Hyderabad racing driver Jeet Jhabakh has won the 2026 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) in his first international season. He finished on 73 points, 35 ahead of second place, scoring in every round without a single retirement.
Round by round
- Otago Rally (New Zealand): 2nd in category
- South India Rally (Chennai): 2nd overall
- Rally of Indonesia (Danau Toba): 1st overall
Records (as claimed by the team)
The team's announcement says Jhabakh is the first driver in the championship's 38-year history to win the overall title in a two-wheel-drive car, and that he and co-driver Musa Sherif are the first all-Indian pair to win it. He also won the 2026 APRC4 title. He drove a Ford Fiesta Rally4 overseas and a Hyundai i20 N Line in the Indian round.
Jhabakh is a two-time national circuit racing champion who moved to rallying in 2024. "This championship is a start, not a finish," he said.
