Bengaluru, 1 Feb 2021: Following are the Statistics of the Indian National Rally Championship after the end of the third round of the four-round INRC 2020 calendar which is pushed to 2021 due to the COVID pandemic.

Gaurav Gill and Musa Sherif have been together for 63 Rallies out of which they finished 39 Rallies, notching up 38 podiums and 36 victories. Gill was behind the wheel of a Mitsubishi Cedia for his first three titles while the last four came through the bulky Mahindra XUV.

Musa Sherif becomes the leading co-driver with the highest number of rallies, finishing his 293rd rally in the third round at Coimbatore, consecutively calling the notes for 29 years. He has navigated for 47 drivers in that period. These 293 rallies include over 150 rallies in INRC.

INRC Titles from 1988 - 2020

Driver’s Championship winners - After INRC got the National Championship status in 1988

 Driver's NameNumber of titlesYears wonRemarks1Gaurav Singh GillSeven (7)2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020 2V Naren KumarSeven (7)1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010 3N LeelakrishnanSix (6)1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2001 4Hari SinghFour (4)1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 5Farad BhatheenaTwo (2)1988, 1989 6Vikram MathiasTwo (2)2004, 2008, 7Amittrajit GhoshTwo (2)2012, 2013, 8Lohit UrsOne (1)2015, 9Karna KadurOne (1)2016, 10Chethan ShivramOne (1)2019, 

Co-Drivers' Championship winners

 Driver's NameNumber of titlesYears wonRemarks1Musa SherifSeven (7)2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020 2D Ram KumarSix (6)2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010 3Gurinder Singh MannFour (4)1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 4N MahendranThree (3)1991, 1992, 1993, 5Farooq AhmedThree (3)1998, 1999, 2001, 6Raj BagriTwo (2)1988, 1989, 7Ashwin NaikTwo (2)2012, 2013, 8CV JayakumarOne (1)1990, 9Sujith Kumar BSOne (1)2004, 10PVS MurhtyOne (1)2008, 11Shrikanth GMOne (1)2015, 12Nikhil PaiOne (1)2016, 13Dilip SharanOne (1)2019 Drivers, Co-Drivers and Teams that won the National Championship from 1988

YearDriver & Co-DriverTeamCarTuner11988Farad Bathena/ Raj BagriTeam MRFMaruti Gypsy Group II (A)Mohinder Lalwni21989Farad Bathena/ Raj BagriTeam MRFMaruti Gypsy Group II (A)J Anand31990N Leelakrishnan/ CV JaykumarTeam MRFMaruti Gypsy Group II (A)N Leelakrishnan41991N Leelakrishnan/ N MahendranTeam MRFMaruti Gypsy Group II (A)N Leelakrishnan51992N Leelakrishnan/ N MahendranTeam MRFMaruti Gypsy Group II (A)N Leelakrishnan61993N Leelakrishnan/ N MahendranTeam MRFMaruti Gypsy Group II (A)N Leelakrishnan71994Hari Singh/ Gurinder Singh MannJK Tyre Rally TeamMaruti Gypsy Group A-1-AS Karivardhan81995Hari Singh/ Gurinder Singh MannJK Tyre Rally TeamMaruti Gypsy Group A-1-AS Karivardhan91996Hari Singh/ Gurinder Singh MannJK Tyre Rally TeamMaruti Esteem Group A-1-APNR Satish101997Hari Singh/ Gurinder Singh MannJK Tyre Rally TeamMaruti Esteem Group A-1-AWSRF111998N Leelakrishnan/ Farooq AhmedTeam MRFMaruti Esteem Group A-1-AN Leelakrishnan121999VR Naren Kumar/ Farooq AhmedTeam MRFMaruti Esteem Group AN Leelakrishnan132000VR Naren Kumar/ D Ram KumarTeam MRFMaruti Baleno Group AN Leelakrishnan142001N Leelakrishnan/ Farooq AhmedTeam MRFHonda City Group AN Leelakrishnan152002VR Naren Kumar/ D Ram KumarTeam MRFHonda City Group AN Leelakrishnan162003VR Naren Kumar/ D Ram KUmarTeam MRFHonda City Group AN Leelakrishnan172004Vikram Mathias/ Sujith Kumar BSTeam MRFHonda City Group AN Leelakrishnan182005VR Naren Kumar/ D Ram KumarJK Rally TeamMaruti Baleno Group NN Leelakrishnan192006VR Naren Kumar/ D Ram KumarJK Rally TeamMaruti Baleno Group NN Leelakrishnan202007Gaurav Gill/ Musa SherifTeam MRFMitsubishi Cedia Group NJ Anand212008Vikram Mathias/ PVS MurthyRed Rooster RacingMitsubishi Cedia Group N+N Leelakrishnan222009Gaurav Gill/ Musa SherifTeam MRFMitsubishi Cedia Group N+J Anand232010VR Naren Kumar/ D Ram KumarRed Rooster RacingMitsubishi Cedia Group N+N Leelakrishnan242011Gaurav Gill/ Musa SherifMRFMitsubishi Cedia Group N+J Anand252012Amittrajit Ghosh/ Ashwin NaikRRPMMitsubishi Cedia Group NB Rajan262013Amittrajit Ghosh/ Ashwin NaikRRPMMitsubishi Cedia Group NB Rajan272014Gaurav Gill/ Musa SherifMahindra AdventureMahindra XUV 500N Leelakrishnan282015Lohitt V Urs/ Shrikanth GowdaMRU Motorsport Mitsubishi Cedia Evo8 Mohamed Rafiq Udaya292016Karna Kadur/ Nikhil V PaiTeam Yokohama IndiaVolkswagen Polo Group NN Leelakrishnan302017Gaurav Gill/ Musa SherifMahindra AdventureMahindra XUV 500N Leelakrishnan312018Gaurav Gill/ Musa SherifMahindra AdventureMahindra XUV 500N Leelakrishnan322019Chetan Shivram/ Dilip SharanTeam Akshara RacingVolkswagen PoloFazil Khan, FRK332020Gaurav Gill/ Musa SherifJK Tyre Racing teamMahindra XUV 300N Leelakrishnan342021