karting champion.

    In the Asian Zone National Karting Championship, Charlie Charles of Malaysia won the honours and Chennai’s Preetham Muniappa came second.

    Winners for 2004:

    INRC Overall: Vikram Mathais/Sujith Kumar (Team MRF ) 46 points; V R Naren Kumar/D Ramkumar (Team MRF) 44; Lohit Urs/ Bonnie Thomas 42.

    INRC 1400cc: Prithveen Rajan/P V S Murthy 71; Ranjith Ballal /Ashwin Naik 55; Arjun Rao Aroor/CK Chinappa 54.

    Rally Star Cup: Sanjay Agarwal/ Chandramouli 72; Rajesh Gadakh/ Parithosh Kohok 49, Jasbir Singh/ Jeetender Nath 38.

    Gypsy Cup: Anil Wadia/ Shrikanth GM 31; Along Iyer/ Suresh Rana 25; Gaurav Chirpal/ Satender Singh 18.

    Kadet-Indian National Karting Championship (K-INKC): Vishnu Prasad 53; Ajay Kini 38; Chittesh Mandody 36.

    INKC: Ashok Jadhav 32; Deepak Paul Chinnappa 27; Preetham Muniyappa 26.

    Asian Zone National Karting Championship: Charlie Charles 18; Preetham Muniyappa 16; Mikko Nassi 16.


    Vehicle preparation award:     J Anand.

    Outstanding performance by a novice Gypsy driver: Gaurav Chirpal.


    Outstanding performance by a novice driver: Rajesh Gadakh.


    INRC event of the year 2004: MAK WISA Nashik Rally

  • Vijaykumar leads Pradeep, CS Santosh as TVS sweeps top-three places

    Pune, 26 Sept. 2004: TVS Racing continued its dominance at the end of 4th round of the MRF National Motocross Championship held in Pune as C. Vijaykumar consolidated his overall lead to a total of 135 points in the prestigious Indian Experts Foreign Open Class, despite injury.

    In a battle that is always fought with true grit i.e., foreign open class; the first moto saw top 3 positions by TVS Racing with Vijaykumar taking the lead followed by H. K Pradeep and C. S. Santosh. Though Syed Eathasham of Yamaha Racing was leading till the 7th lap it was Vijaykumar who sprung from nowhere to emerge a clear winner. C. S. Santosh who was leading in the second position gave way to Pradeep for the third position as he struggled with two falls.

    The second moto had a different story as Karan Kadam of Yamaha Racing overcame others to bag the top position. C. S. Santosh of TVS Racing put up a valiant fight to come 2nd closely followed by Yogesh Barguje of Yamaha Racing at 3rd. The reigning champion C. Vijaykumar of TVS Racing managed only 6th position as an injury caused by a fall in Indian Experts Group B upto 150 CC 2-stroke race slowed him considerably. Karan Kadam was declared the overall winner by 33 points followed by Santosh with 32 points.

    It was truly Santosh’s (TVS Racing) day as he garnered maximum podium positions. He came overall 2nd in the Indian Experts Foreign Open and Number one in Indian Experts Group B upto 150 CC 2 stroke and Indian Experts Group B upto 180 CC four Stroke.

    The group B Indian Experts upto 150 CC 2-Stroke too saw some exciting race. C. Vijaykumar of TVS Racing who was a strong contender for the race had a massive fall and had to settle for a DNF. His counterpart C. S Santosh cruised towards the finishing line. Syed Eathasham and Yogesh Barguje of Yamaha Racing came 2nd and 3rd respectively.

    Another winner of the day was the experienced C. D. Jinan of TVS Racing who took the top honours in the Group D upto 180 CC riding TVS Fiero F2. He took a formidable lead right at the beginning and managed to maintain his pace though Sridhar Urs of Yamaha was just few yards behind him.

    The other class which Yamaha Racing took number one position was the Class D Indian Experts upto 110 CC where Sridhar Urs of Yamaha emerged winner. C.D. Jinan of TVS Racing and Shivakumar of Yamaha came 2nd and 3rd respectively.

    The Novice class was taken by Yamaha’s Wasim Mohammed closely followed by K.P Chandan and Syed Zubair of TVS Racing for the 2nd and 3rd position.

    The local class saw some interesting fight between Vishal Barguje and Abijit Jhadav. But in the end Vishal Barguje did some thrilling daredevil riding to emerge as the top rider of Pune. In the privateer intermediate class Amol Temghare of Pune emerged victorious.

    Editor’s note: Migrated from archives on 29 July 2022.

  • Vijay Kumar of TVS Racing excels, awarded ‘Best Rider of the Day’

    Chandigarh, 29 Feb 2004: TVS Racing dominated the first round of the MRF National Motocross Championship held in Chandigarh by winning 5 out of 6 championship races. Ace rider and reigning national motocross champion C. Vijay Kumar of TVS Racing showed his mettle by sealing top positions in both the events he participated. His daredevil skill of speed and courage earned him the ‘Best Rider of the day’ title instituted by the organisers. The crowd was in all cheers for this wonder boy as he enthralled them with his jumps in great dexterity and speed.

