About me

Soumil Arora – International Sports Broadcaster and Commentator for Formula One, MotoGP, Football, Tennis, Rugby, Cricket, WWE, ESports (iRacing, FIFA/EA FC, Valorant and Counter Strike 2), Host of MotoGP – The Warm Up Lap (Eurosport) and Co-host of Inside Line F1 Podcast with Kunal Shah.

Soumil Arora is a Sports Presenter and Commentator based in Mumbai. Since beginning his broadcast journey in 2017, he has worked on several major sporting leagues. His work has broadcast on major networks such as JioHotstar, Sony Sports Network, Eurosport, Star Sports, Fancode & previously, JioCinema. A few highlight projects include:

• Formula 1 – Commentator (Hindi) – Fancode
• MotoGP pre show ‘The Warm Up Lap’ on Eurosport
• Australian Open 2026 – Sony Sports Network
• MotoGP – Indian GP – Circuit Commentator (English)
• UEFA Champions League: Commentator (Hindi) – Sony Sports Network
• WWE NXT Commentator (Hindi) – Sony Sports Network
• Fancode’s Gearbox Motorsport Podcast: Host – Fancode

Other key work includes:

• Rugby Premier League – Commentator (Hindi) – JioHotstar
• Indian Supercross Racing League – Presenter / Commentator  – JioCinema (English)
• Guest analyst for WWE Super Dhamaal on Sony (English)
• Hindi Radio Commentator: 2021 T20 World Cup – Yorked Media

MotoGP – The Warm Up Lap – Eurosport

Red Bull Moto Jam 2026 – Event Host

Football & WWE @ Sony Sports Network:

Hosting Fancode’s Gearbox Motorsport Podcast:

Rugby Premier League @ JioHotstar

Red Bull Moto Jam – Press Conference Host

Official circuit commentator:

• • 2023 MotoGP Indian Motorcycle Grand Prix

 

 

 

 

 

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Presenter and race commentator

• Indian Racing League on Star Sports
• CEAT Indian Supercross Racing League on JioCinema
• JK Tyres National Racing Championship 2023 
  
• JK Tyres Drift Challenge
• Shell Eco Marathon World Championship Finals 2023

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Cricket Broadcasting (Hindi)

• 2021 T20 World Cup ball-by-ball commentary – Glance Live
• 2021 IPL – Guest analyst: Glance Live
• 2021 India V ENG & SL: Guest analyst – Yorked Media
• Interviewed the likes of:
  • Cheteshwar Pujara
  • Manvinder Bisla
  • Rannvijay Singha
  • Mandira Bedi
  • Reema Malhotra
  • Vijay Dahiya

Podcast, Co-Host 

• Inside Line F1 Podcast (Since 2020)
  • Over 1.75 million listeners from across 100 countries
  • Top 5% of most-shared podcasts in the world (via Spotify)
  • Top 1.5% of all podcasts in the world (via Listen Notes)
  • Ranks #2 amongst world’s Top 30 Formula One Podcasts (feedspot)
  • Podcast guests include: David Coulthard, Ravi Shastri, Otmar Szafnauer, Peter Windsor ,Manish Pandey (Senna), Steve Slater, Bob Varsha and more
  • Hosting live ‘F1 Pitstop’ meetups across India to discuss the sport

Panel Moderator / Emcee

• 2022 SRCC Business Conclave
  • Automobile Panel Discussion (ft. CEO – OLX Autos, CEO – Mercedes Benz India, Head of Global Business – Hero Motor Corp, President – FADA)
  • Motorsport Discussion ft. Jehan Daruvala

• 2022 FR Conceicao Rodrigues Memorial Debate
  • Adjudicator and panel moderator

Formula E expert 

• Sony ESPN’s Formula E pre-show Inside Track – 2019

Host / Presenter

• TV Show ‘The Driving Force’ – Covering the Volkswagen Ameo Cup National Championship 2019
• Mahindra Racing pre-season fan festival with Jerome D’Ambrosio – 2019
• Mahindra Racing M5 Electro India Launch – 2018
• Mahindra Racing-Powerdrift Zurich ePrix Race Screening 2018

Commentator / Narrator

• RACESPOT (Sim Racing / eSports) – Since 2019, covering major Racing eSports events:
  • Digital Nürburgring Endurance Series
  • BMW Sim GT Cup
  • Porsche Cup
  • AMX eSports
  • IVRA Endurance Series
  • PorscheSport Carrera Cup
  • iRacing Indy 500
• Narrator: The X1 Racing E-Sports Docu-series
• Volkswagen Ameo Cup National Championship 2019
• Round 1 (Mumbai) of the X1 Racing League eSports Championship Season 1
• Powerdrift Race Racaps – 2019
• IndiKarting Professional National Karting Races – 2017 / 2018 / 2019 / 2020
• Indian National Autocross Championship – 2018 & 2019
• Asia Auto Gymkhana India 2018
• JK Tyre National Racing Championship 2018

Guest Blogger / Feature writer

• Blogger at the Official Mahindra Racing Formula E Blog
• Feature writer for the Chequered Flag Magazine, India’s only Formula One magazine

TV Commercial / Fan Film

• Formula One 2018 Season Launch: Engineered Insanity
• F1 Fan Film – Soumil Arora

Blog

• soumilarora.com, ranks in the Top 50 Motorsport Blogs and Top 100 Formula 1 Blogs in the world as ranked by Feedspot.

F1 and Football Panelist

• Sports Weekly with Ayaz Memon

Apart from what I do the best, I have keen interest in Broadcast Journalism, Karting, and Playing Football.

Contact

• E: arorasoumil@gmail.com / instagram: @iamsoumilarora /  sanjay@gluelagoon.com

Sony ESPN Formula-E Pre-Show Rome E-Prix 2019

TV Show ‘The Driving Force’ – Covering the Volkswagen Ameo Cup National Championship 2019

Sony ESPN Formula-E Pre-Show Rome E-Prix 2019

Dilbagh Gill, Team Principal & CEO – Mahindra Racing, formula E Team

With Moko and Josh

Former FIA President Max Mosley

With Dario Franchitti (Four time IndyCar Series champion)

With Alejandro Agag, CEO Formula-E

Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich – Audi Sport

With Micheal Andretti

With Allan McNish

With Nick-Heidfeld at Grand Hyatt, Hong Kong

With Dario Franchitti and Dilbagh Gill at Grand Hyatt, Hong Kong

Dilbagh Gill, Team Principal & CEO – Mahindra Racing, formula E Team

Alain Prost

Alex Tai – Virgin Racing

Andre Lotterer

Bob Varsha

Daniel Abt – Audi Sport

Felix Rosenqvist – Mahindra Racing

Felix Rosenqvist – Mahindra Racing

HKEPrix Media Center

Jack Nicholls

Jerome d’Ambrosio

Kamui Kobayashi

Luca Filippi

Lucas Di Grassi

Maro Engel

Nicki Shields

Nico Prost

Stefan Johansson