Mahindra Racing made its motor racing debut in 2011 in the 125cc class of the MotoGP championship, which was then in its final year. The team used the GP125 racing motorcycle produced by Italy-based Engines Engineering, which Mahindra had acquired in 2008. Danny Webb secured the team's first-ever pole position in the last race of the season at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain. Mahindra Racing ended the season third in the Constructors' Championship.
In 2012, Mahindra Racing participated in the newly formed Moto3 class — 250cc four-stroke — which replaced the 125cc class. The team used the Mahindra MGP3O motorcycle developed and built by Engines Engineering. Danny Webb and Marcel Schrötter raced in the first eight rounds. The team scored its first Moto3 points at Le Mans on 20 May 2012, when Schrötter finished 12th. Before the ninth round at the Mugello Circuit, Schrötter and Team Mahindra parted ways; Riccardo Moretti stepped in. In August 2012, Mahindra Racing announced a partnership with Suter Racing Technology to build an all-new MG3PO and moved its base from Italy to Switzerland. In November 2012, riders Efrén Vázquez and Miguel Oliveira were confirmed for the 2013 season.
The MG3PO debuted at the 2013 season opener at Qatar, where the team achieved a double top-10 finish. Oliveira followed with a 5th-place finish at the Circuit of the Americas, the team's best result at that point. Mahindra Racing made history at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix by taking the first-ever podium for an Indian constructor in the MotoGP World Championship Series. During that season, the MGP3O recorded top-five finishes in 10 of the 17 rounds, a pole position, three circuit lap records, and third position in the Constructors' Championship.
The 2014 season brought three podiums: the season's first was secured by Miguel Oliveira at the Dutch TT in Assen, and a best-ever second-place finish came from customer team Ambrogio Racing's Brad Binder at the German Grand Prix. Riders Oliveira and Andrea Migno regularly challenged at the front of the Moto3 pack. The MGP3O recorded six top-4 finishes across the season, and Mahindra finished third overall in the Moto3 Constructors' rankings.
From the 2013 season, Mahindra supplied the MGP3O to customer teams. In 2013, Ambrogio Racing was the first such team. For 2014, Mahindra supplied Ambrogio Racing, CIP Moto3, and San Carlo Team Italia. Mahindra acquired a 51% controlling stake in Peugeot Motocycles in January 2015.
In 2015, Mahindra became a full-scale independent constructor, supporting four customer teams in Moto3. The Mapfre Aspar Team ran a three-bike lineup from four-times World Champion Jorge Martinez's squad, with riders Jorge Martín (2014 Red Bull Rookies Champion), Francesco Bagnaia (a graduate of the VR46 academy), and Juanfran Guevara. A Mahindra customer team recorded a podium at the French Grand Prix.
In 2016, the factory Aspar Mahindra Moto3 Team rider Francesco Bagnaia secured a third-place podium finish at the opening round in Qatar, followed by further podiums in Jerez and Mugello before his historic first win at Assen — Mahindra's maiden victory in the World Championship and the first for a bike made by an Indian company. Two more victories followed: John McPhee dominating in a wet Czech Grand Prix, and Bagnaia taking a seven-second win in the Malaysian Grand Prix. At the Czech Grand Prix, Mahindra also scored their first-ever double podium, with McPhee and Jorge Martín. Mahindra supplied MG3PO motorcycles that season to the factory Aspar Mahindra Team, CIP, Team Italia, Minimoto Portomaggiore, and Platinum Bay Real Estate/Motomex Team Worldwide Race, and also supplied MG3PO motorcycles under the Peugeot Motorcycles badge to the Peugeot Saxoprint RTG team.
In June 2017, Mahindra Racing announced it would end its participation in the Moto3 class at the end of the season in order to focus on Formula E. Mahindra Racing left Moto3 after the 2017 season and remains the only Indian constructor to have taken part in the series.
Mahindra Racing entered the 125cc class of the Italian National Motorcycle Racing Championship in December 2012, with Indian rider S. Sarath Kumar and Italian rider Riccardo Moretti. Moretti was the 2009 champion in the 125cc class; Kumar was a former champion in the 130cc 4-stroke Novice class (2008) and 165cc Expert Class (2009). Moretti won the season opener at Mugello, marking Mahindra's first-ever first-place finish. The team earned a double podium at Misano, with Moretti and new rider Miroslav Popov finishing first and second. The final race double podium earned the team the 2012 CIV Constructor's Cup — making Mahindra the first Indian team to win an international motorsport championship.
In the 2013 CIV season, the team entered the Moto3 class with Andrea Locatelli and Michael Rinaldi. Locatelli won the opening race and finished third in the second. Mahindra won the CIV Constructors' Championship in Moto3 in 2013, and again in 2015.
Mahindra Racing entered the FIA Formula E World Championship in the inaugural 2014–15 season as one of ten founding teams. In the inaugural season, all teams were supplied with a spec powertrain by McLaren.
From the second season, the team developed its own electric powertrain, the M2Electro. Nick Heidfeld scored the team's first podium in the opening round in Beijing. Bruno Senna had a second-place finish in the first of the two season-finale races in London. The M2Electro contributed to seven double points finishes throughout the season.
For the 2016–17 season, rookie Felix Rosenqvist joined as teammate to Heidfeld. The new M3Electro proved competitive, powering Rosenqvist to the team's maiden Formula E win at the 2017 Berlin ePrix. The team also scored nine further podiums, three pole positions, and two fastest lap awards, finishing third in the Teams' Championship.
In the 2017–18 season, Rosenqvist and Heidfeld piloted the M4Electro to two victories — in Hong Kong and Marrakesh — and three pole positions. The team finished fourth overall in the Teams' Championship, with Rosenqvist in the drivers' title hunt for much of the season.
For Season 5 (2018–19), Rosenqvist departed to join Chip Ganassi Racing in IndyCar. Heidfeld stepped down to become a special advisor and reserve driver, replaced by former Dragon Racing driver Jérôme d'Ambrosio; Heidfeld's race seat went to former Manor, Sauber Formula 1 driver and DTM champion Pascal Wehrlein. Racing the M5Electro, the drivers secured one win, two podiums, two fastest laps, a pole position, and seven Super Pole appearances, finishing sixth in the Championship.
For Season 6 (2019–20), Wehrlein and d'Ambrosio continued, before Alex Lynn replaced Wehrlein for the remainder of the season. The team finished ninth in the Constructors' standings. D'Ambrosio later retired from professional racing to take on a team principal role at Venturi Racing.
The M7Electro was revealed on 29 October 2020. Alexander Sims and Alex Lynn drove the car in the 2020–21 season; Lynn secured a race victory in London Race 2. Lynn was replaced by Oliver Rowland for the 2021–22 season.
For 2022–23, Sims was replaced by Lucas di Grassi. Team principal Dilbagh Gill left the team in September 2022 and was replaced by Frédéric Bertrand. Rowland departed mid-season and was replaced by Roberto Merhi for the Jakarta ePrix.
Ahead of the 2023–24 season, di Grassi's departure was announced on 26 September 2023; the following day, Mahindra announced the signing of 2020–21 series champion Nyck de Vries and Edoardo Mortara. In January 2024, Mahindra drew significant criticism for using generative AI to create a fake Instagram brand ambassador named "Ava Rose" instead of hiring an actual woman. After the backlash, the account and the announcement post were deleted, and CEO and principal Frédéric Bertrand issued a statement announcing the discontinuation of the program.
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