In December 2015, Autocar India and Maruti joined hands once again to find India’s best young driver. The seventh iteration of Autocar Young Drivers received more than 41,000 applications. After three months of multiple rounds of tests in 42 cities, 30 drivers were chosen to qualify as India’s safest young drivers, and were put through one final test in Delhi to see who would drive home a brand new Maruti Alto 800.

The final gruelling day of testing witnessed these 30 winners going through a challenging course at the IDTR (Institute of Driving and Traffic Research) in Delhi, where they were tested on 20 parameters pertaining to safety, vehicle control, theory knowledge and its application while driving. A panel of experts reviewed their driving and safety consciousness, and zeroed in on one who outshined the rest.

Mohit Kumar Malik from Faridabad scored the highest on the experts’ score cards. In a grand event, Hormazd Sorabjee, editor of Autocar India, Boman Irani, prominent actor, Randhir Singh Kalsi, executive director, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. and Jayant Chaudhary, general secretary of Rashtriya Lok Dal felicitated his achievement as they handed him the keys to his new car.