Mahindra Racing

Mahindra Racing
2014 name Mahindra Racing Team
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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 Constructors' 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]

Team history

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.

Moto3 World Championship

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 was teamed with exciting Portuguese teenager Miguel Oliveira.[3] 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.[4] The team recorded consistent top five finishes and achieved a pole position and three circuit lap records. Mahindra finished third in the Constructors' Championship.

Domestic championships

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 entered the Moto3 (250cc – 4 stroke) class with talented riders Andrea Locatelli and Michael Ruben Rinaldi.[5] and made motor sport history by winning the prestigious Constructors' Championship for the second consecutive year. Locatelli and Rinaldi finished the season in first and second place with 167 and 145 points respectively.[6]

Mahindra's decision to take on the world's best at the highest level of motorcycle racing won the team 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'.[7][8]

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.[9] Their rider Luca Amato had previously ridden the bike in the Spanish CEV and the Moto3 in tests.

Racing staff

Moto3 World Championship team (2014)

Riders

Bike

Tyres

Sponsors

FIM CEV International Moto3 Championship team (2014)

Riders

Bike

Tyres

FIA Formula E Championship Team (2014–present)

Drivers (2014–15 season)

Car

Tyres

Drivers (2015–16 season)

Car

Tyres

Drivers (2016–17 season)

Car

Tyres

Operated by Carlin Motorsport.[10]

Complete Formula E results

Year Chassis Tyres No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points T.C.
2014–15 Spark-Renault SRT 01E M BEI PUT PDE BNA MIA LBH MON BER MSC LON 58 8th
5 India Karun Chandhok 5 6 13 Ret 14 12 13 18 12 12 13
21 Brazil Bruno Senna Ret 14† 6 5 Ret 5 Ret 17 16 16 4
2015–16 Spark-Mahindra M2ELECTRO M BEI PUT PDE BNA MEX LBH PAR BER LON 105 5th
21 Brazil Bruno Senna 13 5 Ret 10 10 5 9 15 2 6
23 Germany Nick Heidfeld 3 9 7 8 4 12 7 13 7
United Kingdom Oliver Rowland 13
2016–17 Spark-Mahindra M3ELECTRO M HKG MAR BNA MEX MON PAR BER BRU MTR NYC 38* 3rd*
19 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist 15 3
23 Germany Nick Heidfeld 3 9

* Season still in progress

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]

Pos Rider Bike QAT
Qatar
ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
FRA
France
CAT
Catalonia
GBR
United Kingdom
NED
Netherlands
ITA
Italy
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
IND
United States
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Aragon
JPN
Japan
AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
15 Germany Marcel Schrötter Mahindra 21 13 18 Ret 16 Ret 9 11 16 14 Ret 15 11 12 11 Ret 12 36
19 United Kingdom Danny Webb Mahindra 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 13 Ret 14 12 DNS 21 15 Ret 10 13 Ret 24

Year

QAT Qatar

ESP Spain

POR Portugal

FRA France

CAT Catalonia

GBR United Kingdom

NED Netherlands

ITA Italy

GER Germany

CZE Czech Republic

IND United States

RSM San Marino

ARA Aragon

JPN Japan

AUS Australia

MAL Malaysia

VAL Valencian Community

Pts

Pos

2011

16 13 16 Ret 16 11 9 11 14 12 Ret 15 11 12 10 13 12 49 3rd
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Season 2012

Moto3

Mahindra 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, featured a tubular steel frame and an aluminium swing arm. It weighed merely 83 kg and had 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 Schrötter 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 Schrötter finished on a strong 12th position. Before the ninth round, at the Mugello Circuit, Schrötter and Team Mahindra parted ways. Riccardo Moretti, who had until then been racing for Mahindra in the CIV, stepped in for Schrötter. The first year of the new Moto3 four-stroke class proved challenging, and prompted the team into a change of direction.[12] In August 2012, Mahindra partnered with Suter Racing Technology to develop an all-new MGP3O, 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.

