FMSCI awards 2016: Gaurav Gill awarded
FMSCI has a long history and has firmly established the concept of motor sport in India, spreading the passion far and wide. It has discovered many talented racers and helped them make a name for themselves. Every year FMSCI conducts an Annual Awards Function to acknowledge and celebrate such champions.
“There is enormous possibility in India for the enhancement of racing culture,” said FIA President Jean Todt at this year’s event. “It is a fascinating country to race in. But to develop motor sports road safety should also be given utmost priority.”
Among the many prize winners at the event were Gaurav Gill (FIA APRC Rally Champion 2016), who was awarded the coveted Motor Sport Person of the Year award. The Lifetime Achievement Award went to B. Vijayakumar while D. Vidyaprakash was celebrated with a presentation for his 50 years in motor sport. Indian motor sport’s most outstanding women, such as Bani Yadav, Sneha Sharma, Aishwarya Pissay , Mira Erda and Shruthi Nagarajan were also honoured with the Outstanding Women in Motor Sport Award.
Akbar Ebrahim, President of FMSCI added that Indian races need more international participants which would be of help to the Indian drivers. “Indian motor sport is on a good platform,” he said. “Our job right now is to ensure that we are stable here. We need to make motor sport more vibrant”.
“I hope that sooner or later India can soon add to its motor sport calendar and a host a big city FIA Formula E race,” added Todt.
