Archive for May, 2012
The guys are drinking a lot of Red Bull: Webber
Monaco: The following drivers attended the final FIA post-race press conference for the podium finishers here on Sunday: Mark WEBBER (Red Bull Racing) whose first place finish made it a three in-a-row for Red Bull at Monaco while Nico ROSBERG of Mercedes and Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari) came second and third. TV UNILATERAL Mark, your second Monaco win, you [...]
Webber throws up a new winner as 2012 F1 opens up
Monaco, 28 May 2012: From pole position Webber got a good start on Sunday, got to the first corner ahead of Nico Rosberg and never looked troubled. 78 laps later the first six crossed the line nose to tail, but this was rather more exciting than that suggests. Behind him Romain Grosjean spun after contact [...]
Narain 15th for HRT’s best result; Double finish for Force India
Monte Carlo, 27 May 2012: The first Indian to drive in Formula 1, Narain Karthikeyan, achieved the best-result thus far in the season for HRT, the Spanish outfit at the principality of Monaco as he finished 15th ahead of Jenson Button, who was classified as 16th in a race won by Mark Webber of Red Bull [...]
Force India’s Hulkenberg to start P10; Narain 23rd
Narain Karthikeyan, the first Indian to become a Formula ! driver and a pioneer in Indian Motorsport continues to get the second best car at the HRT, the Spanish outfit, and took his appointed 23rd place with Sergio Perez being last man on grid this time around as he failed to set up a time. [...]
HRT Pintxos time: A safe bet before a GP
Monaco, 26 May 2012: Some races stand out on the calendar. Every single one is unique and has something that makes them special, but if there’s one that everyone wants to go to that’s Monaco. An atypical weekend where everything is beyond normal, superlative, extravagant and yes, we might as well say it, very glamorous. [...]
Schumi fastest but Webber on pole!
Monaco, 26 May 2012: Post qualification press conference by FIA saw the following drivers interact with the media: 1 – Michael SCHUMACHER (Mercedes), 2 – Mark WEBBER (Red Bull Racing) and 3 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes). TV UNILATERAL to begin with: Michael, many congratulations, a great lap. I guess the only shame is that you have to move [...]
Red Bull in good shape: Webber
Monaco, 26 May 2012: Mark Webber reckons he has a “very good car” with which to aim for his second Monaco win from pole position after he inherited the front-of-grid slot thanks to pole winner Michael Schumacher’s five-place penalty, says an FIA press release. Webber, who won here in 2010, was in provisional pole position [...]
Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg meet the German national football team
There was an adrenaline rush today at the German national football team’s training camp in Tourrettes: with around two weeks to go before the start of the European Championships, Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg paid Joachim Löw’s team a short visit. Like good guests should, the two Silver Arrow drivers brought along a nice surprise, [...]
Sailesh Bolisetti, first Indian to win at British GT
Nurburgring (Nurburg, Germany) : The see-saw of fortunes finally swung in Sailesh Bolisetti’s favour when the Indian sealed his first victory of the season at race two at the second round of the British GT championship held here. The weekend had started on a positive note for the Vizag pilot, with his Lotus Sport UK team [...]
Indian-born CEO Monisha receives one-third stake in the Sauber Group
Hinwil, 16 May 2012: In a major announcement, Peter Sauber said that he has taken a decision in the interests of continuity, to transfer a third of the stake in the Sauber Group to Dehradun-born Monisha Kaltenborn (formerly Narang). Kaltenborn. Peter Sauber, the Team Principal and President of the Board of Directors of all Sauber Group companies, [...]
