
Barcelona: The team could not do much at the Mugello mid-season test but Sahara Force India driver Paul di Resta is counting on his familiarity with the Circuit de Catalunya to earn some points for his side in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. Rain and other car issues affected Force India's testing in Italy recently but Paul said at least they have basic knowledge of the new developments in the car...

06:44 PM, May 07, 2012

Scarperia, Italy: Romain Grosjean of Lotus was again fastest on the third and final day of Formula One testing at the Mugello circuit. The Frenchman clocked 1 minute, 21.035 seconds on Thursday, 0.232 seconds ahead of two-time defending world champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, with Fernando Alonso of Ferrari third. Grosjean was also fastest on Wednesday, and two weeks ago he and Lotus teammate Kimi Raikkonen each finished on...

10:05 AM, May 04, 2012

Scarperia, Italy: After placing both cars on the podium in Bahrain, Lotus again showed their speed as French driver Romain Grosjean led the morning testing session on Wednesday at the Mugello circuit. Grosjean clocked a best lap time of 1 minute, 21.603 seconds, 0.294 ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber, with Ferrari's Felipe Massa 0.654 behind in dry conditions. Two weeks ago, Lotus teammates Kimi Raikkonen " who is not...

11:59 PM, May 02, 2012

Barcelona: Sergio Perez of Sauber set the pace on the second-to-last day of testing before the new Formula One season gets under way. The Mexican driver steered his way to a fastest lap of 1 minute, 22.094 seconds at the Catalunya Circuit before rain showers slowed down the Saturday afternoon session. "I am very happy with how my final test day went," Perez said. "We did an intensive programme with...

12:21 AM, Mar 04, 2012

Barcelona: Kamui Kobayashi closed Formula One's penultimate preseason test with the fastest lap time of the week for Sauber. The Japanese driver's lap of 1 minute, 22.312 seconds at the Catalunya Circuit on Friday was more than two-tenths of a second quicker than Pastor Maldonado of Williams to close the four-day session. Paul Di Resta of Force India and Jenson Button of McLaren finished within one second of Kobayashi, while...

10:47 AM, Feb 25, 2012

Barcelona: Venezuelan driver Pastor Maldonado was the fastest at a Formula One testing session on Thursday. The Williams driver's lap time of 1 minute, 22.391 seconds at Catalunya Circuit was nearly a second quicker than Michael Schumacher for Mercedes. Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi was third with Jenson Button of McLaren and Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne rounding out the top five on the next-to-last day of the pre-season's penultimate session. Red...

10:26 AM, Feb 24, 2012

Mercedes has launched its AMG driving academy at the Buddh International Circuit in Noida. ...

09:27 PM, Jan 21, 2012

Mercedes Benz India Limited has launched the Mercedes-Benz JPSI Performance Driving Academy at the Buddh International Circuit on the eve of the 2012 Auto Expo in Delhi. The Driving Academy will have cars like the SLS AMG, C63 AMG and more such adrenaline pumping vehicles. The Academy is open only for two days per quarter and only 64 exclusive slots per year for customers and enthusiasts have been allotted. There...

02:29 PM, Jan 04, 2012

CHENNAI: People have been billing it as the fastest Sunday that India saw, in a while. For Chennais Formula1 fans, a usually lazy Sunday morning couldnt have passed more quickly, considering the flag-off time was set at 3 pm. The first Indian Grand Prix might have set the asphalt at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida alight, with thousands of cars clogging the Delhi-Noida Highway, but the roads in...

08:38 AM, Oct 31, 2011

New Delhi: It is the grand finale of the Indian Formula 1 Grand Prix. Buddh International Circuit may be a new circuit, but it is a familiar script, Red Bull's two-time world champion Sebastian Vettel will start in pole position on the race day. Vettel was the quickest in the Saturday qualifying followed by team-mate Mark Webber who will start second. But sadly for Indian fans, Narain Karthikeyan will start...

06:43 AM, Oct 30, 2011

Pop diva Lady Gaga will giver her first performance in India on Sunday night at actor Arjun Rampal's LAP lounge at the Buddh International circuit. ...

09:11 AM, Oct 25, 2011

London: A consortium involving the designers of London's 2012 Olympic Stadium and Silverstone's new layout has won a contract to plan a Formula One circuit in Mumbai, it announced on Monday. "The venue will be designed and constructed to meet the highest level of Grand Prix standards," said Capita Symonds, Populous and Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System (DIMTS) in a statement. The consortium has been appointed by the Maharashtra...

08:42 PM, Oct 24, 2011

Sports' greatest travelling circus the Formula One has reached India and corporate India too has queued up for associating with this event. ...

08:55 AM, Oct 20, 2011

This week on 'Overdrive' we tell you about the which car to select for a Rally race. ...

07:08 PM, May 08, 2011