    The bright and sunny morning at Chandigarh began with the Moto 1 of the prestigious Group A Experts Foreign Class upto 250 CC where C. Vijay Kumar leaped into lead followed closely by his counterpart H.K. Pradeep. As the race progressed both Pradeep and Yamaha’s leading rider Yogesh Barguje had a fall putting them out of contention. T. K. Vishwanath of Yamaha went ahead past other riders except Vijay Kumar of TVS Racing who had by then consolidated his initial lead and in the end took the top position with ease. It was however interesting to note that Syed Rehman of TVS Racing, who was way behind caught in a tangle, surged past top 10 riders to take the third position.

    The day also ended with the Moto 2, which turned out to be a total entertainer. Three Yamaha riders shot into lead initially and it took a while for the TVS Racers to get out of a tangle they got into. Once Vijay kumar of TVS Racing, who was behind by almost a lap behind, got his coast cleared took on the riders ahead of him with ease. Though he managed to reach only a close second he was by then assured winner in the class with 37 points. Syed Eathasham of Yamaha racing who shot to a good lead managed to guard his position to come first in the second moto.

    Following this TVS Racing team continued to dominate leaving no stone unturned for Yamaha to take the limelight. The Group B Indian Experts upto 150 CC was easily won by C. Vijay Kumar who was leading right through. It was however, interesting to note how Syed Rehman of TVS Racing, who once again, surged from behind beating all the riders including the Syed Eathasham of Yamaha racing at the last crossing towards the finish line to become second.

    Another surprise winner of the day was the experienced C. D. Jinan of TVS Racing who took the top honours in the Group D upto 180 CC riding TVS Fiero F2. He took a formidable lead right at the beginning and maintained his pace leaving only his team mate H. K. Pradeep to offer some resistance. The only class which Yamaha Racing took number one position was the Class D Indian Experts upto 110 CC where Shivkumar of Yamaha emerged winner. Here again Syed Rehman was not too far behind him at the finish line. The second and third position in this class was sealed by TVS Racing. The novice class also saw TVS Racing taking the top honors.

    Thrilled by his win, C. Vijay Kumar of TVS Racing said “This was indeed a short and challenging track and I had told myself at the beginning come what may I must bring glory to my team. It required me to put in extra effort of staying there till the end with high speeds especially at the curves and in the end it paid off.”

    Results
    MRF NATIONAL MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1 – CHANDIGARH
    1. Indian Experts Foreign Open – Group A upto 250 CC.
    MOTO 1
    Sl . No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1 C. Vijay Kumar TVS RACING TVS 250 X
    2 T. K. Vishwanath Yamaha Racing YZ 250 F
    3 Syed Rehman TVS Racing TVS 250 X

    MOTO 2
    Sl . No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1 Syed Eathasham Yamaha Racing YZ 250 F
    2 C. Vijay Kumar TVS Racing TVS 250 X
    3 T.K.Vishwanath Yamaha Racing YZ 250 F
    OVERALL WINNER – C. Vijay Kumar of TVS Racing with 37 points

    2. Indian Experts Group B Above 80 CC upto 150 CC
    Sl . No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1 C. Vijay Kumar TVS Racing Shaolin
    2 Syed Rehman TVS Racing Shaolin
    3 Syed Eathasham Yamaha Racing RX 135

    3. Indian Experts Group B 110 CC upto 250 CC
    Sl . No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1 B. V. Suresh TVS Racing Fiero
    2 Rustom Patel TVS Racing Fiero
    3 Chandan K. P TVS Racing Fiero

    4. Indian Experts Group D 110 CC upto 180 CC
    Sl . No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1 C. D. Jinan TVS Racing TVS Fiero F2
    2 Pradeep H.K TVS Racing TVS Fiero
    3 Shivkumar Yamaha Racing YBX Yamaha

    5. Indian Experts Group D 80CC upto 110 CC
    Sl . No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1 Shivkumar Yamaha Racing Crux
    2 Syed Rehman TVS Racing TVS Victor
    3 C. D. Jinan TVS Racing TVS Victor

    6. Indian Novice Group D Above 80 CC upto 150 CC
    Sl . No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1 Chandan K. P TVS Racing TVS Shogun
    2 Wasim Khan Yamaha Racing RX 135
    3 Deepak John TVS Racing TVS Shogun

    Non-Championship events
    The local class was one by Jeevan Jeet Singh of Chandigarh. The intermediate class A stroke 2/4 upto 250 CC / 400 CC was won by Rey Dhillion

  • C Vijaykumar rated best; TVS Racing wins National Motocross

    Bangalore, 23 Dec 2003: It was grit, skill and motoring endurance that was at display in the dusty tracks of Bangalore’s Palace Grounds and in the end TVS Racing emerged victorious by taking top honours in 5 out of 6 races held today including the prestigious Indian Expert-Foreign Open upto 250 CC where it also emerged as the Champions with C. Vijaykumar’s formidable lead of 26 points (214 points) from the nearest competitor. The fiercely fought battle between TVS Racing and Yamaha Racing at the 6th and final round of MRF National Motocross Championship, saw the best of motor racing the country has ever seen. With this win, TVS Racing sealed the Championship position by taking 3 top positions of the possible 6. The prestigious foreign open was won by TVS Racing. 

