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 pole; Vettel on P2 ahead of Bottas

Barcelona, 13 May 2017: Lewis Hamilton edged Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel by just five hundredths of a second to claim the…

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Formula 1

Aitken flies to Barcelona pole; Arjun Maini P6

Barcelona,  13 May 2017: Jack Aitken emerged on top of this morning’s season-opening qualifying session at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona,…

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Formula 1

Make sure that the teams can be run in a sustainable way: Kalteborn

PART TWO: TEAM REPRESENTATIVE – Maurizio Arrivabene (Ferrari), Christian HORNER (Red Bull), Monisha Kaltenborn (Sauber) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Christian, there…

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Formula 1

Disparities in FOM payouts, not acceptable but we will wait for liberty…: Bob Fernley

PART ONE: TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault), Robert FERNLEY (Force India), Toto WOLFF (Mercedes) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Today is…

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Indians Abroad

Arjun Maini second fastest in Free Practice: GP3

Barcelona 12 May 2017: Nirei Fukuzumi has nabbed the top spot in the opening free practice session of the 2017…

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Formula 1

Just a bunch of small things, all added up: Hamilton on what went wrong at Sochi

PART TWO: DRIVERS – Marcus Ericsson (Sauber), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Max Verstappen (Red Bull) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Marcus, Sauber’s announced…

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Formula 1

Our planned updates, will hopefully give us a bit more performance: Perez

Sahara Force India looks ahead to round five of the Formula One season in Barcelona, Spain. Sergio: “Barcelona is a…

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Moto GP

Pedrosa takes pole, Rossi on P7

Dani Pedrosa took a stunning pole position, his 29th in MotoGP and the 47th in his career, edging teammate Marc…

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Indians Abroad

Karun Chandhok to return to Le Mans and WEC

Chennai, 3 May 2017: Former Formula One driver Karun Chandhok has confirmed that he will participate in this weekend’s 6…

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Moto GP

Moto GP returns to Europe for the Spanish party: A Michelin view

Jerez (Spain), 2 May 2017:  The 2017 Moto GP championship returns from three fly-away races to begin the European leg of…

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