Motor sport?

My family was always interested in motor sport, right from my farther (T T Varadarajan) to my uncles, who have been interested in rallying or motorcycling. I grew up in that environment, with bikes around me and it got ingrained into me. Right from a very young age, I always wanted to get into racing. I ride and drive a lot. (A BMW S 1000RR roars past from the pit lane to the race track, almost making him inaudible... Goosebumps!)

It was in the early nineties that my dad went to Superbike School and realised that something like the CSS would do huge wonders for the talent we have here. There are a lot of skilled riders around, but no real platform or foundations upon which they can build their skills further. They do well in the domestic circuit, but don’t seem to do so well in the international space. So, it comes down to providing the right background and training.

When CSS came to India back in 2010, it

think the school has been very successful. The have any students who paid to ride and we sponsored India’s top 24 riders. Some of them went out to do really well. We had Sharad Kumar, who went on to ride the MotoGP 125 class; Rajni did exceeding well both in domestic and international space and guys like Rohit Giri and others are doing really well.

The second year we had 90 students and the following year we had 124 and the same number this year. We cannot accommodate more than that as it dilutes the quality of the school. The school has evolved over the four years and now organising has become a bit easier, because it’s a huge logistical nightmare, not to mention it’s a we are passionate about the sport and I don’t think there is anything that can keep us away from doing this.