New Delhi: The first woman to lead a Formula One team has another reason to look forward to the Indian Grand Prix next week " it's in her country of birth. The 41-year-old Monisha Kaltenborn was promoted from Sauber's chief executive to its team principal last week, and she said her main focus now is on ensuring the Switzerland-based team improves on its four podium finishes this season. "The Indian...
05:38 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Greater Noida: Fans attending the Oct 26-28 Indian Grand Prix will see a handful of track changes at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) including at the 'famous' turn 8 which caused Felipe Massa's accident during the inaugural edition. The length of the kerbs at turn 6, 7, 8 and 9 have been increased from 5 to 15 metres, leaving little room for the drivers to take short cuts to get...
08:55 AM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: The chase for that elusive podium finish continues but Sahara Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg on Thursday said that his team has the car and technology to achieve a top-3 finish in one of the remaining five races in this year's Formula One Championships. A peek into the drivers' and constructors' standings and one is convinced that the German was certainly not off the mark. "It's good (the...
06:23 PM, Oct 11, 2012
The Indian Formula One driver says he wants to do better this year than what he did in the inaugural race. ...
09:41 AM, Sep 22, 2012
New Delhi: Sahara Force India have been faring better this time round than the last Formula One season, though they have not got any closer to the elusive podium finish. All the same, their driver Paul di Resta is hoping for a "special result" in the home race in India next month. The Silverstone-based outfit has 59 points from the first 12 rounds of the season and with eight races...
06:28 PM, Sep 06, 2012
New Delhi: With just two months left for the F1 Indian Grand Prix, the organisers have sold 21,000 tickets, with the maximum sale coming from South India where more than 6000 fans have bought the entry tickets. Mostly tickets for picnic stand, costing Rs 3500 and premium stand, costing Rs 14,000, have been sold. Out of 21,000 tickets sold, 30 per cent have been picked up by fans in South...
05:07 PM, Aug 25, 2012
New Delhi: In disappointing news for Indian motorsport fans, Karun Chandhok has declared that he will not race in the 2012 Formula One season, while Narain Karthikeyan is still struggling to earn a racing seat. The new season is set kick off in about two months from now and there are only two seats available - one with Hispania and one with Williams - which Karthikeyan can try and grab....
06:17 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Over the last five years, Formula One fans have been spoiled by late-season championship deciders. That wasn't the case in 2011 as Sebastian Vettel won his second straight title with four races to spare. The Red Bull driver did so with a dominance as complete as any driver since Michael Schumacher at Ferrari. Red Bull teammate Mark Webber had pushed Vettel all the way in 2010 but was very much...
10:24 AM, Dec 28, 2011
Chennai: Amidst debate over the 'elitist' nature of Formula One (F1) and whether it qualifies to be a sport at all, Indian racing star Narain Karthikeyan today said that F1 is a sport as good as any other and the drivers involved in it work really hard. "F1 is a sport as good as others...as much as cricket. In fact, it is a dangerous sport too," Karthikeyan said during an...
04:05 PM, Dec 10, 2011
New Delhi: After the stupendous success of this year's inaugural edition, next season's Indian Grand Prix Formula One race will be held on October 28 at the Buddha International Circuit at Greater Noida. The 2012 Indian GP will be the 17th of the 20-leg championship, this was decided at a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) here on Wednesday under the presidency of Jean Todt, the FIA President....
06:33 PM, Dec 07, 2011
New Delhi: The Buddh International Circuit (BIC), which played host to India's first Formula One Grand Prix on October 30, has been awarded the 'Motorsport Facility of the Year' award at the Professional Motorsport World Expo 2011, held in Cologne, Germany. Boris Lazaric, COO Construction, Jaypee Sports International (JPSI) collected the award on behalf of JPSI on November 15. The other contenders in the category were Baltimore Street Circuit, Mugello...
12:52 AM, Nov 18, 2011
New Delhi: At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, India " a nation of over one billion " was represented by just 56 athletes. They finished with a total of three medals; one gold, two bronze. At the same event, considered the benchmark of sporting/athletic excellence, Australia " a nation of some 21 million " had a whopping 482 athletes representing and raked home a total of 46 medals; 14 gold, 15...
07:06 AM, Nov 07, 2011
India's Formula One drivers feels that Indian Grand Prix was a huge success and is looking forward to the next year. ...
09:12 PM, Nov 02, 2011
New Delhi: The indifference shown by the majority of India's deep-pocketed corporates towards Formula One has baffled team bosses, who expect them to warm to the sport following the success of last weekend's inaugural Indian Grand Prix. The teams are mostly happy with Formula One's newest host and believe they have chanced upon a huge untapped market in one of the world's fastest growing economies. "I think like everyone else...
05:56 PM, Nov 02, 2011
London: Pastor Maldonado's hope of scoring points in next week's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix took a knock on Tuesday when Williams said the Venezuelan would have to collect a 10-place penalty on the starting grid. The Formula One rookie retired from last Sunday's inaugural Indian Grand Prix with a gearbox failure that damaged his engine. Maldonado will now have to use his ninth engine of the season in the penultimate...
04:20 PM, Nov 02, 2011
The F1 after party on Sunday after the first ever Grand Prix in the country was a starry affair. ...
10:52 AM, Nov 01, 2011
MS Gill feels that the Commonwealth Games and Indian Grand Prix can't be compared. ...
11:12 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: The first ever Indian Grand Prix has proved one point - you do not always need government backing and an army of bureaucrats to organise a big event. In fact, a corporate house may do a better job and that too without the money of the tax payers. While Lewis Hamilton rated it 8 despite it being an inaugural event, Richard Branson termed it as a fantastic track....
10:47 PM, Oct 31, 2011
Sahara Force India's team principal Vijay Mallya gives his view on the tax issue surrounding the Indian Grand Prix. ...
08:06 PM, Oct 31, 2011
London: McLaren and Ferrari Team bosses have asked the "magnetic" Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton to sort out their differences after the two drivers collided for the sixth time this season during the inaugural Indian Grand Prix. It all happened at turn five in lap 24, when Hamilton in an attempt to pass Massa hit the sidepod of the Ferrari racer but stewards ruled that it was the Brazilian's fault...
06:42 PM, Oct 31, 2011
