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!
Formula 1

Hamilton takes easy pole-to-flag victory ahead of Valtteri Bottas: French GP

La Castellet, 23 June 2019: Lewis Hamilton scored a dominant second consecutive win in the French Grand Prix, the 8th…

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WSBK

Rea conquerers his 75th WorldSBK victory as Bautista crashes early on

Misano, 23 June 2019: With a 39-point advantage over Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK), Alvaro Bautista (ARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati)…

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Domestic

Double for Karthik Tharani as VW Ventos dominate; Sohil Shah, Jeet Jhabak too win a brace

Coimbatore, 23 June 2019: Piloting the turbo-charged VW Vento, Karthik Tharani authored a dream script for Volkswagen Motorsport’s sensational weekend…

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F2

De Vries wins in Le Castellet to take Championship lead; Mahaveer Raghunathan 12th: F2

Nyck De Vries made light work of a fourth place start to make it three race wins from four and…

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Formula 1

Hamilton takes French GP pole ahead of Bottas

Le Castellet (France), 22 June 2019: Mercedes locked out the front row of the grid for the sixth time this…

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WSBK

Wet Race 1 sees Rea victorious as Sykes and Bautista completes podium

Misano, 22 June 2019: With the rain continuing to fall by the bucket-load, it was a delayed start to WorldSBK…

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F3

We have the pace and I’m confident to fight through the field from P8 tomorrow: Jehan

FIA Formula 3 post-race Press Conference transcript: Thoughts from Daruvala, Shwartzman and Piquet, the top-3 today: FIA Formula 3: Hello…

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Domestic

Dhruv Mohite leads 1-2 for VW Motorsport in ITC race; Bengaluru racers sweep Super Stock podium

Coimbatore, June 22: Kolhapur’s Dhruv Shivaji Mohite led a 1-2 grandstand finish for Volkswagen Motorsport as he scored a commanding…

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F3

Daruvala seals back-to-back wins in France

Jehan Daruvala made it back-to-back FIA Formula 3 race wins and three in a row for PREMA Racing, as he…

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F3

We have the pace to go for the win tomorrow, says Jehan Daruvala

FIA Formula 3 post qualyfying press conference transcript: FIA Formula 3: Hello and welcome to today’s FIA Formula 3 press…

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