Firstly Tony Texeira has a very hard to spell name. Anyway Vijay Mallya, owner of the Force India formula one team had a spat with Tony Texeira. Tony Texeira had questioned the intentions of Vijay Mallya’s acquisition of Force India (Spyker) and had said he was not doing enough to promote motorsports in India. In a strongly worded letter to Tony Texeira, he called A1GP mediocre many times. He further compared the series to single seater standard series and said it couldnt even compare to F1 or GP2. He also called the A1GP a self styled world cup and said that Indian youth should aim for being World Class.

"Mr Texeira is better advised to comment on his native South Africa and his self-styled World Cup of Motorsport that is nothing more than a standard single seater series."

"Trying to reach out to India’s youth by encouraging participation in and the temptation of winning a title in a series that does not even begin to compare with GP 2 or F1 is just promoting mediocrity among young Indians who aspire to be World Class,"

"I am sure that Indians could win so called World titles at B or C grade levels of any sport quite easily but competing at the very highest international level is not only a matter of pride but proves a nation’s ability to participate and do so,"

"Instead, I will encourage world class thinking and actions and through Force India demonstrate that an Indian team can compete at the very pinnacle of motorsport and not just in a comparatively mediocre single seater formula series,"