England's James Calado conducted his second straight-line test of the year for the Force India outfit sparking rumours of his possible deal with the Force India. Ahead of the British GP at Silverstone, Calado was seen conducted his second straight-line test of the year for the outfit at the Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire.
Calado, 23, competed with current Williams F1 driver Valterri Bottas for the GP3 title two seasons ago and last year won two races in his first season of GP2. The Birt races for ART Grand Prix in the feeder GP2 Series, ran through a variety of aerodynamic configurations ahead of next weekend's British Grand Prix.
In April, Calado signed an agreement to be managed by Nicolas Todt, whose group looks after the interests of Felipe Massa, Pastor Maldonado and Jules Bianchi.
Incidentally, although Force India started the season without a reserve driver in the car on Fridays, after Jules Bianchi's signing by Marussia, they will soon be filling that slot. Deputy team principal Robert Fernley confirmed in Bahrain to this website that the team will soon be announcing the identity of the reserve driver as reported by jamesallenonf1.com. ...
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10:52 AM, Jun 20, 2013
The ICC Champions Trophy has pitted two familiar foes against each other in India and Sri Lanka in the second semi-final. Deja vu, you could say, as the giants from the subcontinent will meet for the first time in an ODI tournament since the monumental 2011 World Cup final. So far, India have steamrolled their way in to the semi-finals with an unbeaten record whereas Sri Lanka produced their best...
10:10 AM, Jun 20, 2013
Mumbai: 12:30 pm: Brokerage house Motilal Oswal sees HCL Tech and Hindalco as the key beneficiaries of rupee depreciation , while Bharti Airtel and Maruti Suzuki are seen the key losers. The fall in rupee depreciation will bolster Hindalco's (down 6.5 per cent) standalone revenues which are mainly dollar linked, while HCL Tech (down 1.4 per cent) has the maximum EPS sensitivity to movements in currency. 12:20 pm: Equity benchmarks...
09:34 AM, Jun 20, 2013
Mumbai: The Indian rupee opened on Thursday at a new all time low. It has opened at 59.60 per dollar versus 58.70 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, it slipped further to 59.83 per dollar. Mohan Shenoi, Kotak Mahindra Bank said, "Fed hinted that its bond buying program could end in 2014 if the economic recovery sustains. Consequently, the dollar strengthened and the US 10-year yield spiked to 2.37 percent. Therefore, the rupee...
09:24 AM, Jun 20, 2013
New Delhi: The Police custody of suspended Rajasthan Royals cricketer Ajit Chandila in the IPL spot-fixing case will end on Thursday. Chandila was on Monday send to a three-day police custody by a Delhi court. The police on Monday informed the court that the questioning of bookies Ramesh Vyas, Sunil Bhatia and Feroze Ansari had revealed more information about the player-bookie nexus. The Delhi Police had opposed bail for Chandila...
06:25 AM, Jun 20, 2013
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11:58 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Even though aerial surveys and rescue missions by the Indian Army, Indian Air Force and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and clearing skies provided some aid to the people in Uttarakhand, places that have been most affected by the nature's fury have remained inaccessible due damaged transport and road services. ...
11:54 PM, Jun 19, 2013
The star Indian footballer who is training the young kids at Ambedkar Stadium thinks that it's a massive opportunity for India to get a bid to host the under-17 football World Cup. ...
11:15 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Rescue teams were finally able to evacuate some of the people stranded in higher reaches of Uttarakhand on Wednesday even though damaged roads and washed away bridges continued to hinder evacuation throughout the day. ...
10:53 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Rotterdam: India's hopes of securing a direct berth in next year's World Cup went up in smoke after they were handed a humiliating 1-5 defeat by Australia in the quarter-final of the men's competition of the FIH World League Round 3, here Wednesday. Six top teams -- three each -- will qualify directly for the 2014 World Cup to be held in Hague, The Netherlands from the two editions of...
10:31 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Rescue teams were finally able to evacuate some of the people stranded in higher reaches of Uttarakhand on Wednesday even though damaged roads and washed away bridges continued to hinder evacuation throughout the day. The government, on its part, has pumped in immediate relief funds and rescue choppers to the battered north Indian state, which has been devastated due to torrential rains that have caused massive landslides and...
09:59 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Mumbai: The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Wednesday appointed former India opener and state captain Sudhir Naik as the chairman of the selection panel after national chief selector Sandeep Patil had resigned from the post in April. The 67-year-old former India opener, Naik, was named the chief selector for the senior and U-25 teams with Karsan Ghavri, Deepak Jadhav and Raju Sutar as his colleagues on the panel, according to...
09:06 PM, Jun 19, 2013
CNN-IBN's cricket expert Maninder Singh previews the second Champions Trophy semifinal between India and Sri Lanka on Thursday. ...
08:14 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Cardiff: Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews on Wednesday said his team is physically and mentally ready for the challenge that will be posed by a formidable Indian side in the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy. "India are a strong team to beat, but we are prepared physically and mentally," the young Lankan skipper told reporters here on Wednesday. For the talented allrounder, it will be a big achievement if...
08:12 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Indian Grand Prix organisers on Wednesday dismissed media speculation that they may not host a Formula One race next year as "totally baseless and malicious". "Our agreement with Formula One Management is to hold F1 races at Buddh International Circuit (BIC) till 2015, and we are fully committed to do that," Askari Zaidi, spokesman for Jaypee Sports International, said in a statement. "There is no reason for us to give...
07:37 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) is likely to appoint Germany's Peter Engel as the head coach of the national team. The position has been lying vacant since the 2012 London Olympics. Engel is currently in charge of the Spanish women's team and is expected to come to India in August. "I am really looking forward to come to India though I have not signed a contract...
07:29 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Bangalore: Hyderabad-based PVP Group Wednesday became the first franchise of the proposed 1 million dollar Indian Badminton League (IBL). PVP Group chairman Prasad V. Potluri said: "We are extremely delighted with our association with the Indian Badminton League. PVP Group aims to utilise this platform and will ensure that badminton in India grows and continues to produce world champions. "Badminton has brought huge laurels for India in the past and...
07:26 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Cardiff: Former captain Sanath Jayasuriya said Sri Lanka will target the Indian bowlers during the Champions Trophy semifinal slated for Thursday at the Sophia Gardens here. "Their (India) bowling isn't the best, so we need to have a very good plan. The goal was to make the semifinals. Anything can happen now," Jayasuriya told the BBC. Jayasuriya, who led Sri Lanka when it shared the Champions Trophy with India in...
07:17 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Cardiff: India captain MS Dhoni rated Sri Lanka as "a dangerous team" ahead of their ICC Champions Trophy semi-final here on Thursday, saying they were not just focussing on "a Mahela Jayawardene or a Kumar Sangakkara". Thursday's semi-final will be the fifth meeting between India and Sri Lanka in the United Kingdom. Except for the shock defeat in the 1979 World Cup, India have easily won the remaining four. But...
06:53 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Hardwar: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Wednesday reiterated that the administration was facing no shortage of funds or resources in carrying out relief and rescue operations in the flood and landslide ravaged areas of the state. Even as the death toll crossed 100, Bahuguna said that he was not in a situation to give the exact estimate of the people killed in the calamity. Speaking on the wide scale...
05:29 PM, Jun 19, 2013
