Nissan Motor Co’s motorsports arm, NISMO will consider entering the Indian market in the long term as it looks to tap increasing popularity of motorsports activity in the country .

Nissan Motorsport International Co (NISMO) said India will be considered when the company decides to enter motorsports race or rally in markets where its parent’s automotive business is growing.

“India is very important as a car market but I want to see how motorsports evolves in the future in India. I know F1 was conducted in India…So, probably motorsports activity is going to be more popular,” NISMO President Shoichi Miyatani said.