Gaurav Gill (co-driver Musa Sherif) of Team MRF on Sunday clinched the Speed Indian National Rally Championship for the year 2009 by winning the Coffee Day Rally of Chikmagalur, the fifth and final round of the series that saw MRF achieving a 1-2-3 finish.

Gill, the 28-year old from Delhi, thus finished a wretched year on a bright note after having suffered 17 non-finishes over the past 12 months. And he just about managed to bring his Mitsubishi Lancer Cedia (N+) home in one piece with the car struck in second gear.