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

Williams team expands its engineering team for 2014

Grove (UK). 13 Jan 2014: The Williams F1 Team has expanded its engineering team as part of its on-going work to…

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WRC, Rally

The legendary “Monte” – Volkswagen starts the WRC with a classic

From the hunter to the hunted: Volkswagen’s mission to defend its titles in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) opens…

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Indians Abroad

Chandhok rues bad luck which cost him a shot at the victory

Dubai, 12 Jan 2014: Indian racing driver Karun Chandhok got his year off to a brilliant start with a 3rd…

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Formula 1

Nico Hulkenberg gets No.27, the number popularised by Villeneuve

Paris, 10 May 2014: The FIA has released the drivers’ permanent numbers. Nico Hulkenberg of Force India will have the…

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India In F1

Sahara Force India forges technical partnership with Motegi Racing

Sahara Force India is delighted to announce the beginning of a new technical partnership with Motegi Racing, the high performance…

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Non-F1

Svendsen-Cook storms back into title race

Chennai, 21 Dec 2013:  British driver Rupert Svendsen-Cook stormed back into the title fight with a dominant win in Race…

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Domestic

Arjun Rao Aroor wins in style to clinch 1600 INRC title

Chikmagalur, 21 Dec 2013: Dark horse Arjun Rao Aroor and co-driver Satish Rajagopal won the INRC 2013 season finale winning…

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Formula 1

Esteban Gutiérrez completes Sauber line-up for 2014; Sergey Sirotkin is test driver

Hinwil, 21 Dec 2013: The Sauber F1 Team is pleased to announce that Esteban Gutiérrez will stay on for the 2014 season, completing…

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Non-F1

Akash Dingare wins title in Yamaha one-make Championship

Chennai, 15 Dec 2013: Despite finishing second Akash Dingare was crowned champion in the Yamaha One-Make championship of the Indian…

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Non-F1

Akash Dingare inches closer to title at Motorcycle Nationals

Chennai, 13 Dec 2013: The final round of the Indian National Motorcycle Championship got underway at the MMRT with India’s…

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