The next step for Gaurav Gill’s growing list of rally credentials may not take him in his intended direction, but it promises to be exciting nonetheless. For someone who claims to not actively chase a drive in the WRC-2 category of the FIA World Rally Championship
Gaurav Gill may not have won the second round of the FIA APRC, but his pace to salvage second was breathtaking. Thanks to a stunning drive by India’s Gaurav Gill who made up a deficit of over two minutes to finish second, Team MRF delivered another 1-2 result with
We went to Chikmagalur for the return of the APRC to India, to find that Gaurav Gill has outgrown the championship he has dominated this year. Big fish in a small pond. I’m sure everyone has heard this saying and it applies in the case of Gaurav Gill and the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship.
Skoda Team MRF have a brand new weapon for their lenghty domination of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship, and Gaurav Gill has the upgrade he wanted. A clean slate. Well, as close to a clean slate as can be for a racing outfit that’s been competing in the same championship for over a decade.
Gaurav Gill’s titles hopes took a major blow when he retired from the the third round of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) in Queensland on Sunday, having led the rally overnight from MRF teammate Pontus Tidemand.
The 2013 APRC champion is right back in this year’s title hunt with a win at the New Caledonia Rally One has to wonder how many more top rally. Gill (co-driver Glen Macneall), cruised to a comfortable win in the Rally of New Caledonia, the second round of the APRC.
The 2015 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) got underway in New Zealand with India’s Gaurav Gill finishing in a well deserved second place at Rally of Whangarei. “We had some dramas but we got it sorted today and I was up to speed.
Since the 2012 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship season, Team MRF Skoda has been untouchable with the major source of entertainment largely being speculating which of their two drivers will win the title.
Despite losing out in a close battle to retain his FIA APRC crown there’s plenty on the horizon for Gaurav Gill to look forward to. As he has on many occasions this season Gill took the lead and was setting the pace comfortably.
This year has been completely new territory for reigning FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship title holder Gaurav Gill. The APRC title win made him the first Indian to win a major international rally title and his season opening win in New Zealand over new teammate – and reigning FIA