Category: India

Force India formula one’s performance at Malaysian Free Practice »

Adrian Sutil (car 20, VJM02/03): FP1: 15th 1:37.241  (18 laps) FP2: 16th 1:36.875  (36 laps) Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21, VJM02/01): FP1: 12th    1:37.025  (20 laps) FP2: 19th 1:37.432  (27 laps) 3 April 2009 – The Force India Formula One Team today completed the opening day of practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang [...]

A1GP Team India Statistics : Journey till now »

Racing isnt just formula one you know, The A1GP or the worldcup of motorsport is also a world famous racing series with Team India as one of the participants. The cars in A1GP are all the same, so its up to the drivers and the team to tweak the cars and get the best performance. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Tata TCS to sponsor Force India formula one team »

India just got another place to be noticed on the formula one track. After Narain Karthikeyan’s run in Jordan, Tata promoting Williams F1, Mallya buying Force India formula one team, Tata TCS will be now seen on the Ferrari formula one team’s chasis. ”For the first time an Indian brand will appear on the Ferrari,” [...]

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 [...]