JK Tyres’ Sanjay ‘Hardy’ Sharma passes away

Sanjay Sharma, caput of Motorsport and Corporate Communications of JK Tyres, passed distant connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026). He was 61.

Sanjay, fondly known arsenic ‘Hardy’, was 1 of the astir influential persons successful Indian motorsport and played a cardinal relation successful advancing the careers of India’s lone 2 Formula One drivers Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok, isolated from a big of different salient Indian drivers including rallyist Gaurav Gill.

“Today is 1 of the blackest days successful the past of Indian Motorsport,” said Narain Karthikeyan successful a societal media post.

Karun Chandhok excessively paid affluent tributes, saying, “Heartbreaking quality astir Hardy’s passing...outside of my family, cipher did much for my vocation oregon taught maine more. So galore large memories going backmost to my childhood.”