New Delhi: Realistic about her chances in the Olympics, Indian triple-jumper Mayookha said she is targetting a top-six finish in London by improving her personal best effort. Very few Indians have made it to the final round in Olympics track and field events and Mayookha said that it would be an achievement if she made the grade in London. "I don't want to promise big things. I want to qualify...
02:00 PM, Jul 22, 2012
Hockenheim: McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button were optimistic they could challenge the leaders in Sunday's German Grand Prix despite more tyre-related frustration in qualifying. Despite car upgrades, the pair struggled in the wet conditions that have plagued their performances in qualifying for two Grands Prix in a row now, at Silverstone in Britain and Hockenheim. If the forecast dry weather turns out correct on Sunday, they said they could...
10:36 AM, Jul 22, 2012
Silverstone: Ma Qing Hua has become the first Chinese-born driver to test in Formula One, completing 82 laps of the British Grand Prix circuit at Silverstone for HRT. The 24-year-old Ma was on the track on Thursday on the first of two days of a young-driver test on the site of Mark Webber's F1 win on Sunday. "It was a fantastic feeling to drive a Formula One car for the...
02:58 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Singapore: Singapore Grand Prix organisers have refuted comments by the sport's supremo Bernie Ecclestone that the city-state had essentially agreed to extend its hosting rights for a further five years. Ecclestone had been quoted to say that "all obstacles preventing the deal from going through have been resolved" and that a new five-year agreement was ready to be signed. However, Singapore GP said that while it has received a formal...
02:15 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Mark Webber has reaffirmed that his decision to ignore the lure of driving for Ferrari and sticking with Red Bull was the right thing to do. The 35-year-old Australian had this week signed a one-year extension to his Formula One contract with Red Bull and says he has no regrets. "Although I did have talks with Ferrari, staying with Red Bull was the right thing to do," Webber wrote in...
01:02 PM, Jul 13, 2012
London: Mark Webber ended speculation about a move to Ferrari on Tuesday by signing an extension to his Red Bull contract that keeps him alongside Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel for a fifth season. Red Bull's announcement means the 35-year-old, who is currently second in the championship standings behind Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, can look forward to a seventh year with the Milton Keynes-based team. "There were discussions with Ferrari,...
04:09 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Silverstone: Red Bull driver Mark Webber won the British Grand Prix on Sunday, overtaking Fernando Alonso late in the race to cut his rival's lead in the Formula One championship. In dry conditions after two days of rain caused chaos on and off the Silverstone track, Webber pursued pole-sitter Alonso from the start and finally passed the Ferrari driver on lap 48 of 52. "Fernando Alonso had very good pace,...
07:49 PM, Jul 08, 2012
Silverstone: Formula One leader Fernando Alonso put Ferrari on pole for the first time in 31 races after mastering the rain-soaked track in a disrupted qualifying session on Saturday for the British Grand Prix. The reigning Silverstone champion was just 0.047 seconds faster than Red Bull driver Mark Webber, who will start Sunday's race alongside him on the front row and is his closest competitor in the championship. "To complete...
09:03 PM, Jul 07, 2012
Silverstone: Rain halted qualifying for the British Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday but it was too late to give any hope to McLaren's Jenson Button. The red flag was waved with six minutes and 19 seconds remaining of the second of three qualifying stages as rain, spray and particularly standing water, made conditions too hazardous to continue. Race control said they would give 10 minutes notice before any restart....
06:50 PM, Jul 07, 2012
Silverstone: Spanish test driver Maria De Villota's condition has improved after further surgery for head and facial injuries, and she is now serious but stable, her Marussia Formula One team said on Friday. The 32-year-old, daughter of former F1 racer Emilio De Villota, lost an eye and suffered life-threatening injuries in a freak accident at a straight-line aerodynamic test in eastern England on Tuesday. De Villota underwent lengthy surgery on...
09:37 AM, Jul 07, 2012
London: Spanish Formula One driver Maria De Villota suffered serious injuries on Tuesday after a crash in testing for the Marussia team, it was confirmed. De Villota was rushed to hospital after an early morning crash at Duxford Airfield circuit in Cambridgeshire, with ambulance officials initially describing her injuries as "life-threatening." Marussia said in an updated statement that the 32-year-old test driver from Madrid was conscious as she underwent treatment...
11:56 AM, Jul 04, 2012
Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel has no agreement with Ferrari and will be staying at Red Bull for years to come, team boss Christian Horner said on Tuesday. Horner said ahead of this weekend's British Grand Prix at Silverstone that persistent speculation about the 24-year-old German's future was wide of the mark, even if it was unlikely to disappear. "I have spoken with Sebastian about it and he's made...
11:46 AM, Jul 04, 2012
London: Following a disappointing race in Valencia, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is eying victory in Sunday's British Grand Prix with an upgrade to his car. "We've got some upgrades coming," Hamilton was quoted as saying by BBC Sport. "We're going to need them because other teams have obviously been making some serious steps forward." Hamilton currently occupies third sport in the championship, 23 points clear of Ferraris Fernando Alonso at No....
06:01 PM, Jul 02, 2012
McLarens Jenson Button has credited Fernando Alonso for a "great job" at an incident-filled European Grand Prix last weekend, but does not understand the "arse-kissing" surrounding the Ferrari driver. In Valencia on June 24, Alonso became the first driver to win two races this season when he the lead from Red Bulls Sebastian Vettal, but Button reckoned it was Vettel who was "amazing". "Been a lot of arse-kissing going on,"...
05:47 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Valencia: Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has applauded Fernanso Alonsos achievement at this weekends European Grand Prix, terming it as extraordinary. The Spaniard won an incident-filled race on Sunday to become the first driver to win two races this season, and in doing so reclaimed the lead in the Driver's Championship with a 20-point margin over Red Bull's Mark Webber. "This is Ferrari at its very best, the one everyone...
06:49 PM, Jun 25, 2012
Valencia: After finishing ninth in this weekends European Grand Prix, Sauber has been left lamenting missed opportunities and Sergio Perez has urged his team to improve dramatically. The Mexican started from 15th place on the grid for the second race running and finished with two points to make the top ten, but knows full well that the Swiss team has much to improve on. "It was a difficult race," said...
06:43 PM, Jun 25, 2012
Valencia: Sahara Force India produced the season's best performance with their drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta finishing fifth and seventh respectively in the incident-filled European Formula One Grand Prix here on Sunday. The result was the best for Sahara Force India, who collected 16 points, surpassing their efforts at the Monaco Grand Prix where di Resta had finished seventh and Hulkenberg was eighth. Hulkenberg, who collected 10 points...
09:05 PM, Jun 24, 2012
Valencia: Sahara Force India's Nico Hulkenberg emerged as the second fastest driver while Paul Di Resta was sixth overall in the second practice session ahead of Sunday's European Grand Prix, here today. Hulkenberg's flying lap of one minute 39.465 seconds in the second session placed him second, behind Red Bulls' Sebastian Vettel, who timed fastest lap of 1:39334s. Paul Di Resta managed sixth position in both the sessions. His timing...
09:57 PM, Jun 22, 2012
