New investors to strengthen Lotus F1 team
Enstone, 18 June 2013: Lotus F1 Team has new part-owners as of today, with Infinity Racing Partners Limited (Infinity Racing) acquiring a 35% minority stake in the team. Infinity Racing joins Genii Capital, who retain a controlling stake in the team, with Gerard Lopez continuing as Chairman, a press release said. Infinity Racing is an investment [...]
Chandhok excited about return to iconic Le Mans
Le Mans (France), 18 June 2013:, Indian racing driver Karun Chandhok will return to the historic Le Mans 24 hours race this weekend at the La Sarthe circuit in the North of France. Chandhok will drive the iconic Le Mans 24 hours race in the LMP2 Nissan V8-powered Oreca 03 with Murphy Prototypes. The Le [...]
Mahindras’ Oliveira claims front row: Moto GP
Circuit de Catalunya, 15 June 2013: Mahindra rider Miguel Oliveira claimed his second front-row start of the year for Sunday’s Catalunyan GP. Team-mate Efren Vazquez will start directly behind him, qualifying a best-yet sixth to put international motorcycle racing’s only Indian team in a strong position for tomorrow’s race. Rising teenage Portuguese star Oliveira is fresh [...]
Vettel wins Canadian GP
Montreal, 9 June 2013 (IST 1.22 am Monday): Reigning World Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel of Germany drove from lights to flag to notch up his 29th victory to put Team Red Bull Racing on top in the Canadian Grand Prix here on Sunday to extend his Drivers’ Championship lead as well as the Constructors’ [...]
Raikkonen to start on P 10 after a grid penalty
Montreal, 9 June 2013: Lotus and Toro Rosso drivers handed grid drops after pit lane rule infringement. Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen and Toro Rosso’s Daniel Ricciardo have been handed grid penalties for the Canadian Grand Prix. Both drivers were demoted two places following an incident at the restart of Q2 following the red flags for Felipe [...]
Vettel on pole; Hamilton second
8 June 2013 (IST Sat Morn) FIA Saturday Press Coference (DRIVERS 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing) 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Williams) TV UNILATERAL Q: Sebastian, you seemed to be on top of those extraordinary conditions all the way through qualifying. Was that the case? Sebastian VETTEL: Well it was [...]
Di Resta quickest in first practice in Canada
Montreal, 7 June 2013: Late flying lap puts Sahara Force India driver Paul Di Resta at the top of the timesheet in rain-hit session on Friday at the Circuit Filles Villeneuve here. Force India’s Paul di Resta popped at the top of the leaderboard in the last few seconds of a rain-affected Free Practice (FP1). [...]
Euphoria of Monaco is gone, focus is on Montreal: Rosberg
DRIVERS – Charles PIC (Caterham), Jean-Eric VERGNE (Toro Rosso), Giedo VAN DER GARDE (Caterham), Pastor MALDONADO (Williams), Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes), Felipe MASSA (Ferrari) PRESS CONFERENCE Charles, your second Formula One season, now of course with Caterham. What are your feelings about that? Do you feel that you’re making progress yourself now that you are in your [...]
Force India will carry forward its form: Mallya
Montreal, 3 June 2013: Team Principal of Sahara Force India, Vijay Mallya, hopes the team can carry its form into the Canadian Grand Prix. “The emotions of Monaco are still fresh in our memory as our attention turns to Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix. Both our drivers and the team performed superbly on the [...]
Mahindra Racing’s hard work pays off
Mugello, 2 June 2013: Mahindra rider Miguel Oliveira claimed the only Indian motorcycle grand prix team’s best yet finish at Mugello on Sunday with a hard-fought fourth place, and added a new lap record to the books. But the Portuguese star was “a little disappointed”: after leading at the mid-point of the race he missed the [...]
