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Coming third at the India Baja held in April 2017, Abdul Wahid Tanveer will be the Sherco-TVS Factory Rally team's fourth rider at the Merzouga Rally. Tanveer won the Dakar Challenge to automatically qualify for the Merzouga Rally. He will be supported by Dakar riders Aravind KP, Juan Pedrero and Adrien Metge.

Sauber F1 team will be switching to Honda engines starting from the 2018 season of the Formula One World Championship, the team announced in a statement.

It was a mixed weekend for Indian racing driver Jehan Daruvala in Round 2 of the 2017 FIA Formula 3 Championship at Monza. Having become the first ever Indian to secure pole in the European championship, Jehan went on to take maiden podium finish in Race 1 of the weekend.

After a complete Ferrari lockout at the start of the grid, it seemed evident that Sebastial Vettel will take another win this season in the Russian Grand Prix at Sochi. However, Mercedes' new recruit Valtteri Bottas managed to show top notch performance and took home his first ever GP win.

The iconic Grand Prix Circuit of Monza was witness to yet to another historic moment as Jehan Daruvala became the first ever Indian to take pole in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship.

In a big blow to Formula One's future prospects in India, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Formula 1 World Championship Limited (FOWC) has a permanent establishment in India and as such income accruing from it is taxable.

The MotoGP cavalry was in the land of cowboys last weekend and Marc Marquez proved for the fifth time that the Circuit of the Americas is his home turf. The world champion claimed his fifth successive MotoGP win in the Americas Grand Prix. Meanwhile, Yamaha's Valentino Rossi now leads the points race for the 2017 MotoGP championship title, having finished second on the podium.

Young Indian contingent Shahan Ali Mohsin has made the country proud once again with a podium finish in the Rotax Max Central European Championship in Europe. The Indian National Karting champion clinched second place overall in the competitive series, marking his first ever podium in a European championship.