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[[File:Adrian Sutil 2011 Malaysia FP2.jpg|thumb|250px| German racing driver [[Adrian Sutil]] driving for Indian [[Formula One|F1]] team [[Force India]] at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix.]]
[[File:Mahindra Racing New Logo.jpg|thumb|250px| The official logo of Mahindra Racing]]

'''[[Motorsport]]''' is a popular form of sport in the nation of '''[[India]]'''. [[Formula One]] in particular has taken off in the country in the 2000s, with two Indian driver competing ([[Narain Karthikeyan]] and [[Karun Chandhok]]) and the first ever Formula One [[Indian Grand Prix]] took place in [[2011 Formula One season|2011]], at the newly built [[Buddh International Circuit]]. India itself as a country had its own Formula One team known by the name [[Force India|Force India Formula One Team Limited]], founded and managed by a wealthy Indian businessman [[Vijay Mallya]]. The team was based at [[Silverstone]], [[United Kingdom]] and competed in Formula One for ten consecutive seasons starting from [[2008 Formula One season|2008]]–[[2018 Formula One season|2018]], with achieving very little success on a few occasions and the team's highest position in the Formula One Constructors Championship was fourth in the [[2016 Formula One season|2016 season]]. The [[Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India]] is the official governing body of motorsport in the country.
India also compete in the Moto GP, Moto 3 class with [[Mahindra Racing]]. Mahindra are based in [[Switzerland]] but holds an Indian licence.

Two Powerboating [[F1H2O]] Grand Prix of India took place. The first was held in Mumbai in 2004 while the last Grand Prix took place in 2018 in Amaravati. Since 2018 a team was named Amaravati and competed until 2019 with driver Jonas Anderson finishing the season with equal total points (36) to the 2019 World Champion American Shaun Torrente. The title of "World Champion" was given to Shaun Torrente instead of Jonas Anderson because counting back podium results, Shaun obtained more 2nd positions during the season. <ref>https://www.automobilsport.com/jonas-andersson-wins-sharjah-gp-shaun-torrente-f1h20-champion---201908.html</ref>

==History==
On 1 February 2005, [[Narain Karthikeyan]] became India's first [[Formula One]] racing driver. In March 2007, he also became the first ever Indian-born driver to compete in a [[NASCAR]] Series. He debuted in the NASCAR [[Camping World Truck Series]] in the [[Kroger 250]].<ref>http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/truck/04/02/scompton.nkarthikeyan.debut/index.html</ref> '''Force India F1''' is a [[Formula One]] [[motor racing]] team. The team was formed in October 2007, when a consortium led by [[India]]n businessmen [[Vijay Mallya]] and [[Michiel Mol]] bought the [[Spyker F1]] team for [[Euro|€]] 88 million.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/169697/spyker-f1-team-officially-sold/| title=Spyker F1 team officially sold|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=GPUpdate|date =5 October 2007|accessdate=31 January 2011}}</ref> After going through 29 races without a point, [[Force India]] won their first Formula One World Championship points and podium place when [[Giancarlo Fisichella]] finished second in the [[2009 Belgian Grand Prix]].<ref name="Belgian Grand Prix results">{{cite news| title= Spa-Francorchamps results | publisher = BBC Sport | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/results/7921166.stm| date =30 August 2009| accessdate = 2009-08-30}}</ref> New Delhi hosted the [[Indian Grand Prix]] in 2011 at [[Buddh International Circuit]] in [[Greater Noida]], 50 km from [[New Delhi]]. In the [[2011 Formula One season]],
[[Karun Chandhok]] was the test driver for [[Team Lotus]] & [[Narain Karthikeyan]] was the test driver for [[HRT F1 Team|HRT]]. Both Chandhok and Karthikeyan stepped in (for [[Jarno Trulli]] and [[Daniel Ricciardo]], respectively) at the [[2011 Indian Grand Prix]]; it was the first time two Indian drivers compete in the same [[List of Formula One Grand Prix|Formula One Grand Prix]].

In December 2013, [[Mahindra Racing]] join the [[FIA Formula E Championship]].<ref>http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/mahindra-racing-joins-formula-e/</ref> For the first season in [[2014-15 FIA Formula E Championship season|2014–15]], [[Karun Chandhok]] drives alongside [[Bruno Senna]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2014/may/karun-chandhok-and-bruno-senna-sign-for-mahindra-racing.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527214919/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2014/may/karun-chandhok-and-bruno-senna-sign-for-mahindra-racing.aspx |archive-date=2014-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mahindra finishes 8th of the Teams Championship. The Indian driver leaves the team after the first season,<ref>{{in lang|fr}} http://fr.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/decu-par-mahindra-karun-chandhok-sautorise-a-regarder-ailleurs/</ref> and is replaced by [[Nick Heidfeld]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.e-racing.net/2015/08/10/mahindra-confirm-senna-and-heidfeld-for-season-two/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-08-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927031918/http://www.e-racing.net/2015/08/10/mahindra-confirm-senna-and-heidfeld-for-season-two/ |archivedate=2015-09-27 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[ Formula Manipal]]
* DJS Racing
* [[Indian National Rally Championship]]
* [[JK Tyre National Racing Championship]]
* [[National Automotive Test Track, Indore]]

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