The Madras Motor Sports Club (MMSC) will host India’s first-ever international karting competition, the FIA-CIK Arrive and Drive, at the Madras International Karting Arena (MIKA) in September.
Making the announcement at the MMSC annual awards function that honoured the 2025 National Racing Championship winners here on Thursday, MMSC vice-president Vicky Chandhok said, “The meet at the MIKA circuit will be one of the three rounds, and we will see karters from across the globe competing in it. It is the first of its kind in India.”
It was also announced that the winner of the 2025 MRF Formula 2000 championship will be awarded an all-expenses paid test drive with the Double R Formula 3 team, run by former F1 champion Kimi Raikkonen and Steve Robertson. “This is a big step up for the MRF F2000 champion in terms of experience and exposure,” Chandhok said.
Arun Mammen, vice-chairman and Managing Director, MRF Ltd., outlined his company’s involvement in motorsports. He reiterated that MRF would continue to support motorsports in India across disciplines. “We will continue to make motorsports more popular in India. We see encouraging signs that the government is taking to host world-class events in India,” Mammen, the chief guest of the function, said.
“We possess the capability to test and develop tyres in the quickest possible manner as we have our own specialised tyre testing facility with multiple tracks — the only facility of its kind in India,” added Mammen.
The 2025 National Racing Championship winners:
MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship: Pro-Stock 301-400cc: Rider champion: Rahil Pillarisetty (RACR Castrol Power1); Team champion: Petronas TVS Racing
Pro-Stock 165-200cc: Rider: P.M. Soorya (Chandra LGE Racing); Team: Chandra LGE Racing.
Super Stock Intermediate (165cc): Rider: Raj Kumar (Motul Sparks Racing); Team: Motul Sparks Racing.
Stock 301-400cc (Novice): Rider: Varun Patil (Mad Rabbit Racing); Team: Mad Rabbit Racing.
Stock 165cc (Novice): Rider: Rajender Beedani (MAI Racing); Team: MAI Racing.
Girls (Stock 165cc): Rider: Jagathishree Kumaresan (One Racing); Team: One Racing.
One-Make Championships: Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup (CB 300F): Rider: R. Solomon (Chennai); Petronas TVS-Open (Apache RR 310): Rider: Mohan Babu (Chennai); Petronas TVS Rookie (Apache RTR 200): Rider: Hari Haran (Coimbatore); Petronas TVS Girls (Apache RTR 200): Rider: Jagathishree Kumaresan (Chennai); Petronas TVS Electric RTE: Rider: Sarthak Chavan (Pune); Petronas TVS Media: Rider: Saran Kumar E (Chennai, Rev Nitro).
MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship: MRF Formula 2000: Driver: Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru); MRF Formula 1600: Driver: Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran (Pune).
Indian Touring Cars: Driver: Biren Pithawalla (Team N1 Racing); Team: Buzzing Hornet.
Indian Touring Cars 1625: Driver: Vidyaprakash Damodaran (Team Performance Racing); Team: Team Performance Racing.
Indian Junior Touring Cars: Driver: Viswas Vijayaraj (Team Performance Racing); Team: Team Performance Racing.
Super Stock: Driver: T.S. Diljith (DTS Racing); Team: DTS Racing.
Formula LGB 1300 (Open): Driver: Vinith Kumar (DTS Racing); Team: DTS Racing.
Formula LGB 1300 (Junior): Driver: Vinith Kumar (DTS Racing); Team: DTS Racing.
MRF Saloons: Driver: Akshay Muralidharan (Coimbatore). Volkswagen Polo Cup: Driver: Aman Nagdev (Noida).
Published - March 12, 2026 09:33 pm IST
