Gul Panag Instagram – As the year draws to a close, I want to list out a few things that truly stood out for me.
The BE6 and Formula E collaboration.
Some journeys don’t begin at a launch. They begin with belief.
I’ve followed the @mahindraracing Formula E team and its journey since the very first season—back when electric racing was still an idea people were trying to make sense of. I’ve been lucky enough to watch races in Morocco and London, Berlin and Paris, often from the garage, close enough to feel the hum, the tension, the ambition.
I was there when Mahindra stepped in early—as one of the first manufacturers to believe that electric wasn’t a compromise, but the future.
Over the years, that belief wasn’t just something I watched from the sidelines. I had the opportunity to drive Mahindra Racing’s M4Electro Formula E race car in 2017 in Spain—becoming the first Indian woman to do so. Experiencing both the simulator and the real electric race car was something that, until then, had been a very personal combination of motorsport and the future of mobility.
Back then, the only electric offering from Mahindra was the humble e2o (which I had bought two years earlier). Even then, you could sense the intent—this wasn’t about novelty, it was about getting it right.
The e2o was raw, experimental, evolving. But the vision was always clear.
Race to road.
Fast forward to last year—a few months before the launch of the Born Electric range of SUVs—standing inside the Chakan plant, sitting in the BE6 for the first time, and suddenly memories came rushing back. Tempelhof, Berlin. Felix Rosenqvist. The Indian national anthem playing.
That unmistakable feeling of pride.
And with this @mahindraracing @fiaformulae and @mahindraelectricsuvs collaboration – things have finally come full circle!
Thank you @reetinageshri for giving me this opportunity❤️
#screamelectric
@mahindrarise | Posted on 28/Dec/2025 19:09:30
