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Another desi driver breaks into the international scene.

By: Karthik :+: Under: Motor Racing, Naren Kumar, Sports, WRC
On: ⋅ January 31, 2008 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment
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Naren Kumar in the NZ round of the Asia Pacific WRC championship. Image from Mark Heyes

With a robust economy, India is doing more than just buying F1 teams. Right on the heels of Vijay Mallya, The Spice Telecom group is trying to get a piece of Super Aguri and put Narain back in an F1 seat, in the shadows, Naren Kumar is all set to make his debut in the World Rally Championships.

For the noobs, you can find more information about the WRC over at the wiki page. Naren will be driving in the PWRC (Production WRC) championship, this after he tested with Subaru World Rally Team earlier last year.

The other special factor is that this creates an Indian team, Team Sidvin India, the technical support will be provided Tommi Makinen’s Racity Oy Limited. For the uninitiated, it was Makinen, who helped the Evo gain it’s cult status.

Naren will be competing at the Acropolis round in a Subaru (I know right) and we will keep you updated as more information trickles in.

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