Tag: N Leelakrishnan

Bengaluru, 1 Feb 2021: Following are the Statistics of the Indian National Rally Championship after the end of the third round of the four-round INRC 2020 calendar which is pushed to 2021 due to the COVID pandemic.

Gaurav Gill and Musa Sherif have been together for 63 Rallies out of which they finished 39 Rallies, notching up 38 podiums and 36 victories. Gill was behind the wheel of a Mitsubishi Cedia for his first three titles while the last four came through the bulky Mahindra XUV.

Musa Sherif becomes the leading co-driver with the highest number of rallies, finishing his 293rd rally in the third round at Coimbatore, consecutively calling the notes for 29 years. He has navigated for 47 drivers in that period. These 293 rallies include over 150 rallies in INRC.

INRC Titles from 1988 – 2020

Driver’s Championship winners – After INRC got the National Championship status in 1988

	Driver’s Name	Number of titles	Years won	Remarks
1	Gaurav Singh Gill	Seven (7)	2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020
2	V Naren Kumar	Seven (7)	1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010
3	N Leelakrishnan	Six (6)	1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2001
4	Hari Singh	Four (4)	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
5	Farad Bhatheena	Two (2)	1988, 1989
6	Vikram Mathias	Two (2)	2004, 2008,
7	Amittrajit Ghosh	Two (2)	2012, 2013,
8	Lohit Urs	One (1)	2015,
9	Karna Kadur	One (1)	2016,
10	Chethan Shivram	One (1)	2019,

Co-Drivers’ Championship winners

	Driver’s Name	Number of titles	Years won	Remarks
1	Musa Sherif	Seven (7)	2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020
2	D Ram Kumar	Six (6)	2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010
3	Gurinder Singh Mann	Four (4)	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
4	N Mahendran	Three (3)	1991, 1992, 1993,
5	Farooq Ahmed	Three (3)	1998, 1999, 2001,
6	Raj Bagri	Two (2)	1988, 1989,
7	Ashwin Naik	Two (2)	2012, 2013,
8	CV Jayakumar	One (1)	1990,
9	Sujith Kumar BS	One (1)	2004,
10	PVS Murhty	One (1)	2008,
11	Shrikanth GM	One (1)	2015,
12	Nikhil Pai	One (1)	2016,
13	Dilip Sharan	One (1)	2019

	Year	Driver & Co-Driver	Team	Car	Tuner
1	1988	Farad Bathena/ Raj Bagri	Team MRF	Maruti Gypsy Group II (A)	Mohinder Lalwni
2	1989	Farad Bathena/ Raj Bagri	Team MRF	Maruti Gypsy Group II (A)	J Anand
3	1990	N Leelakrishnan/ CV Jaykumar	Team MRF	Maruti Gypsy Group II (A)	N Leelakrishnan
4	1991	N Leelakrishnan/ N Mahendran	Team MRF	Maruti Gypsy Group II (A)	N Leelakrishnan
5	1992	N Leelakrishnan/ N Mahendran	Team MRF	Maruti Gypsy Group II (A)	N Leelakrishnan
6	1993	N Leelakrishnan/ N Mahendran	Team MRF	Maruti Gypsy Group II (A)	N Leelakrishnan
7	1994	Hari Singh/ Gurinder Singh Mann	JK Tyre Rally Team	Maruti Gypsy Group A-1-A	S Karivardhan
8	1995	Hari Singh/ Gurinder Singh Mann	JK Tyre Rally Team	Maruti Gypsy Group A-1-A	S Karivardhan
9	1996	Hari Singh/ Gurinder Singh Mann	JK Tyre Rally Team	Maruti Esteem Group A-1-A	PNR Satish
10	1997	Hari Singh/ Gurinder Singh Mann	JK Tyre Rally Team	Maruti Esteem Group A-1-A	WSRF
11	1998	N Leelakrishnan/ Farooq Ahmed	Team MRF	Maruti Esteem Group A-1-A	N Leelakrishnan
12	1999	VR Naren Kumar/ Farooq Ahmed	Team MRF	Maruti Esteem Group A	N Leelakrishnan
13	2000	VR Naren Kumar/ D Ram Kumar	Team MRF	Maruti Baleno Group A	N Leelakrishnan
14	2001	N Leelakrishnan/ Farooq Ahmed	Team MRF	Honda City Group A	N Leelakrishnan
15	2002	VR Naren Kumar/ D Ram Kumar	Team MRF	Honda City Group A	N Leelakrishnan
16	2003	VR Naren Kumar/ D Ram KUmar	Team MRF	Honda City Group A	N Leelakrishnan
17	2004	Vikram Mathias/ Sujith Kumar BS	Team MRF	Honda City Group A	N Leelakrishnan
18	2005	VR Naren Kumar/ D Ram Kumar	JK Rally Team	Maruti Baleno Group N	N Leelakrishnan
19	2006	VR Naren Kumar/ D Ram Kumar	JK Rally Team	Maruti Baleno Group N	N Leelakrishnan
20	2007	Gaurav Gill/ Musa Sherif	Team MRF	Mitsubishi Cedia Group N	J Anand
21	2008	Vikram Mathias/ PVS Murthy	Red Rooster Racing	Mitsubishi Cedia Group N+	N Leelakrishnan
22	2009	Gaurav Gill/ Musa Sherif	Team MRF	Mitsubishi Cedia Group N+	J Anand
23	2010	VR Naren Kumar/ D Ram Kumar	Red Rooster Racing	Mitsubishi Cedia Group N+	N Leelakrishnan
24	2011	Gaurav Gill/ Musa Sherif	MRF	Mitsubishi Cedia Group N+	J Anand
25	2012	Amittrajit Ghosh/ Ashwin Naik	RRPM	Mitsubishi Cedia Group N	B Rajan
26	2013	Amittrajit Ghosh/ Ashwin Naik	RRPM	Mitsubishi Cedia Group N	B Rajan
27	2014	Gaurav Gill/ Musa Sherif	Mahindra Adventure	Mahindra XUV 500	N Leelakrishnan
28	2015	Lohitt V Urs/ Shrikanth Gowda	MRU Motorsport	Mitsubishi Cedia Evo8	Mohamed Rafiq Udaya
29	2016	Karna Kadur/ Nikhil V Pai	Team Yokohama India	Volkswagen Polo Group N	N Leelakrishnan
30	2017	Gaurav Gill/ Musa Sherif	Mahindra Adventure	Mahindra XUV 500	N Leelakrishnan
31	2018	Gaurav Gill/ Musa Sherif	Mahindra Adventure	Mahindra XUV 500	N Leelakrishnan
32	2019	Chetan Shivram/ Dilip Sharan	Team Akshara Racing	Volkswagen Polo	Fazil Khan, FRK
33	2020	Gaurav Gill/ Musa Sherif	JK Tyre Racing team	Mahindra XUV 300	N Leelakrishnan
34	2021