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 was the 2009 champion 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 Monza. He left professional racing for personal reasons after round six. Moretti won the second and fourth races, at Imola and Mugello respectively. In the sixth round, at Misano, Moretti 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]

Constructors' Championship
Year MU1IMOMONMU2MU3MI1MI2VALPTSPOS
201225251625102525251761
Riders' Championship
RiderMU1IMOMONMU2MU3MI1MI2VALTotal PointsFinal position
Riccardo Moretti2525NC25RET2516-1162
Miroslav Popov -----202525704
S. Sarath KumarRET916810---439
Lukas Trautmann-------202011

Season 2013

Moto3

The 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 at that point. Mahindra 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

Pos Rider Bike QAT
Qatar
AME
United States
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Spain
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
IND
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Spain
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
JPN
Japan
VAL
Spain
Pts
6 Portugal Miguel Oliveira Mahindra 7 5 16 Ret 4 6 4 4 8 9 5 7 5 3 26 4 10 150
9 Spain Efrén Vázquez Mahindra 10 14 8 DNS DNS 5 12 6 Ret 11 10 12 10 Ret 7 Ret 5 82

Constructors' Championship

Bike

QAT Qatar

AME United States

ESP Spain

FRA France

ITA Italy

CAT Spain

NED Netherlands

GER Germany

IND United States

CZE Czech Republic

GBR United Kingdom

RSM San Marino

ARA Spain

MAL Malaysia

AUS Australia

JPN Japan

VAL Spain

Pts

Mahindra

7 5 8 Ret 4 5 4 4 8 9 5 7 5 3 7 4 5

173

Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
Blue – Rookie

CIV 2013

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.[6][17]

Riders' Championship

Final positionRiderMU1MU2VA1VA2MI1MI2IM1IM2MU3MU4Total Points
1A. Locatelli252010 25252025107167
2M. Rinaldi1011161320725161116145

Constructors' Championship

Final positionManufacturerMU1MU2VA1VA2MI1MI2IM1IM2MU3MU4Total Points
1Mahindra2520161325252525111201

Season 2014

Vázquez confirmed that he was no longer riding with Mahindra Racing in the 2014 season, and was replaced by Arthur Sissis.[18]

Season 2014 was Mahindra Racing's most successful year with the MGP3O recording three podiums – including a best-ever second-place finish by their customer team, Ambrogio Racing's rider Brad Binder. The first podium of the season was secured by Mahindra Racing rider Miguel Oliveira at the Assen circuit in the Dutch TT.

For the entire season, the team riders Oliveira and Andrea Migno regularly challenged at the front of the tight Moto3 pack. The MGP3O recorded six Top-4 finishes in the entire season, as Mahindra finished third overall in the Moto3 Constructors' rankings at the end of the 2014 season.

Pos Rider Bike QAT
Qatar
USA
United States
ARG
Argentina
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
SPA
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
USA
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
ITA
San Marino
SPA
Aragon
JAP
Japan
AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
SPA
Valencian Community
Pts
10 Portugal Miguel Oliveira Mahindra 4 15 DNS 14 12 4 12 3 Ret 7 7 4 22 7 Ret 7 Ret 8 110
29 Australia Arthur Sissis Mahindra DNS Ret 22 Ret 17 17 18 21 13 21 26 3
25 Italy Andrea Migno Mahindra Ret 8 Ret Ret 17 Ret 18 8

Year

QAT Qatar

USA United States

ARG Argentina

SPA Spain

FRA France

ITA Italy

SPA Catalonia

NED Netherlands

GER Germany

USA United States

CZE Czech Republic

GBR United Kingdom

ITA San Marino

SPA Aragon

JAP Japan

AUS Australia

MAL Malaysia

SPA Valencian Community

Pts

Pos

2014

4 15 13 14 12 4 6 3 2 7 6 4 6 7 3 7 14 8 168 3rd
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Seeing the successful performance of their bike in the 2014 season, Mahindra Racing decided that from 2015, they would renew their focus on bike development and become a full-fledged manufacturer in the Moto3 class of the World Championship.[19]

Season 2015

In 2015, Mahindra Racing became a full-scale independent constructor, supporting four customer teams in the most competitive class of the World Championship. The highlight of this move, which marked a coming of age for Mahindra Racing, was a tie up with the multiple championship-winning Aspar Team. Mahindra Racing supplied three motorcycles to the four-time champion Jorge Martinez's team, becoming their de facto factory team. The tie-up underlined their determination to transform themselves from established giant-killers to full-blown championship contenders.[20][21][22][23]

2015 Riders Line up

A new partnership with 4 times World Champion Jorge Martinez's experienced Mapfre Aspar Team was announced earlier in 2014 season,[23] leading the charge for Mahindra in the ultra-competitive Moto3 series with a three-bike line up. The Aspar Team's Mahindra MGP3Os were piloted by the 2014 Red Bull Rookies Champion, Spaniard Jorge Martin; Italian Francesco Bagnaia, a graduate of the VR 46 academy, who switched from the Sky VR46 team; and Juanfran Guevara, contesting his third Moto3 World Championship.[20][24][25][26]

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