New Delhi: The Formula One season that began with seven different winners in the first seven races is in danger of ending with one man, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, chalking up seven wins in succession.
The 25-year-old German has already won four in a row, the first time the double champion has done that in a single season, and is fancied to follow up Sunday's Indian success with another in Abu Dhabi next weekend.
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner kept his focus on the figure three rather than allowing anyone to get carried away with talk of seven, however.
"Talk is cheap at the end of the day and I think it's down to what you do on the track," he said when asked about comments by Ferrari's Fernando Alonso who said he was sure he could still win the title....
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06:42 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Greater Noida: India bid a fond farewell to seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher on Sunday as the great who got young sports fans in the country hooked on Formula One competed in the country for the last time. Formula One has never been popular in the cricket crazy nation but the German's fame travelled way beyond the confines of a circuit and he became the face of the sport and...
11:38 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Greater Noida: Red Bull driver Mark Webber abruptly walked out of the drivers' press conference at the Formula One Indian Grand Prix here on Sunday. The Australian, who finished third, left the room while a question was asked to winner Sebastian Vettel and second-placed Fernando Alonso. When a scribe asked, What is the one thing you would like to give each other?? even before Vettel and Alonso could answer, Webber...
10:18 PM, Oct 28, 2012
CNN-IBN's Formula One experts discuss Sebastian Vettel's victory at the Indian Grand Prix on Sunday. ...
10:14 PM, Oct 28, 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: Narain Karthikeyan, India's only Formula One driver, on Sunday said that finishing the race was the maximum result he could have got in his home Grand Prix as he had to slow down his car due to overheating of the brakes. Right from the start, Karthikeyan was warned on the Team Radio to "cool off, cool off". His team-mate Pedro de la Rosa had to retire after the...
08:41 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Greater Noida: It may not be the same as inaugural year in terms of response, but the second Indian Grand Prix still recorded a turn out of 65,000 spectators, which included the who's who of tinsel town, politics and sporting fraternity. Unlike last year that witnessed a whopping 95,000 turn out, response was lukewarm this time around but buzz and enthusiasm surrounding the race was pretty good. Even though the...
07:58 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: Two-time defending Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull has sought to quash rumors of an impending move to Ferrari, seeking to reassure team members who see fresh reports he has reached a deal with the Italian team. After winning Sunday's Indian Grand Prix, Vettel said there could "be some concerns back in the factory" but that he was "100 per cent behind them." Rumors of a...
07:15 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Defending champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull on Sunday termed "discipline and focus" as the two main ingredients of success after winning his second successive Indian Grand Prix on Sunday. A flying Vettel faced no challenge whatsoever as he led from the start to finish at the Buddh International Circuit and recorded his fourth win on the trot to extend his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 13...
06:52 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Greater Noida: India doesn't have a legacy in Formula One drivers but Narain Karthikeyan is a "talented driver who could have done wonders had he be racing for any other team" than minnows Hispania Racing (HRT), feels former multiple Grand Prix winner David Coulthard. Handicapped by his not so advanced car, Karthikeyan and his team HRT is languishing at the bottom of the 2012 Formula One Championship, but Coulthard said...
05:21 PM, Oct 28, 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
The victory helped Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel extend his 2012 F1 championship lead over Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to 13 points. ...
02:28 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone Sunday ridiculed the proposed Formula E series, which claims to be environment-friendly, calling the concept "lawn-mower" and insisting that it is "stupid" to consider it a competition to F1. Asked how he sees the new series, which will begin from 2014 with 10 races, Ecclestone flatly rejected the very idea. "I think those sort of things are lawn-mowers. I am not very supportive...
02:09 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Greater Noida: Cricketer Harbhajan Singh said that he was proud of the fact that a Formula One race was being held in the country and hoped a win for Ferrari would see him being gifted a road car from the Italian team. The off-spinner is a Ferrari guest and spent most of his time at the team garage. "I am proud that an event of this magnitude is being held...
01:57 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Greater Noida: London Olympics bronze medal winning shooter Gagan Narang will flag off the second Formula One Indian Grand Prix here on Sunday. Narang, who clinched a bronze in the 10m air rifle event, confirmed his attendance on Saturday night. "Sports Minister Ajay Maken was our first choice to flag off the race but we were not aware of Sunday's cabinet reshuffle," said an official of the Jaypee Group, the...
12:02 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
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: India's Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan said Saturday he was happy to start from the penultimate spot ahead of at least one of the Marussias in his home Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit. Karthikeyan will be starting at the 23rd place behind HRT team mate Pedro de la Rosa and ahead of Marussia-Cosworth's Charles Pic in Sunday's race. "Overall I'm happy with the performance we showed...
08:51 PM, Oct 27, 2012
