Abu Dhabi: Formula One teams face a stiff hike in entry fees for next year's championship with the winning constructor having to pay USD 6,000 for every point scored this season as well as a basic charge of USD 500,000. The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) spelled out the new fee structure in Appendix seven of the 2013 sporting regulations published without fanfare on their website (www.fia.com). "The winner of...
09:08 AM, Nov 03, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Ferrari's Fernando Alonso insists his chances of winning the Formula One championship aren't over yet, despite Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel winning the past four races and driving a faster car. Their duel resumes this weekend at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Trailing Vettel by 13 points with three races remaining, Alonso knows his car's pace has to improve for him to have any chance of catching the two-time...
09:48 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Abu Dhabi: The spectre of 2010 holds no fear for Ferrari's Fernando Alonso ahead of an Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that could again make or break the Spaniard's hopes of a third Formula One title. Two years ago, Alonso arrived for what was then the season-ending race as the championship leader. He left empty-handed after Ferrari made a strategic error and he spent half the race stuck behind Vitaly Petrov's...
12:00 AM, Nov 02, 2012
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...
06:42 PM, Oct 29, 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: 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: 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
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: Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso said on Saturday that they needed to improve their cars in the remaining races to catch the two speeding Red Bulls. Alonso will start Sunday's Indian Grand Prix in fifth position after a disappointing qualifying session, which saw the championship leader Sebastian Vettel and his team-mate Mark Webber lock the front row. "We tried to get the most out of what we had but...
07:12 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Greater Noida: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel grabbed the pole to lead the pack of 24 cars at the starting grid of the 2012 Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit on Sunday, with team-mate Mark Webber in the second position and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in the third completing the first three starting positions. Here's how the grid looks like after the qualifying on Saturday: 1. Sebastian Vettel, Germany,...
07:12 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Greater Noida: Defending champion Sebastian Vettel is a satisfied man, at least for now, as he claimed the pole position on Saturday in the Indian Grand Prix, four places ahead of his nearest title contender Fernando Alonso, but he has said it will be a close race on Sunday irrespective of the advantage over his rival driver from Ferrari. It was the fifth pole position of the season for Vettel,...
05:29 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Greater Noida: None of the Sahara Force India drivers could make the top 10 on the grid for their home race during the qualifying session of the Indian Grand Prix 2012 at the Buddh International Circuit here on Saturday. Meanwhile, Red Bull driver and defending champion Sebastian Vettel claimed his fifth pole position of the season, whose three consecutive wins have propelled him to the top of the table in...
04:37 PM, Oct 27, 2012
After sweeping all three practice sessions, the defending champion is the favourite to claim the pole position. ...
04:20 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Greater Noida: Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the Indian Grand Prix on Saturday, edging out team-mate Mark Webber by four-hundredths of a second for Red Bull's third straight front-row sweep. McLaren pair Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button qualified third and fourth at the Buddh International Circuit, ahead of the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. Alonso trails Vettel by six points in the drivers'...
03:05 PM, Oct 27, 2012
After sweeping the three practice sessions, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel stormed the qualifying sessions to grab his fifth pole of the season. ...
01:35 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Greater Noida: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel made it a clean sweep of all three practice sessions at the Formula One India Grand Prix by setting the fastest time in Saturday's pre-qualifying run. The F1 championship leader, who has won the past three races, was two tenths of a second faster than McLaren's Jenson Button, while Red Bull teammate Mark Webber was third at the Buddh International Circuit. Ferrari's Fernando...
12:25 PM, Oct 27, 2012
