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{{short description|Indian rally driver}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox WRC driver
| name = Gaurav Gill
| image = IMG-20200621-WA0032.jpg
| caption = Gaurav Gill 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|12|02|df=y}}
| nationality = Indian
| Years = 2007-2019 ( Team MRF )
Years = 2019 current - Jk Tyres
| Teams = Team MRF, Team Sidvin India, Jk Tyres
| Races = 5
| Stagewins = 0
| First race = [[2008 Wales Rally GB]]
| Last race = [[2018 Rally Finland]]
| updated = August 2018
}}

'''Gaurav Gill''' (born 2 December 1981) is an Indian race car driver who competes in the [[Asia-Pacific Rally Championship]]. In 2013, Gaurav Gill became the first Indian driver to win the FIA [[Asia-Pacific Rally Championship]] and went on to win 3 times ( 2013, 2016, 2018) Gaurav Gill became the first-ever person from the field of Motor Sports to win the coveted Arjuna Award from the President of India in 2019.

==Early life and Career==
Gaurav was born on 2 December 1981. He got into motorsport racing motorbikes and competed in the National Motocross Championship in 1999. He moved to 4-wheel racing and started competing in car rallies and endurance races. He signed up for the Raid-de-Himalaya in 2000. He was runner-up in the National Road Racing Championship in 2003 and won the title in the following year. He finished the 2006 season, second overall. In 2007, Gaurav won the National Rally Championship with Team MRF and made his debut at the Asia Pacific Rally Championship. He finished runner up in the APRC in 2013 and became the first Indian to win the title in 2014 for [[MRF Limited#MRF Rally Team|Team MRF Skoda]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gauravgill.com/|title=About Gaurav Gill|access-date=19 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905020932/http://www.gauravgill.com/|archive-date=5 September 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/25/stories/2008082560231600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828113508/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/25/stories/2008082560231600.htm|url-status=dead|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2008-08-25|archive-date=2008-08-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rally.co.in/2007102821/Profiles/Driver-Profiles/Gaurav-Gill.html|title=Profile, Gaurav Gill|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509001851/http://www.rally.co.in/2007102821/Profiles/Driver-Profiles/Gaurav-Gill.html|archivedate=9 May 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/motorsport/article961329.ece}}</ref>

==Career results==
===APRC results===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Car
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! APRC
! Points
|-
| rowspan=2| [[2007 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season|2007]]
! rowspan=2| [[MRF Limited#MRF Rally Team|Team MRF]]
! [[Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NCL Ret
| NZL
| AUS
| JPN
|
|
|
! rowspan=2| 8th
! rowspan=2| 9
|-
! [[Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII]]
|
|
|
|
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAL 5
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IDN 4
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CHN Ret
|-
| [[2008 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season|2008]]
! [[MRF Limited#MRF Rally Team|Team MRF]]
! [[Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX]]
| NCL
| AUS
| NZL
| JPN
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| IDN 1
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAL Ret
| CHN
! 8th
! 17
|-
| rowspan=2| [[2009 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season|2009]]
! rowspan=2| [[MRF Limited#MRF Rally Team|Team MRF]]
! [[Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X]]
| NCL
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS 4
| NZL
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN Ret
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IDN Ret
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CHN Ret
! rowspan=2| 4th
! rowspan=2| 12
|-
! [[Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX]]
|
|
|
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAL Ret
|
|
|-
| [[2010 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season|2010]]
! [[MRF Limited#MRF Rally Team|Team MRF]]
! [[Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAL 2
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| JPN 3
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NZL 7
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUS 1
| style="background:| NCL DNS
| style="background:| IDN C
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CHN Ret
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2nd'''
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''97'''
|-
| [[2011 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season|2011]]
! [[MRF Limited#MRF Rally Team|Team MRF]]
! [[Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAL 2
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUS 2
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NCL Ret
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NZL Ret
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN Ret
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CHN Ret
|
! 4th
! 63
|-
| [[2012 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season|2012]]
! [[MRF Limited#MRF Rally Team|Team MRF Škoda]]
! [[Škoda Fabia S2000]]
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NZL 3
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NCL 1
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS Ret
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAL Ret
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN Ret
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CHN Ret
|
! 4th
! 82
|-
| [[2013 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season|2013]]
! [[MRF Limited#MRF Rally Team|Team MRF Škoda]]
! [[Škoda Fabia S2000]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NZL 2
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NCL 1
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS Ret
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAL Ret
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| JPN 1
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CHN 2
|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1st'''
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''145.5'''
|-
| [[2014 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season|2014]]
! [[MRF Limited#MRF Rally Team|Team MRF Škoda]]
! [[Škoda Fabia S2000]]
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NZL 1
| style="background:| IND C
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NCL 2
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS Ret
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAL 1
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN Ret
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CHN Ret
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''3rd'''
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''104'''
|-
| [[2015 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season|2015]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://fiaaprc.com/ |title = FIA APRC - Asia-Pacific Rally Championship}}</ref>
! [[MRF Limited#MRF Rally Team|Team MRF Škoda]]
! [[Škoda Fabia S2000]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NZL 2
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NCL 1<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://fiaaprc.com/2015/05/perfect-result-for-mrf-in-new-caledonia/ |title = Perfect Result for MRF in New Caledonia|date = 20 May 2015}}</ref>
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS Ret
|bgcolor=dfdfdf| MAL 2
|bgcolor=efcfff| JPN Ret
|bgcolor=efcfff| CHN Ret
|
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''3rd'''
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''104'''
|}

==Awards==
[[Arjuna Award]] In Motorsport

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.gauravgill.com}} GauravGill.com
*[https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/5115-gaurav-gill/1 Profile on ewrc-results.com]

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{{succession box | before = [[Chris Atkinson]] | title = [[Asia-Pacific Rally Championship|Asia-Pacific Rally Champion]] | years = [[2013 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season|2013]] | after = [[Jan Kopecky]]}}
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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian rally drivers]]
[[Category:Indian racing drivers]]
[[Category:Asia-Pacific Rally Championship]]
[[Category:World Rally Championship drivers]]
[[Category:JK Tyre National Level Racing Championship drivers]]
[[Category:MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]

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