Gaurav Gill

Gaurav Gill

File:Gurav Gill.jpg Gaurav Gill during International Rally of Whangarei – New Zealand 2013.
Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1981-12-02) 2 December 1981
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1998–present
Teams	Team MRF
Rallies	12
Championships	1 (2013) Asia-Pacific Rally Championship 4 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2014) Indian National Rally Championship
Rally wins	n/a
Podiums	n/a
Stage wins	n/a
First rally	n/a
Last win	2015 Rally New Caledonia
Last rally	2015 International Rally of Queensland
Last updated on: After APRC International Rally of Queensland 2015.

Gaurav Gill (born 2 December 1981) 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.

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

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					MYS 5	IDN 4	CHN Ret
2008	Team MRF	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	NCL	AUS	NZL	JPN	IDN 1	MYS 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					MYS Ret
2010	Team MRF	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	MAL 2	JPN 4	NZL 7	AUS 1	NCL DNS	IDN Can	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	MYS Ret	JPN Ret	CHN Ret		4th	82
2013	Team MRF Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	NZL 2	NCL 1	AUS Ret	MYS Ret	JPN 1	CHN 2		1st	145.5
2014	Team MRF Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	NZL 1	IND Can	NCL 2	AUS Ret	MYS 1	JPN Ret	CHN Ret	3rd	104
2015	Team MRF Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	NZL 2	NCL 1	AUS Ret	MYS	JPN	CHN	IND	2nd	74

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

External links

• Official website GauravGill.com

• http://fiaaprc.com/
• http://fiaaprc.com/2015/05/perfect-result-for-mrf-in-new-caledonia/