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
New Delhi: The Sahara Group found itself in trouble on Saturday after market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a public warning to bond holders of two of its companies. The notice said that SEBI had received complaints from investors that they were being forced by Sahara agents to forcefully switch to some of its other schemes like the retail scheme Sahara Q Shop. The notice further...
12:24 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
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
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
Suzuka: Sahara Force India's Nico Hulkenberg finished seventh in the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix to bag six points on Sunday. Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the race from second placed Felipe Massa in his Ferrari. Home favourite Kamui Kobayashi came third in his Sauber. Hulkenberg's teammate Paul di Resta finished 12th, exactly where he started from, and could not score points. Currently, British di Resta is 12th in the...
02:22 PM, Oct 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Sahara Group on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking review of its August 31 order to refund Rs 24,000 crore to investors. In a major setback to the Sahara Group, the Supreme Court had directed the business conglomerate to deposit over Rs 24,000 crore that it had collected through OFCD (optionally fully convertible debentures) with PSU banks. The court granted the group's two companies - Sahara India...
05:08 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Singapore: Sahara Force India's Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg finished in the top 10 in both opening practice sessions for the Singapore Grand Prix, here on Friday. Hulkenberg was seventh in the first free practice with a timing of 1:51.658 while Di Resta finished a place behind after clocking 1:51.943, two days ahead of Sunday's floodlit race. The German pair of Resta and Hulkenberg were sixth and seventh fastest...
10:24 PM, Sep 21, 2012
On the back of consistent good results, Sauber have consolidated their sixth-place position but Sahara Force India have not given up hope and feel they can still beat the Swiss team in the constructors' championship of Formula One. Force India (63) trail Sauber (100) by a huge 37 points margin but team principal Vijay Mallya has not lost hopes of retaining their sixth place. "There have been various moments where...
07:22 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Monza: Both the Sahara Force India drivers, Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta, on Friday managed to get top-10 finishes in the practice ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, here on Sunday. Hulkenberg, coming into the race after his career-best show at Belgium, clocked eighth fastest time in FP2, while Di Resta was seventh. Di Resta did not take part in FP1 but clocked his best lap in 1:25.546 in...
10:52 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Spa-Francorchamps: Nico Hulkenberg scorched his way to a career-best fourth place and Paul Di Resta finished 10th as Sahara Force India secured 13 points from the action-packed Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, here on Sunday. It is the second-best result of the season for the Indian team and helped them snatch the seventh place from Williams in the constructors' championship. A big accident in the opening lap of the 44-lap...
08:01 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Spa-Francorchamps: Sahara Force India's Paul di Resta on Saturday qualified 10th on the grid while his teammate Nico Hulkenberg will start Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix in the 12th position as action returns to Formula One after the summer break, here. However, the Indian team which is desperate to improve its position in the Constructors' championship will have to deliver an outstanding race since their close rivals Sauber and Williams have...
08:31 PM, Sep 01, 2012
