Prem Khandle from Palghar, Maharashtra, emerged as the overall winner after the FIM Moto Mini India Series in Bengaluru. Chennai’s Rian Sarath finished second, while Rithin Sai A, hailing from Coimbatore, emerged third.  The Moto Mini India 2026 featured three rounds with ten races, held from September 25 to 27, bringing together some of India’s promising young motorcycle racing talents.

The India Series is a structured platform for young riders between the age of 10 and 14 to develop their racing skills and progress towards international competition. The top two riders will represent India in the FIM Moto Mini World Series in Valencia, Spain, from November 22 to 26, ahead of the final round of the FIM MotoGP.

Even as there is a renewed push to bring Formula One back to India, FMSCI president Arindam Ghosh said the federation is also pursuing opportunities to bring the World Rally Championship (WRC) to the country.

“F1 won’t happen before 2029, but I am pushing for WRC before that. You don’t need huge infrastructure for that. What we need is road sanitisation and government administration support. The government is supportive of it,” said Arindam on the sidelines of the launch of the Chennai Turbo Riders-JK Tyre FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship 2026 here on Wednesday.

“I won’t be shocked if, instead of BIC, we are having a street circuit as we don’t have a maintenance issue right through the year,” he added.

The logo of the new National championship was launched by A. Srinath, Minister of Fisheries & Fisherman Welfare, Govt. of TN.

“I would like to express my gratitude to CTR and JK Tyre for their support and commitment to promoting motorsport in the country, and creating a road safety awareness,” said Srinath.

Akbar Ebrahim, Member, FIA World Motor Sport Council and President, FIA International Karting Commission, said: “Indian motorsport is being keenly viewed and watched by the FIA as it is a very important country at the global level.”

The first two rounds of the four-round season will be held at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore (Sept. 11-13 and Oct. 23-25).

The third round will be run at BREN Raceway in Bengaluru (Nov. 13-15) while the final round will be at the Madras International Circuit (Dec. 11-13).

There will be seven categories in the National championship: Indian Super Touring Cars, Indian Touring Cars, Indian Junior Touring Cars, Super Stock, Levitas Cup, Formula LGB F4 and Formula 1300.

The third round of the RA Motorsports-promoted IAME Series India karting will be held at the Madras International Karting Arena (MIKA) from Saturday.

The grassroots programme has attracted 34 entries for the double header which will be organised by the Madras Motor Sports Club. The previous two rounds were held in Coimbatore’s CoASTT circuit. Among the most consistent performers is young Shiv Neel (NIKRA with Momentum) from Coimbatore, the son of India’s first Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan and leader in the Mini class with 90 points.

Kumaraburam’s Aarthrun Prabhu (Kartkrew Motorsports), a gold medallist at last year’s FIA Asia-Pacific Championships in Sri Lanka, has a six-point advantage in the under-10 category. Chennai’s talented Rehan Khan Rasheed of Momentum Motorsports is another youngster to keep an eye on. He leads the Junior class with 97 points after a string of dominating performances in the last two rounds.