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As the Hamilton vs. Rosberg title battle goes down to the wire, the big question is who will win the 2016 World Drivers' Championship. Here's a prediction we're going to stick our heads out and make - respective of the outcome, when fans look back on the season they'll probably believe that 'the best driver did not win'.

It has been 34 years since TVS made its foray into motorsport. The Bengaluru-based manufacturer has always promoted and developed two-wheeler motorsport in India. So when it announced its decision to partner with French manufacturer Sherco in order to participate in the Dakar Rally, it hardly came as a surprise. The upcoming Dakar Rally is all the more special for the Sherco TVS team as it will mark the first time for the team to field an Indian rider in Aravind KP.

It was Jorge Lorenzo's last race with team Movistar Yamaha and the season finale of the 2016 MotoGP championship, and the rider managed to make each of those memorable winning the Valencia Grand Prix. The Spaniard held on to the lead after a fantastic start on the grid, fending off competition from this season's world champion Marc Marquez, while securing a win this season after June this year.

Mahindra Racing had a dominant start to Formula E this season in Hong Kong and the recently concluded Marrakech ePrix was no different. The Indian electric racing team secured its second podium finish with Felix Rosenqvist securing third place in the race. This also marks the rookie driver's first ePrix victory.

While Southern India can boast of a few organised motorcycle racing teams, Delhi NCR hasn't quite had one until 'Speed Angels' came into being in 2015. A senior executive in an American MNC and a practising Dentist, Shakti Raj Singh and Dr. Aman Ahlawat came together last year. Over the next few months, they brought in Pranav Malik, a law student and a track enthusiast and Prince Khanna, a promising rookie, to complete the quartet.

Formula One team Force India expected the exit of driver Nico Hulkenberg for the 2017 season and the driver the now headed to the vacated seat at Renault. Partnering Sergio Perez for next season is 20-year old Esteban Ocon. The 20-year-old Frenchman, who made his Formula One racing debut with Manor mid-way through 2016, is fairly new to the world of F1 but not to racing.

The 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix could be a Grand Prix of firsts for the Mercedes drivers. Lewis Hamilton could win his first-ever Brazilian Grand Prix OR Nico Rosberg could win his first-ever Formula 1 Drivers' Championship. Let's hope the 'best driver' wins. In which case, shouldn't it then be Fernando Alonso?

Volkswagen Group has announced its exit from the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) at the end of the current season. The team had won all four championships ever since they participated in the sport as a full time manufacturer team in 2013 The automaker will instead focus on developing the Polo R5 car for customer use, VW said in a statement.