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!
WRC, Rally

One of a kind: Volkswagen takes on a mixture of asphalt and gravel at the Rally Spain

Two appearance, two wins so far for Ogier/Ingrassia and the Polo R WRC in Spain Latvala/Anttila and Mikkelsen/Fløene do battle…

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Moto GP

Mapfre Mahindra riders start weekend with strong pace at Phillip Island

Phillip Islands (Australia), 16 Oct 2015: Just five days after crossing the finish line in the Grand Prix of Japan…

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Indians Abroad

Mugello victory seals double CIV title for Mahindra Peugeot

Mugello, 13 October 2015: Top teenager Marco Bezzecchi (16) took another hard-fought victory in the final race of the five-round national…

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Karting

Ricky Donison emerges National Champion; Shahan and Akash too win championship

Bangalore, 11 Oct 2015: Ricky Donison emerged as the National champion in the Senior Max in the 2015 JK Tyre National…

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Formula 1

Hamilton moves closer to title with a dominant Sochi win, his 42nd

Lewis Hamilton moved within touching distance of a third F1 drivers’ title as he took a dominant Russian Grand Prix…

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Formula 1

Sergio Perez takes third place for Sahara Force India: Russian Grand Prix

Sochi, 11 October 2015: Mexican Sergio Perez brought cheers with a highly-deserved podium for Sahara Force India as he overcame…

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Formula 1

With very little track time, we had to guess a bit and it worked: Nico Rosberg

DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Willams) TV UNILATERAL Nico, you…

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Formula 1

Sahara Force India’s Hulkenberg and Perez to start on P6 and P7 respectively for the Sochi race; Rosberg on pole

Sochi, 10 Oct 2015: Sahara Force India enjoyed a strong qualifying performance on Saturday afternoon as Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez…

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Karting

Shahan, Manav, Ricky dominate heats: JK Tyre Rotax Karting Nationals final round

Bangalore, 10 October 2015: Day 1 of the final round of the 12th JK Tyre-FMSCI Rotax National Karting Championship kick started…

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India In F1

Sahara Force India tops timesheets in rain-affected Practice session at Sochi

Sahara Force India topped the timesheets in Sochi this morning during a disrupted practice session ahead of Sunday’s Russian Grand…

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