David Bodapati

David Bodapati

A sports journalist with over three decades of experience in Indian Olympic sports. Specialises in motorsports and hockey. One of the first Indian print journalists accredited by both FIA and FIM and the first Indian to interview Michael Schumacher for combined 19-edition INDIAN EXPRESS wayback in 2002! Indian Rally historian!
Moto GP

Quartararo becomes the youngest ever to take back-to-back premier class MotoGP poles:

Assen, 29 June 2019: ‘Fast Fabio’ is an easy moniker to bestow, but it’s much harder to live up to.…

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Formula 1

Charles Leclerc takes pole; Grid penalty for Hamilton: Austrian Grand Prix

Spielberg (Austria), 29 June 2019: Charles Leclerc scored his second career pole position beating Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton by more than…

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F2

Matsushita claims first F2 Feature Race win; Arjun Maini 15th

Red Bull Ring, 29 June 2019: Nobuharu Matsushita claimed his first ever Feature Race win in FIA Formula 2, surging…

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Domestic

Team Champions’ Dean Mascarenhas storms into lead on Day 2 of INRC

Chennai, 29 June 2019: On a day of stunning upsets and rapidly changing fortunes, talented Mangaluru driver Dean Mascarenhas of…

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F3

Vips claims first F3 race win in Spielberg; Jehan Daruvala finishes P4

JĂĽri Vips achieved his first FIA Formula 3 win in style in today’s Race 1 at the Red Bull Ring,…

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Domestic

Gaurav Gill bids for seventh INRC title in new avatar

Chennai, 28 June 2019: The all-new Champions Yacht Club-FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship 2019 got off to an explosive start here…

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F3

Jehan Daruvala is raring to go ahead of F3’s third round

The Stakes  With the dust barely settled on last weekend’s blistering action in France, the Red Bull Ring in Austria…

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Moto GP

The Cathedral of Speed beckons, the race you don’t want to miss: MotoGP

Assen, 26 June 2019: The headlines in Barcelona were dominated by one incident, but looking ahead to the Motul TT Assen…

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Formula 1

An in-depth look at the braking systems in Formula 1 at the Red Bull Ring: A Brembo view

The 2019 Formula 1 Austrian GP according to Brembo The Formula 1 stay in the heart of Europe for the…

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F3

Jehan Daruvala takes a fighting 3rd from 8th on the grid in F3 Sprint race

Le Castellet (France), 23 June 2019: Jehan Daruvala completed a hat-trick of podiums after he stormed up the grid from…

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