Austin: Outgoing driver Nico Hulkenburg continued his consistent run with Sahara Force Indian Formula One team, picking up four points for the outfit with an eighth-place finish at the United States Grand Prix. The result means the team has scored points in the last eight races. Force India's other driver, Paul Di Resta, came home in the 15th spot.
"Another tough race but very satisfying to have so many good battles and score another four points. I think we squeezed the maximum from the car and should be pleased with what we achieved," Hulkenburg, who will join Sauber next season, said after the race.
"For the first few laps, we looked very strong, but after lap ten the tyres started to fade away. When we switched to the hard tyres, we were not so competitive, so it was just a case of pushing hard to stay in the points.
"The last few laps were not easy because I was getting massive pressure from the Williams pair, who were very quick through sector one. They had the advantage of DRS and it was not easy to keep them behind me. There was quite a bit of fighting but I managed to stay ahead," added the German....
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01:29 PM, Nov 19, 2012
Austin: Red Bull lost the top spot at the drivers' podium on Sunday, but the team won its third consecutive Formula One Constructors' championship behind Sebastian Vettel's second-place finish at the US Grand Prix. "I'm very, very happy for the team," Vettel said after Lewis Hamilton passed him on lap 42 to win and push him to second at the Circuit of the Americas. "It's been a tough year so...
08:33 AM, Nov 19, 2012
Texas: Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel grabbed the pole for the United States Grand Prix on Saturday, setting up Ferrari's Fernando Alonso for the knockout punch in their season-long fight for the Formula One driver's title. Round 19 of the 20-round heavyweight bout goes on Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas with Alonso staggered from a disappointing qualifying effort that will see the Spaniard start well back of his German...
12:24 PM, Nov 18, 2012
Austin: Sebastian Vettel secured pole position for the US Grand Prix, putting him in the perfect spot to chase his third consecutive Formula One championship. Driving on the new USD 400 million Circuit of the Americas, Vettel dominated three practice sessions before securing the pole on Saturday with a blistering round of qualifying. Vettel's fastest lap for Red Bull was 1 minute, 35.657 seconds. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was a distant...
01:13 AM, Nov 18, 2012
Austin, Texas: The Formula One season comes down to this: Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads Ferrari's Fernando Alonso by 10 points with two races left, the first at a track neither has driven on before. The first US Grand Prix since 2007 will be run on Sunday on the new $400 million Circuit of the Americas, built a few miles outside of Austin. With so few points separating Vettel and...
10:23 AM, Nov 16, 2012
Austin: Pedro De la Rosa denied reports on Thursday that his cash-strapped Formula One team HRT was putting him in danger by sending the Spanish driver out in an unsafe car for this weekend's US Grand Prix. The Spanish-based Formula One backmarkers are up for sale and talks are ongoing with a number of groups interested in buying the team, owners Thesan Capital said earlier this week. With HRT's future...
09:23 AM, Nov 16, 2012
Austin: Lewis Hamilton has no regrets over his jump to Mercedes next season, again dismissing comments from McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh that the Englishman was having second thoughts about his move. In an interview with the official Formula One website (www.formula1.com), Whitmarsh said he believed Hamilton had at times regretted his decision. "I was a little surprised to hear that, it's absolutely not the case," Hamilton told reporters on...
08:58 AM, Nov 16, 2012
Austin: Sahara Force India has conceded that sixth place is out of their reach with just two races left in the season as the side prepares for the US Grand Prix, which is making a Formula One comeback after five years. The gap between the Indian team (95) and the sixth-placed Sauber is 29 points. "With two races to go, Sauber are almost out of reach and Williams are just...
03:31 PM, Nov 14, 2012
Austin: The eyes of the motor racing world will be riveted on Texas this weekend as Formula One makes its return to the United States but it is unclear if Americans will be watching, even with a driver's championship on the line. The stage has been set for a Sunday of high-drama worthy of a Hollywood Western as clinical German Sebastian Vettel and fiery Spaniard Fernando Alonso engage in their...
02:11 PM, Nov 14, 2012
London: Last time he competed in a US Grand Prix, Narain Karthikeyan chalked up a Formula One first while a jeering Indianapolis crowd threw bottles and demanded their money back. Even if that infamous 2005 six-car race made him the first Indian F1 driver to score points, the 35-year-old would much rather focus on the future as he prepares for next week's return to America for the inaugural grand prix...
09:52 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Austin: The new Formula one circuit being built here has got the FIA approval for the upcoming United States Grand Prix to be held on November 18. The Circuit of The Americas (COTA) in Texas was given the green signal after its final scheduled pre-race inspection by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) on Tuesday. FIA Race Director Charlie Whiting said he was happy with the construction progress and the overall...
02:34 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has given organisers of next year's US Grand Prix another week to save the Texas race by proving they have the finances in place. Ecclestone had wanted organisers to sign a contract by Wednesday, but extended his deadline to next Wednesday when the World Motor Sport Council will ratify the 2012 calendar. "The deadline hasn't been met, so we are still trying to make it...
07:48 PM, Dec 03, 2011
Sao Paulo: Organisers of a planned US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, have told Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone that they will pay a sanctioning fee for next year's race if he revises an "unrealistic and unfeasible" contract. The 81-year-old Briton responded on Thursday by casting further doubt on the event going ahead. Ecclestone has already made clear that he has lost patience and last week gave the city's Circuit...
06:36 PM, Nov 25, 2011
Austin: Texas promoter Tavo Hellmund said he remains hopeful that Austin can still host next year's planned US Grand Prix, despite losing the rights to the race and the apparent support of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone. Ecclestone said he canceled his original contract with Hellmund's Full Throttle Productions because of a breach of contract and may axe the race altogether. The 81-year-old Briton was left dealing with the track...
07:06 PM, Nov 19, 2011
Austin: Plans for Austin to host Formula One's US Grand Prix from next year have been cast into doubt after construction of the race track was halted and state authorities said on Tuesday that they would not pay money in advance for the race. Construction on the track has stopped because of a contract dispute between Formula One, race promoters and developers. And in a separate announcement, State Comptroller Susan...
05:51 PM, Nov 16, 2011
Abu Dhabi: The head of Formula One expressed doubts on Saturday over whether the 2012 United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, will go ahead as scheduled. F1 is due to return to the U.S. after a five-year absence. Indianapolis last hosted a race in 2007. Before that, Phoenix hosted three GPs from 1989-91, while Watkins Glen in upstate New York hosted from 1961-80. Asked about the November race's prospects,...
04:19 PM, Nov 13, 2011
New Jersey will host a round of the Formula One world championship from 2013 on the banks of the Hudson River, the state governor Chris Christie confirmed on Tuesday. Christie made the announcement, along with the mayors of New Jersey towns West New York and Weehawken, by the river where the street-circuit race will be held, across from Manhattan. "It is great to be able to say that in June,...
04:28 PM, Oct 26, 2011
Texas: Formula One officials said the renewal of the US Grand Prix in Austin in 2012 is likely to be run in November instead of June when temperatures will be much cooler. Tavo Hellmund, chairman of the US Grand Prix, said on Wednesday that pushing the race back several months is a sign Formula One wants the race to be successful. The race date change won't be official until the...
06:30 PM, Aug 11, 2011
British rookie Lewis Hamilton won the US Grand Prix on Sunday to take his second victory in a row. ...
01:13 PM, Jun 18, 2007
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