Category: formula one

New Force India Formula One Car : VJM 02 to be revealed on Sunday »

Martin Whitmarsh (GBR) McLaren Chief Executive Officer and Dr. Vijay Mallya (IND) Force India F1 Team Owner announce a technical partnership to supply Force India F1 with Mercedes-Benz engines and EADS. Force India is all set to reveal their 2009 challenger the Vijay Mallya (VJM) 02 on Sunday 1st of March 2009. Its definitely one [...]

Formula One faces tough financial year, teams’s revenue pie to shrink »

Honda Formula One Team was recently forced to close its F1 division due to a financial crunch Formula One and the world is facing the toughest ever phase in its glorious history. This recession has had many a victim including top auto firms who have resorted to asking their respective governments for bailout packages. Honda [...]

Bernie Ecclestone confirms the 2011 Indian Grand Prix »

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has reiterated his commitment to India for holding the 2011  formula one Indian Grand Prix. He was asked in an interview if the 2011 Indian Grand Prix was still going ahead. Responding to the question coolly, Bernie said that ofcourse the plan was on and that is the reason why [...]

Support for Karun Chandhok and Narain Karthikeyan after Vijay Mallya outburst »

Vijay Mallya dismissed Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok saying that they werent F1 material. But a lot of support has come in for them from different quarters. Reacting sharply to Vijay Mallya’s criticism for the 2 drivers,  a lot for people came out in support of both Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandok First to show [...]

Mika Hakkinen is all for the Indian Grand Prix »

Probably this news is something which got lost in all the hodge podge on the Internet. As you may be aware, Mika Hakkinen was in India pretty recently. He had come as part of driving responsibly campaign by Johhny Walker. When asked about the Indian Grand Prix , he replied : “I believe that a [...]

Force India formula one team switch over to McLaren »

As expected the Force India formula one has switched over to McLaren from Ferrari for engine supply. Lets see if this partnership can change their fortunes. Force India Formula One Team Announces Technical Partnerships With Mclaren Applied Technologies, Mercedes-Benz Highperformanceengines And Eads Force India Formula One Team is pleased to announce a major new partnership [...]

Force India to reveal 2009 partners pretty soon : Vijay Mallya »

Force India supremo Vijay Mallya announced that he would leave no stone unturned in order to ensure that Force India formula one team gets the best Engine Suppliers, Drivetrain and KERS for the 2009 formula one season. The performance of Force India this year has been really poor with Adrian Sutil coming within point scoring [...]

Force India F1 adds Stars and Glamour to Singapore GP »

Trust Vijay Mallya to make things glamourous. As if his Indian Empress parties were not enough, he invited a whole bouquet of stars to the Singapore Grand Prix who interacted and posed along with his crew : 1. Sonam Kapoor and Imran Khan posed with the drivers Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella and also with [...]

Indian Grand Prix postponed till 2011 : Bernie Ecclestone »

Well the critics of the Indian Grand Prix have been proved right. It seems that India will not be ready to host a formula one grand prix by 2010. 2010 is also the year when India hosts the Commonwealth Games at New Delhi. “It’s all going on as usual, but these things take time,”  “Probably [...]

Karun Chandhok for Force India formula one team, also wins award »

After impressing nearly everyone with his stunning show in the GP2 series, Karun Chandhok has seemed to impressed the man Vijay Mallya himself. So much so, that the liquor baron (also the owner of the Force India formula one team) is considering Karun Chandhok for a testing role in the Force India formula one team. [...]