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Tata Motors T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship Season 4
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Akshay Kumar arrives at the Fourth T1 Prima Truck Racing competition at Budh International Circuit in Greater Noida. (Sunil Ghosh / HT Photo)
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Tata Motors announced the launch of the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship in 2014, in Delhi and introduced truck racing in India. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)
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This is the forth season of T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship , with 6 Teams, 12 International Racers and 20 Indian Racers in 3 separate categories. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)
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While this sport started in the U.S and is common abroad, this is the ONLY championship of its kind in India. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)
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This program is aimed at identifying good trucking talent in order to train them to become good truckers. Out of 3300 applicants, only 20 were selected for the training program and the best 10 were selected to the final race in the Super Class category. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)
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Crew members cleaning the Truck during T1 Prima truck racing championship at The Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)
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Cheer leaders during T1 Prima truck racing championship. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)
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The participants from the T1 Racer Program will be take part in the Super Class category. While 24 racers from last year are invited for trials in the Champion Class, out of which only 10 are selected. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)
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Season 4 will also see the most accomplished racers from FIA’s European Truck Racing Championship (ETRC) competing in the championship . (Sunil Ghosh / HT Photo)
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The Indian truck drivers had undergone the T1 Racer Programme (TRP), a comprehensive motorsports driver training and selection programme, conceptualised and conducted by Tata Motors.
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A cheer leaders poses with a truck during the T1 Prima truck racing championship. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)
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In Season 4, Tata Motors has partnered with leading automotive brands such as WABCO, JK Tyre, Castrol, Cummins and Tata Technologies. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)
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This year there is one female truck driver, Stephanie Halm from Germany.She has been in into motorsports since 1993 and is the first female to claim victory in the European truck racing Championship in 2015. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)
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This season Tata has unveiled the most powerful truck in the country, containing 1040 British Horsepower (BHP), on the tracks. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)
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Akshay Kumar at the final day of T1 Prima Truck Racing in Greater Noida’s Budh International Circuit on Sunday.
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Conducted under the aegis of FIA & FMSCI, the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship will feature Tata PRIMA race trucks, built for the purpose. A one-make championship, six teams will compete in the Pro Class category of the T1 PRIMA Truck Racing Championship. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)
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Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, the brand ambassador of Tata Motors commercial vehicle segment, attended the event in the afternoon and flagged off the Pro class race for international drivers.
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