Gaurav Gill

Gaurav Gill
Gaurav Gill 2019
Personal information
NationalityIndia Indian
Born (1981-12-02) 2 December 1981 (age 42)
World Rally Championship record
Active years20082009, 20182019, 20222023
Co-driverUnited Kingdom Nicky Beech
United Kingdom David Senior
Australia Glenn Macneall
Brazil Gabriel Morales
France Florian Barral
TeamsTeam Sidvin India, Team MRF Tyres
Rallies12
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points0
First rally2008 Wales Rally GB
Last rally2023 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.

  1. ^ "7 tips from Gaurav Gill for upcoming Indian rally drivers". Red Bull. Retrieved 18 February 2022.