Mahindra Racing
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| 2013 name | Mahindra Racing Team |
| Base | Turbenthal CH |
| Tyres | Dunlop |
| Riders' Championships | 0 |
Mahindra Racing is the first Indian team to participate in the FIM MotoGP World Motorcycle Racing Championship and the FIA Formula E Championship. The factory team entered into the championship in 2011, in the 125cc class, and raced in the newly formed Moto3 championship in 2012. Mahindra Racing entered the Italian National Motorcycle Racing Championship (CIV) in 2012. The team's historic 2012 victory in the CIV Constructor's Cup made Mahindra the first Indian team to win an international motorsport championship. In 2013, the team competed in the 2013 FIM Moto3 Championship as well as in the Moto3 (250cc - 4 stroke) class of the CIV. The team is owned by Indian conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra which has a significant presence in automotive manufacturing.[1][2]
In 2011, the Mahindra Group put India on the world motorcycle racing circuit by entering the Mahindra Racing team into the FIM MotoGP World Motorcycle Racing Championship. In 2012, the team entered the Italian National Motorcycle Racing Championship with an entirely new set up.
Mahindra Racing competed in the 2013 season with its own new 4- stroke, single-cylinder, 250cc motorcycle: the Mahindra MGP3O, developed with experienced Swiss firm Suter Racing Technology AG. Experienced Spanish rider Efrén Vázquez (26, from Bilbao) was teamed with exciting Portuguese teenager Miguel Oliveira (18, from Pragal near Lisbon).[3][4] The team scripted history at the Malaysian Grand Prix, when Oliveira claimed the team's first-ever podium finish, which was also the first ever podium for an Indian manufacturer in the World Championship. The team recorded consistent Top 5 finishes and achieved a pole position and three circuit lap records. Mahindra finished 3rd in the Constructors’ Rankings.
In the 2012 CIV season, Mahindra Racing competed in the 125 GP Class and became the first team from India to win an international motorsport event, eventually recording six victories from eight races and securing the Constructors' Championship. In the 2013 CIV season, the team has entered the Moto3 (250cc - 4 stroke) class with talented riders Andrea Locatelli (16, from Alzano Lombardo) and Michael Rinaldi (17, Rimini, Emilia-Romagna).[5] and made motor sport history by winning the prestigious Constructors’ Title for the second consecutive year. Locatelli and Rinaldi finished the season in first and second place with 167 and 145 points respectively
Mahindra's bold decision to take on the world's best at the highest level of motorcycle racing won the team prestigious awards such as the 'ZigWheels Motorsport Award of the Year, 2012', and the NDTV Car and Bike Awards 'Mobil 1 Motorsport Award of the Year, 2012'[6][7] and 2013.
In 2013, the MGP3O gained a lot of attention owing to its good results in the Moto3™ as compared to the non-performing Hondas. As a result Ambrogio Racing switched to the Mahindra MGP3O from their Hondas from the 2013 Misano race. Their rider Luca Amato had previously ridden the bike in the Spanish CEV and the Moto3™ in tests.[8][9][10]
Racing staff
- Mufaddal Choonia - CEO, Mahindra Racing
- Chandrashekar Joshi - CFO
- Nicola Casadei - Team Manager, CIV Team
- Davide Borghesi - Mahindra Moto3 Project Leader
- Davide Trolli - Team Coordinator & Press Office
Moto3 team (2013)
Riders
- Miguel Oliveira (44)
- Arthur Sissis (61)
Bike
- MGP3O
Tyres
Sponsors
- Elf – Technical Partner
- Mahindra Duro DZ – Official Paddock Scooters
- Mahindra XUV500 – Official Team Vehicle
- Oakley – Official Eye Wear partner
- Dunlop – Technical Suppliers
- Akrapovič – Technical Suppliers
- Regina Chain – Technical Suppliers
- Beta – Technical Suppliers
Moto3 Italian Championship team (2013)
Riders
- Andrea Locatelli (5)
- Michael Ruben Rinaldi (21)
Bike
- MGP3O
Tyres
Race Seasons
Season 2011
MotoGP 125 cc
In 2011, Mahindra Racing made its motor racing debut in the 125cc class of the MotoGP championship, which was then in its last year. The team performed well in their inaugural season, capped off by Danny Webb securing Team Mahindra's first-ever pole position in the last race, at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain.[11]
