
Sao Paulo: Winner of two Formula One championships in Brazil, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso says he feels less pressure and has nothing to lose as he chases another championship triumph in Sunday's title-decider at Interlagos. The Spaniard is 13 points behind Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and must finish on the podium to have even a chance of becoming a triple champion. In 2010 he led Vettel by 15 points going into...

09:39 AM, Nov 23, 2012

Sao Paolo: Sebastian Vettel can become Formula One's youngest triple champion without scoring a point in Sunday's season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix but Fernando Alonso has a more sensational script in mind. If Ferrari's Alonso retires from what promises to be a nail-biting race at Interlagos, the title will go to his Red Bull rival there and then - just as it will if the Spaniard fails to finish in the...

11:01 AM, Nov 22, 2012

Austin: Outgoing driver Nico Hulkenburg continued his consistent run with Sahara Force Indian Formula One team, picking up four points for the outfit with an eighth-place finish at the United States Grand Prix. The result means the team has scored points in the last eight races. Force India's other driver, Paul Di Resta, came home in the 15th spot. "Another tough race but very satisfying to have so many good...

01:29 PM, Nov 19, 2012

Texas: Ferrari promised to pull out all stops on Sunday to help Fernando Alonso claim the Formula One drivers title and with the help of a rulebook loophole they head to the season finale still in the fight. Bending the rules to their advantage, Brazilian Felipe Massa took a five-place grid penalty at the US Grand Prix to help team mate Alonso stay in the title chase with Red Bull's...

11:56 AM, Nov 19, 2012

Texas: The Formula One title battle between Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso will go down to the wire in Brazil after McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won the U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday. Championship leader Vettel finished second after starting his 100th career F1 race on pole position while Alonso remained in contention with third place and is now 13 points adrift of the German with one race left....

11:50 AM, Nov 19, 2012

Austin: Red Bull lost the top spot at the drivers' podium on Sunday, but the team won its third consecutive Formula One Constructors' championship behind Sebastian Vettel's second-place finish at the US Grand Prix. "I'm very, very happy for the team," Vettel said after Lewis Hamilton passed him on lap 42 to win and push him to second at the Circuit of the Americas. "It's been a tough year so...

08:33 AM, Nov 19, 2012

Austin, Texas: The Formula One season comes down to this: Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads Ferrari's Fernando Alonso by 10 points with two races left, the first at a track neither has driven on before. The first US Grand Prix since 2007 will be run on Sunday on the new $400 million Circuit of the Americas, built a few miles outside of Austin. With so few points separating Vettel and...

10:23 AM, Nov 16, 2012

Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok are ready to represent Team India at the Race of Champions slated for December 14-16 in Bangkok. ...

12:42 PM, Nov 08, 2012

London: Kimi Raikkonen's victory in Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix shows that the Lotus team are serious Formula One contenders and should help them secure more backing, according to principal Eric Boullier. Raikkonen, the 2007 champion with Ferrari, became the eighth driver to win a race this season when he triumphed under the floodlights at the Yas Marina circuit while Lotus were the sixth different team. British-based Lotus were formerly...

11:56 PM, Nov 05, 2012

London: The knockout blow in the Formula One title battle has yet to be thrown but the moment is fast approaching and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is landing the big psychological hits. Sunday's floodlit Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a standout chance for Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to recapture the lead in the drivers' standings with two races to go but, even if he beat Vettel for the first time in...

10:15 PM, Nov 05, 2012

Athens: The man leading controversial plans to construct a potential Formula One racetrack in debt-stricken Greece has defended the bold project and says "my life's work" will benefit rather than burden the country. Last month, Greece's Ministry of Development confirmed it had unblocked a European funding subsidy of 29.46 million euros for the construction of an international-standard racetrack that could be used for staging Formula One - the top class...

09:35 PM, Nov 05, 2012

Abu Dhabi: Nico Hulkenberg had to endure a crash in the first lap of the race but Paul di Resta earned two points for Sahara Force India from the incident-filled Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where Narain Karthikeyan survived a big accident, here today. Di Resta finished ninth after starting 12th from the grid but Hulkenberg's race lasted less than a lap as he damaged his car due to...

10:16 PM, Nov 04, 2012

On this episode we get you the insides from the F1 paddocks on the teams plans for 2013. ...

11:27 PM, Nov 03, 2012

Abu Dhabi: Sahara Force India drivers missed out on Q3 for the second consecutive race as Nico Hulkenberg qualified 11th and Paul di Resta could secure only P13 for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. McLaren's outgoing star Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber, who was just 0.348 seconds behind, and championship leader Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton's flying lap of 1:40.630 secured him his sixth pole position of...

10:08 PM, Nov 03, 2012

Abu Dhabi: Germany's Nico Hulkenberg has promised to do his best to help Force India beat Sauber in the Formula One constructors' championship even if it costs his future team millions of dollars. Swiss-based Sauber announced on Wednesday, ahead of Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, that Hulkenberg would be racing for them next season. Force India, whose other driver is Britain's Paul Di Resta, are seventh overall and 23 points...

11:56 PM, Nov 01, 2012

Abu Dhabi: Red Bull can join Formula One's grandees by clinching a third successive Formula One constructors' title in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, principal Christian Horner said on Thursday. The champions, who have Sebastian Vettel also heading for a third drivers' title in a row, are 91 points clear of Ferrari and 101 ahead of McLaren with two races and 86 points to be won after Yas Marina. There are...

11:37 PM, Nov 01, 2012

Greater Noida: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel extended his 2012 Formula One championship lead over Ferrari's Fernando Alonso by winning the Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit on Sunday. The win, which is Vettel's fourth consecutive triumph of the season, increased his lead in the drivers' championship table to 13 points over Alonso with three more races to go in the season. Starting the race from the pole...

04:33 PM, Oct 28, 2012

Greater Noida: Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso remains upbeat about his Formula One championship hopes despite seeing his title rival Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull take pole position on Saturday for the Indian Grand Prix. Vettel is in superb form, having won three consecutive races, but Alonso felt the gap at race pace on Sunday will be less than qualifying and that they hoped to finish in front of their rivals...

08:46 AM, Oct 28, 2012

New Delhi: Actor-entrepreneur Arjun Rampal hosted a number of Bollywood celebrities at a glittering F1 after party. Some of the names that partied at Rampal's club 'LAP' included Suzanne Roshan, Hrithik Roshan, Mehr Rampal, director Abhishek Kapoor, actor Arjun Kapoor, Sikander Kher, Chef and Master Chef Australia jury member George Calombaris, designer Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna and Manav Gangwani. The guest enjoyed the music played by world famous Dj's...

04:52 PM, Oct 27, 2012

After sweeping all three practice sessions, the defending champion is the favourite to claim the pole position. ...

04:20 PM, Oct 27, 2012