Gaurav Gill A Win Away From APRC Championship

The winner of the 2013 Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), Gaurav Gill, is just one win away from regaining the 2016 FIA APRC title. There are very high chances that the Indian driver might win the APRC title this weekend at the season’s penultimate rally, the Malaysian Rally at Johor Bahru.

The rally at Johor Bahru will be commencing on Saturday, after the ceremonial flag off on Friday night. The rally will be held over 14 Special Stages, with a total competitive distance of approximately 227km. The total distance that the participants will cover, including transport stages, will be around 572km.

“We have had a perfect season and have the title in our own hands in Malaysia. My team-mate Fabian Kreim still has a chance of winning the title. It is going to be another exciting battle. It would obviously be a dream to travel as champion to the grand finale of the APRC season in my native India".

The Malaysian Rally route has a lot of twists and turns along with a mix of narrow and flowing dirt tracks through the nearby palm oil plantations. It is renowned for always challenging the best of the drivers and their mean machines. 

Gaurav Gill currently leads his Team MRF Skoda team-mate Fabian Kreim by 42 points in the championship. If Gill wins the fifth round of the championship in Malaysia, he will wrap the title up with one rally to spare – the season finale at Chikmagalur.