Dilantha Malagamuwa

Dilantha was selected as the Brand Ambassador for the SLIM 14th Brand Excellence awards with the ceremony's theme being ‘Will you race ahead of the rest?’.

On 20 September 2018 Ada Derana hosted the Sri Lankan of the year 2018 awards. The national award ceremony felicitating Sri Lankans who have defied convention and raised the bar of excellence. The award ceremony was held for the 3rd consecutive year at the Hilton, Colombo. Dilantha Malagamuwa received the Sri Lankan of the year award in the sports category for his contribution towards Motor racing in Sri Lanka.

The third season completed its run on ITN Sri Lanka on 12 December 2018. Manuranga Wijesekara was featured as the host until the 17th episode after which the show was hosted by Dilantha Malagamuwa himself. The production crew remained the same with a few episodes directed by Zayan Jeffry and Eshan Motagedhara. The 3rd season also featured Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga.

On 19 November 2017 Dilantha Malagamuwa was placed 3rd on the 2nd race of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo world finals (AM class) and became the first and currently only Sri Lankan to secure a world title in motorsports. Dilantha who is also the only Sri Lankan to win an International championship series in motorsport lost his overall world title due to a crash on the 1st race while he was 4th on the race. Not only did he had to retire from the race but also faced a penalty for the next race by stepping down two place on the grid. However, Dilantha was awarded 11th place on the 1st race since he was able to complete 75% of the race and was added to the overall points of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo world finals 2017 and was given 5th position.

The show consists of 26 episodes which aired at prime time 9:30pm (local time) every Wednesdays. The season finale aired on 29 March 2017. Due to higher viewership demand and the popularity of the show ITN, officially announced their interest in renewing for the second season of the show.

The second season was given a different time slot from the first one and had an earlier start than expected. Although the expected date to start the season was in August, the 2nd season took off in June. ITN started airing Racing Life with Dilantha Malagamuwa Season 2 on Fridays at 7:00 pm. In this season the episodes revolve around the races covered in Europe tours. With the same team working on production the show got its own studio set located at Vivid Motions studio. The season finale is set to be aired on 8 December 2017.

Sports first Platinum Award 2016, which was held at the Stein studio, is considered the most prestigious award ceremony for sports people in Sri Lanka. Dilantha Malagamuwa was able to win two awards at the event, "Best Motor Sport Athlete of the Year" and "Most Popular Player of the Year"

In 2016, the Dilango Racing Team got their own television show, Racing life with Dilantha Malagamuwa, covering all of their races throughout the year. The pilot episode aired on 21 September 2016 on ITN (Independent television network).

President Maithripala Sirisena awarded the runner up Presidential award to Dilango Racing for being the "Most Outstanding Leisure Sports Provider of the Year 2015" and also another runner up Presidential Award to Dilantha Malagamuwa for being the "Most Outstanding Sportsman of the Year 2015"

In 2012 the Sri Lanka Auto Sports association awarded the national colours award and a special recognition to Dilantha Malagamuwa for his contribution to motorsports representing Sri Lanka in the International arena at the National Awards Presentation 2011. The award was presented by the president of SLAS, Rizvi Farook, and the Minister of Sports, Mahindananda Aluthgamage.

In 1997, after competing in Japan's top level Formula Nippon, the Prime minister of Japan, Keizo Obuchi, felicitated Dilantha for his effort in becoming the first non-Japanese Asian to achieve this feat.

Dilantha Ranjula Bandara Malagamuwa (Sinhalese: ඩිලන්ත රන්ජුල බණ්ඩාර මාලගමුව, Tamil: டிலந்த ரஞ்சுல (B)பண்டார மாலகமுவ ) (born 24 June 1963 in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan racing driver currently racing for the Dilango Racing Team which he founded in 2009.

He was born on 24 June 1963 in Kurunegala and received his education at St. Annes's College and Trinity College Kandy. He started racing at the age 16 by winning a motorcycle race. His two sisters encouraged him and persuaded his father to buy him a Yamaha TZ350. In 1983 Dilantha participated in his first International race in Calcutta, India and managed to finish 6th. After the race he met Matsumoto Kenmei, a Japanese motorbike racer who persuaded him to come to Japan to expand his racing career. In 1985 he went to Japan and in 1997 became the first non Japanese Asian to compete in the Japan top level Formula Nippon (F3000).