    C. Vijaykumar the young sensation from TVS Racing, also last year’s national motocross champion, kept his title by winning number one positions in both the motos of the Indian Expert-Foreign Open upto 250 CC. His splendid performance today, won him ‘the best rider of the day‘ title as well.

    The huge crowd that turned out today was treated first with the daredevil acts of the riders at Moto One of the Indian Experts – Foreign Motorcycles Class Group A for motorbikes upto 250 cc. And they were not disappointed! C. Vijayakumar riding TVS 250 X was lagging behind 5 racers ahead of him at the end of first lap and soon shot himself into the lead at the end of 6th lap and kept the tempo going right till the end where he cleared the ‘tabletops’ with ease. Yogesh Barguje of Yamaha Racing was behind him but was in no position to catch up with Vijaykumar. The second moto of the same class turned out to be an almost repeat performance of the moto one where the top three positions were the same except this time Vijaykumar kept his initial lead throughout. 

    The other classes too saw TVS taking the honors where the popular ‘TVS Victor’, displaying excellent performance. In a separate add on to the motoring entertainment Paul Broomfield, the Australian Trainer of TVS Racing performed some daredevil stunts that enthralled the crowd. In no time he became the most popular guy in the field. 

    Speaking on the occasion Arvind Pangaonkar, General Manager, R&D, TVS Motor Company commented, “We have once again proved that we are the leaders of motocross race in India having one this coveted title. This is the fourth continuous year that we are winning the championship and all credit goes to the brilliant performance by our riders. This has given us a strong reinforcement and we promise our supporters a good motoring entertainment in the next year as well”

    C. Vijaykumar too was thrilled beyond words, “I am happy with the performance and I hope to do even better for my Team in the rest of the years to come.”

    MRF NATIONAL MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 6 – HYDERABAD
    INDIAN EXPERTS FOREIGN OPEN – GROUP A – UPTO 250 CC

    MOTO ONE
    Sl. No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1. C. Vijayakumar Team TVS Racing TVS 250 X
    2. Yogesh Barguje Yamaha Racing YZ 250
    3. Sayed Eathasham Yamaha Racing YZ 250 F
    MOTO TWO

    Sl. No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1 C. Vijayakumar Team TVS Racing TVS 250 X
    2 Yogesh Barguje Yamaha Racing YZ 250
    3 Sayed Eathasham Yamaha Racing YZ 250 F
    Overall Winner at the end of the Championship

    C. Vijaykumar -TVS Racing – 214 points 
    Yogesh Barguje – TVS Racing – 188 points

    INDIAN NOVICE – GROUP D – ABOVE 80CC UPTO 150 CC

    Sl. No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1 Chandan K P TVS Racing Shogun
    2 V. Lokesh Yamaha Racing RX 135
    3 Sridhar Urs Yamaha Racing RX 135
    Overall Winner at the end of the Championship
    Lokesh Gowda -Yamaha Racing – 97 points

    INDIAN EXPERTS – GROUP D – ABOVE 80 CC UPTO 110 CC

    Sl. No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1 Syed Rahman TVS Racing TVS Victor
    2 Shivkumar Yamaha Racing Yamaha Crux
    3 C. D Jinan TVS Racing TVS Victor
    Overall Winner at the end of the Championship

    Shivkumar of Yamaha Racing -111 points

    INDIAN EXPERTS – GROUP B – ABOVE 80 CC UPTO 150 CC

    Sl. No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1 Yogesh Barguje Yamaha Racing RX 135
    2 Syed Rahman TVS Racing TVS Shaolin
    3 T. K. Vishwanath Yamaha Racing RX 135
    Overall Winner at the end of the Championship

    Yogesh Barguge of Yamaha Racing -92 points
    C. Vijay Kumar of TVS Racing – 88 points 

    Locals Group C 110 CC to 180 CC

    Sl. No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1 M.D Azgar Privateer RX 135
    2 Deepak John Privateer TVS Shogun
    3 Manavalan Privateer RX 135
    INDIAN EXPERTS GROUP D 110 to 180 CC

    Sl. No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1 B. V Suresh TVS Racing TVS Fiero
    2 Sayed Rehman TVS Racing TVS Fiero
    3 Rustom Patel TVS Racing TVS Fiero
    Overall Winner at the end of the Championship

    Sayed Rehman of TVS Racing – 106 points 

    TVS Fiero INDIAN EXPERTS GROUP B 110 to 250 CC

    Sl. No Rider Team Motorcycle
    1 G. Prasad TVS Racing TVS Fiero
    2 Rustom Patel TVS Racing TVS Fiero
    3 Pinkesh Thakkar TVS Racing TVS Fiero
    Overall Winner at the end of the Championship

    G. Prasad of TVS Racing – 112 points

    Note: This article is migrated from Archives in 2021