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.

The top-most rallying personality who has a gigantic presence in Indian National Rally Championship is N Leelakrishnan, who has six National Drivers' titles besides 19 titles as a Tuner, including his own six titles. Then we have Naren Kumar, who is the first to bag seven drivers title, which Gaurav Gill equalled at Coimbatore clinching his seventh title with a round (K1000) to spare. Then we have Musa Sherif of Kasargod, who also has topped the Co-Drivers' list with seven titles. The only co-driver to achieve the feat.

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.

Musa Sherif navigated for the following drivers in his career spanning 29 years from 1993 when he made his debut in Karavali rally in Mangalore. In 1994, he made his debut at the Indian National Rally Riders Championship (INRC 2w, as then titled) and went on to co-drive for cars much later. The different drivers he navigated and made the call are as follows till end of 2020 season on 7 Feb 2921 INRC 2020, contender for 2021 being the last event:

Mr and Mrs Musa Sherif celebrate their Wedding Anniversary on January 12.Photo by Musa Sherif on @Instagram

File photo of Musa Sherif after winning the Bengal rally in Dec 2011 along with Gaurav Gill (not in pic). An INDIAinF1 image

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