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: Sahara Force India drivers say the Yas Marina cicruit suits them well and they are optimistic of carrying forward the good run into the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Force India had both of its cars in the points bracket in the 2011 season at the Yas Marina circuit with Adrian Sutil finishing eighth ahead of team-mate Paul di Resta. In the 2012 season, Force India are...
05:46 PM, Oct 31, 2012
New Delhi: Adrian Sutil could be in the frame for a return to Force India and Formula One if fellow-German Nico Hulkenberg moves to Sauber next season, according to team co-owner Vijay Mallya. The liquor baron told Reuters in an Indian Grand Prix interview that the driver line-up, and how best to invest the latest tranche of funds paid to the team by the Sahara Group, will be discussed at...
03:03 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Greater Noida: Amidst strong speculations that Nico Hulkenberg will leave Sahara Force India to join Sauber for the next season, Team Prinicpal Vijay Mallya on Sunday said he will reveal the drivers' line-up next month. Hulkenberg, who test drove for the Indian side in 2011, was elevated to the driving seat at the start of the current season and the German did a fantastic job for the team with consistent...
09:03 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Greater Noida: It would have been an ideal result for Sahara Force India had both its cars earned points in their home Grand Prix here on Sunday, but the team is still a happy unit with Nico Hulkenberg's eighth-place finish, considering the poor qualifying. Paul di Resta ended outside the points bracket, finishing the race in 12th position after starting from 16th. However, Hulkenberg gained four positions from his P12...
07:33 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Greater Noida: Vijay Mallya, Force India's team prinicpal, was unhappy that even one of his cars couldn't finish among the top-10 in the qualifying session Saturday for the home-race at the Buddh International Circuit. Nico Hulkenburg will start from the 12th place ans Paul Di Resta from the 16th place during Sunday's race. Mallya said Saturday's was a very close session, but ultimately his cars didn't have the performance level...
08:53 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Greater Noida: Kamui Kobayashi's future with the Sauber Formula One team will not depend on whatever new sponsorship money he might raise, team principal Monisha Kaltenborn said on Friday. Without saying whether the Japanese would be staying or leaving next season, Kaltenborn reminded reporters at the Indian Grand Prix that the Swiss team was fully aware he had no financial backers when they hired him in 2010. "If you look...
09:58 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Greater Noida: In his maiden sojourn at the Buddh International Circuit here, Sahara Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg is satisfied with the free practice on Friday and said he was shaping up well for the qualifying session at the Indian Grand Prix on Friday. Hulkenberg, who ended eighth at the second practice session, said that he had achieved what he had wanted to do on Friday. "It was my first...
08:49 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Greater Noida: It is not easy being a reserve driver in Formula One. While the regulars hog the limelight during the race weekends, the third driver quietly goes about doing his chores in the garage. On the track, he is expected to deliver in the handful of opportunities he gets. Sahara Force India's Jules Bianchi is one such face in the paddock. As he is not taking part in the...
05:49 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan hopes that with the increase in number of formula one fans, the ticket sales will also improve. ...
09:28 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: Sahara Force India team principal Vijay Mallya is expecting another spectacular Indian Grand Prix over the weekend, saying a double points finish at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) will be a fitting result for the team's home race. Mallya, who has been away from public glare following the suspension of his Kingfisher airlines, will attend the October 26-28 event at BIC. "I remember how proud I felt last...
01:48 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: Sahara Force India drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta on Monday said they will try to make their home Grand Prix "special" with a big result and won't "give up" on the sixth place in the championship for which they are fighting hard with Sauber. With four races to go, starting with Sunday's Indian Grand Prix, the Indian outfit is placed seventh currently, trailing the Swiss team...
06:19 PM, Oct 22, 2012
Last year's Indian Grand Prix winner, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is again top of the drivers standing after a brilliant show at the Korean GP in Yeongam. The first-place finish at the Korean GP has taken Vettel six points ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. The fight for top place has become intense with only four races remaining in this season and Formula One fans in India could see a tough...
09:22 AM, Oct 19, 2012
After the recent rumours linking Nico Hulkenberg to Sauber, Force India seem more determined to hold onto the other driver, Paul di Resta, for next season. "We don't expect any changes and we would like it to be business as usual, because we have two brilliant drivers," Robert Fernley, Force India's deputy team principal, was quoted as saying recently. The 26-year-old Scot had been linked with Ferrari to replace Felipe...
01:49 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Yeongam (South Korea): Sahara Force India's Nico Hulkenberg will be driving for Sauber in the 2013 Formula One season, BBC reported Sunday. The report said Mexican Esteban Gutierrez will be Hulkenberg's teammate next year, leaving Kamui Kobayashi without a seat. Kobayashi's current teammate at Sauber, Sergio Perez, will be shifting to McLaren in 2013. "Sauber have not yet officially confirmed Hulkenberg but the deal is understood already to be done,"...
06:58 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Yeongam: Nico Hulkenberg earned eight points for Sahara Force India with a sixth place finish while Paul Di Resta finished 12th in the Korean Grand Prix, here on Sunday. The result helped Force India reduce the gap with close rival and sixth-placed Sauber to 27 points as the none of the Swiss team's driver finished inside top-10. Sergio Perez was 11th while Kamuyi Kobayasahi retired after an accident. With four...
05:13 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Yeongnam: Sahara Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg will start eighth, while his team-mate will line up at 14th on the grid in Sunday's Korean Grand Prix here. Hulkenberg clocked 1:38.266 in Q3 after going through a bit of "struggle" in the Q1 and Q2. "It was not an easy qualifying session, but in the end everything went to plan. I did struggle in Q1 and Q2, and I've been fighting...
02:51 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Yeongam: Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time in Friday's practice for the Korean Grand Prix, edging Red Bull teammate Mark Webber and Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso. Vettel, who has won the previous two races to move within four points of Ferrari's Alonso in the drivers' standings, was 0.032 seconds faster than Webber at the Yeongam circuit. Alonso was 0.328 seconds off the pace. McLaren driver Jenson Button was...
12:50 PM, Oct 12, 2012
