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BANGLADESH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FORMULA RACING
We are proud and honored to bring you the pioneer and only formula racer in the history of Bangladesh. We bring you Md. Mahfujur Rahman Tusher, 24, who is the first Bangladeshi to take part in Formula Series Racing.
Being born and raised in Dhaka, Tushar’s love for speed and cars started from an early age. However, it was not until he saw the legendary Ferrari driver, Michael Schumacher, that he found the true purpose of his life. Nevertheless, this love for speed and cars had to overcome to various problems.
Tusher’s first experience of driving came when he was only 13 years old, when he was asked by his father to park their car safely at his grandfather’s place.
WHY INTO RACING? HOW DID IT ALL STARTED? WHO MOTIVATED YOU ALL THIS WAY?
MRT: In 2007, I registered at ‘World Cyber Games Bangladesh’ for the NFS Carbon completion but unfortunately I failed to qualify for the second round; other players sitting there were pointing fingers and laughing at me. That was the time when I vowed to try and be a real a racer someday. By the end of 2007, I was finally able to find a racing competition institute which was located in Tamil Nadu, India. With permission from my family, it was in January 2008 that I was finally able to go to India for go-cart championship. However, just after reaching Chennai, I found the institution changed their location but no one around there knew about their new location. So, I had no other options left other than coming back to Dhaka with broken dreams.
In 2010, I attended the monthly Go Kart Competition at Fantasy Kingdom where I stood 2nd Runner-up out of 11 participants. Again in 2011 I registered for Go Kart Competition at Fantasy Kingdom where I stood 1st out of 150 participants and became the “Speed Racing Go Kart Track Master” – my first glimpse of turning my dreams into reality!
WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT STATE?
In 19th October 2011, I Googled around “formula racing series competition near Bangladesh” and eventually came up with the appropriate answer for my question “16 JK Tire National Formula 4 Racing Competition in India by FMSCI”. Then I went over to that link and found the contact person of Federation Motor Sports Club of India (FMSCI).
Just after getting in touch with them, they offered me to participate in Go Kart Racing Championship and to my utter surprise after participating I even qualified for the Formula 4 Racing Competition. However, my dream started fading when reality hit me due to my financial crisis; I was unable to join to the race. Fortunately, during November 2013, with the sponsorship of Shah Cement I took the opportunity to take part in Formula 4 Racing Competion – 16 JK Tyre Racing Championship 2013, where I finished in 15th in a field of 22 at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC).
WHAT DID YOU DRIVE IN THE 16 JK TYRE RACING CHAMPIONSHIP 2013?
My formula racing car had a top speed of 200km/hr and 100 brake horsepower, which was equipped with a Maruti Esteem MPFI 1300CC engine. I was part of “Team Avalanche” with three other drivers being the sole Bangladeshi racer there.
YOU ARE ONE AND ONLY RACER OF THE COUNTRY WOULD YOU EVER TAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO START FORMULA RACING HERE IN BANGLADESH?
Definitely, I am trying to provide a platform for Bangladeshi street racers. I want street racers to take Formula Racing as a career not just a passion. We, as Bangladeshis always put limitations on ourselves due to legal structure but it’s time to think outside the box.
WHAT IS YOUR FUTURE PLAN?
WHAT IS YOUR FUTURE PLAN?
My ultimate goal would be to become the first ever Formula 1 racing driver from Bangladesh and I want Bengali people to follow my footsteps.
FAST FACT
FAST FACT
- 1997: Sent into Madrassah
- 2002: First watched the Formula 1 Racing
- 2006: Completed his Dakhil (SSC equivalent)
- 2007: Got eliminated in the first round of World Cyber Games Bangladesh
- 2010: Became the 2nd Runner-up of Monthly Go-Kart Racing at Fantasy Kingdom
- 2011: Became the “Speed Racing Go-Kart Track Master” Champion
- 2011: Completed his diploma in Automobile Engineering
- 2011: Got ‘Best Young Achiever Male for Go Kart Racing’
- 2012: Obtained the Go-Kart Training and passed the qualifying round for Formula 4
- 2013: Attended the Formula 4 Racing Competition
- Biggest Inspiration: Michael Schumacher
- Favorite Sport: Formula Racing
- Favorite Team: Red Bull Formula 1 Racing Team
- Favorite Movie: Fast & Furious Series
