Chennai, Mohsin Paramban, who competes in the Asia Road Racing Championship, and young Rakshit S Dave will be keenly watched along with six new riders at the 2024 Honda India Talent Cup, which begins here this weekend.

Talent Cup is a platform to nurture and promote young racing talent in India and Mohsin made his way to AARC through the series.

A total of 14 young riders will have access to Honda's Moto3 machine – the NSF250R – across the five-round season, with Savion Sabu, Rakshita S Dave, Jagathashree Kumaresan, Aaron Sonny Fernandez, Steve Waugh Sugi and Vignesh Pothu joining the roster. ,

Rakshita, who is Rakshit's elder sister, and Jagatishree are the female riders in the talented group.

Other riders in the line-up are Shyam Sundar, AS James, Prakash Kamat, Siddhesh Sawant, Bidani Rajender and Rahish Khatri.