About

This is Me

This is me

My name is Kavin Samaar Quintal, born on the 11th of May 2005, in Chennai (Madras) in the South of India. I live along the coast and spend a lot of time clost to the sea & I am now completing my high school through the NIOS programme.

I have always liked listening to music, working out & taking part in sports & adventure activities, I have participated and won in swimming and football events. I also enjoy playing soap football, bowling & gaming with my friends when we hang out.

My workouts and training secessions along with my studies are rigorous and getting a break after, with my dogs helps me relax both mentally and physically after a long day.

I do love to see new places and try new adventure activities, my school has given me many a opportunity to see most parts of my mother land India and to be part of many adventure activities, with racing internationally I have also had the opportunity to visit many places around the world.

My fascination & passion for speed and racing machines has led me to take up motorcycle racing. I have been racing from the age of 13 and I have and participated and won in both national and international races. All my riding & racing skills have been horned both in India & Internationally, with completing the training school levels with CSS (Californai Super bike School) in chennai, and traing days with different racing academys in chennai, Coimbotre, Banglore, Spain, Qatar & Japan.

Winning the Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup One Make NSF 250R in 2021 and again in this year 2023 along with racing ithe ARRC with a top 10 finsih in P8 and the Suzuka Championship qualifying pole and winning the 3rd round is building my confidence and skill to slowly working my way up the racing ladder to one day in the near future get to race in the MotoGP.

Why i ride

My inspiration for racing, started with my grandfather Mr. Pratab kumar who used to race modified scooters at the Sholavaram racetrack and my uncles who both raced and won events at the MMRT. At a very young age I would watch MotoGP and F1 races with them and that was how my journey into racing began.

My first time riding on the track I realised racing is what I wanted to do, but being able to open up the bike and feel its power and slowly get more and more comfortable with the bike, turn after turn lap after lap and become one with it and slowly push beyond my comfort zones bettering my timings and riding. I remember wanting to get my knee down like the motogp racres and finally accomplising it and look real cool doing it…..

The many people, riders, techinicians, trainers and coaches I have met from the time I have started riding, some inspiring me to become a better racer, some helping me improve my skills and some just to have fun on track day all in all a varied bunch of people helping me along my racing journey I am glad to call my racing friends.

Learning to understand the bike, the techinicallaties that go into bike set up, the riding skills required to push the bike and myself to the limit are some of the most fun times I have had. When I race the whole world fades away, it’s just my bike, the track and me. I enjoy the excitement of having to battle it out to the chequred flag, there are times during races that things don’t go as per the plan and it disappoints me, but then again it is motorcycle racing and anything can happen but knowing how to overcome issues and confidence to make the best out of any situation, I believe makes a good racer and worthy competitor.

I believe it was a quote from a Batman movie “ Why do we fall, so we can learn to pick ourselves up”, something me and my fellow racers learn early, and something that stays with us throughout our carrier.

my future

Competing internationally in the ATC and the TTC in 2022, had given me a clear perspective on the high standard of racing skill, fitness and mental preparedness required to move up the Motocycle Racing ladder. It is thanks to the commitment from my parents that I have managed to come this far. The next leg of my journey be it ETC, RED Bull rookie Cup, Suzuka or the JGP and further on to MotoGP will require a lot more diigence from my end on fitness and devloping my riding skills further.

Signing up to race internationally in 2023 to help me in trainning and developing my riding skills to move up the racing ladder bringing me closer to achieving my goal. It had also given me a clear picture of sponsorship & Support that I will require on my journey to reach MotoGP, This will involve a considerable finincial aspect that I hope to achieve with support from my sposnsors on my journey to one day making my country proud by standing on the podium with our Indian flag and our national anthem playing in MotoGP.

Timeline

ACHIEVEMENTS

National Championships Stock upto 165CC

  • Round 1, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races.

Indemitsu Honda India Talent Cup One make NSF 250 – Runner Up with 6 podiums.

  • Round 1, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races.
  • Round 2, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
  • Round 3, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
  • Round 4, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
  • Round 5, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
  • Round 6, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
  • Round 7, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
  • Round 8, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races

Indemitsu Honda India Talent Cup One make NSF 250 – Runner Up with 4 podiums

  • Round 1 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races.
  • Round 2 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
  • Round 3 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
  • Round 4 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
  • Round 5 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races

Idemistsu Honda India Talent Cup One make NSF 250 (Race Champion)

    • Round 1 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races.
    • Round 2 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
    • Round 3 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
    • Round 4 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
    • Round 5 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
    • Round 6, MMRT Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
    • Round 7 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
    • Round 8 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races

Thailand Talent Cup

  • Round 1 Chang International Circuit, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, 13th Position
  • Round 2 Chang International Circuit, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, 13th Position
  • Round 3 Chang International Circuit, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, 15th Position
  • Round 4 Chang International Circuit, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, xxxxxxxx
  • Round 5 Chang International Circuit, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races (3rd – 6th Nov)
  • Round 6 Chang International Circuit, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races (18th-20th Nov)

Idemistsu Asia Talent Cup

  • Round 1 Losail International Circuit, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, 17th Position https://youtu.be/vOEszR11dUU
  • Round 2 Mandlika International street Circuit, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, 13th Position https://youtu.be/S-PBf4NBpcA
  • Round 3 Twin Rings Motegi, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, 17th Position https://youtu.be/wxhpNCqfQlY
  • Round 4 Chang International Circuit, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races (30th Sept – 2nd Oct)
  • Round 5 Sepang International Circuit, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races (21st – 23rd Oct)
  • Round 6 Mandlika International street Circuit, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races (11th -13th Nov)

Idemistsu Honda India Talent Cup One make NSF 250

  • Round 1 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
  • Round 2 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
  • Round 3 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
  • Round 4 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races
  • Round 5 MMRT, Race 1 & Race 2, Qualified Pole, winner of both races