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Indian National Rally Champion Gill: With 16 screws in his body, the airport detectors go in a tizzy whenever he is to board an aircraft. But nothing stops Gaurav Gill, the only Indian rallyist to win the Arjuna Award (2019).

Marking his debut in the World Rally Championship (WRC) in 2018, making him the only Indian driver to do so, he is also the only Indian to win an international motorsport championship across race and rally series and has driven over 80 international rallies.

Being the first Indian to win and hold three titles of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), New-Delhi-based Gill is now not only focussing on his career but also ensuring that future champs are groomed in this country where motorsport is still considered a rich man’s sport.