Gaurav Gill tops among Asian Rally drivers
September 8th, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANSChennai, Sep 8 (IANS) India’s Gaurav Gill occupies the top spot among Asian drivers in the latest World Rally rankings announced this week.
The 29-year old Delhi-based Gill earned 896 points from his three podium finishes in the 2011 Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) where he represented Team MRF.
Gill won the Rally of Caledonia and finished second in Australian and Malaysian rounds of the APRC this year.
Behind Gill were China’s Fan Fan (740 points) in second place and Udhaya Muhammad Rafiq of Malaysia (672).
The rankings are based on the results obtained by each individual rally driver in the international events entered in the FIA sporting calendar.
The World rankings were instituted last year in a bid to rank the drivers World-wide and also region-wise. In all, 1,592 drivers and co-drivers are eligible for ranking.
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- Team MRF hope to score with Skoda - Mar 29, 2012
- MRF team for APRC series - Apr 14, 2010
- MRF cars quickest in shakedown at Asia Pacific Rally - Mar 30, 2012
- 1-2 finish for Team MRF - Apr 25, 2010
- Two more Indians head to Asia Pacific Rally Championship - Jun 10, 2011
- Gaurav Gill in lead in Asia Pacific Rally - Jul 03, 2010
- Gaurav Gill clinches National Rally Championship - Dec 11, 2011
- Gaurav Gill takes commanding lead at Odisha Rally - Dec 10, 2011
- Injured Gill faces tough task in K-1000 Rally - Dec 02, 2010
- Gill annexes overall title in Rally de Bengal - Dec 18, 2011
- Gill finishes seventh in Asia Pacific Rally - Jul 04, 2010
- Gill set to take top honours in Maharashtra Rally - Jun 04, 2011
- Urs leaves MRF for Odisha Rally - Dec 08, 2011
- Gill set to clinch Rally of Maharashtra - Jun 26, 2010
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