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Season 2012Moto3Mahindra Racing participated in the first-ever Moto3 championship, which replaced the 125cc class in 2012. On 5 November 2011, Anand Mahindra then Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra, unveiled the MGP3O, the team's Moto3 Motorcycle. The MGP3O, liveried in red and white, features a tubular steel frame and an aluminium swing arm. It weighs merely 83 kg and has a Mahindra-homologated 250cc, single-cylinder, four stroke liquid-cooled DOHC engine developed by Mahindra’s Engines Engineering and Oral Engineering. The motorcycle was developed by Mahindra's Engines Engineering and Oral Engineering together. Danny Webb and Marcel Schrotter raced for the team in the first eight rounds of the Moto3 World Championship. The team scored its first Moto3 points at Le Mans on May 20, 2012, when Marcel finished on a strong 12th position. Before the ninth round, at the Mugello Circuit, Schrotter and Team Mahindra parted ways. Riccardo Moretti, who had until then been racing for Mahindra in the CIV, stepped in for Schrotter. The first year of the new Moto3 four-stroke class proved challenging, and prompted the team into a change of direction. In August 2012, Mahindra partnered with Suter Racing Technology to develop an all-new MG3PO, which is their Moto3 bike for the 2013 season. And, in November of the same year, they announced that accomplished riders Efrén Vázquez and Miguel Oliveira would be racing for Team Mahindra in the 2013 Moto3 season. [12] Constructors’ Championship
Riders’ Championship
125 cc Italian National Motorcycle Racing Championship[13] In early December 2012, Mahindra Racing announced its entry into the 125cc class of the Italian National Motorcycle Racing Championship (CIV) with Indian rider S. Sarath Kumar and Italian phenomenon Riccardo Moretti. Moretti is a former champion (2009) in the 125cc class while Kumar is a former champion in the 130cc 4-stroke (Novice class, 2008) and the 165cc Expert Class (2009). Moretti won the season-opener, at the Mugello Circuit, Mahindra's first time earning a 1st place finish. Kumar earned a third place finish in the third round, at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. He left professional racing for personal reasons after round six. Riccardo won the second and fourth races, at the Imola Circuit and Mugello respectively. In the sixth round, at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Riccardo and new Mahindra rider Miroslav Popov finished first and second respectively; in the seventh round, again at Misano, Popov took first, while Moretti finished third. In the final race of the 2012 season, Popov again took first place, and was joined on the podium by new Mahindra Racing rider Lukas Trautmann, who earned a second place finish in his debut race. The double podium, Mahindra's third of the season, earned the team the 2012 CIV Constructor's Cup.[14][15] Season 2013Moto3The team achieved a double Top-10 finish in the 2013 Moto3 season opener at Qatar. This result was followed by Oliveira’s 5th place finish at the Circuit of the Americas Team Mahindra’s best performance in MotoGP to date. Mahindra has partnered with Suter Racing Technology to develop a new Moto3 bike for the 2013 season. Efrén Vázquez and Miguel Oliveira will be representing Team Mahindra in the MotoGP Championship. [16] Riders' standings
Constructors' Championship
CIV 2013[17] Moto3 (250cc, 4 stroke) - Italian National Motorcycle Racing Championship In the 2013 season, the team entered the Moto3 class (250cc 4 stroke) in the CIV with talented riders Andrea Locatelli and Michael Rinaldi. Locatelli ended Rounds 1 and 2 with a twin podium finish: he won the first race, and finished in third place in the second. Rinaldi finished eighth in the first encounter and sixth in the second. [18] [19] Riders’ Championship
Constructors’ Championship
Season 2014Efrén Vazquez has confirmed that he will no longer be riding with Mahindra Racing in the 2014 season. He will be replaced by Authur Sissis.[20] References
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