Dehradun-born Monisha Kaltenborn is handed the reins at Sauber F1 after quietly climbing up the ladder at the Switzerland-based team. Joe Saward writes.
On paper, Narain Karthikeyan may have signed for the same HRT F1 team that he drove for last year, thus ensuring the sort of continuity that drivers in the fickle world of Formula One crave for to advance their careers. A closer look reveals there is little about the Spanish team that is the same as the 2011 season, writes Vinayak Pande.
Narain Karthikeyan explains how his performance in the home race last year helped him retain his slot on the F1 grid.
If I'm not mistaken, it was little more than an year ago when it was confirmed that the Indian GP would definitely be a part of the 2011 calendar and, truth be told, I could hardly believe it. Narain Karthikeyan writes.
It seems like a no-brainer to get Formula One teams to stop burning through hundreds of crores of rupees on windtunnel testing and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software to design cars that they proudly tout can ride (in theory) upside down on the roof of a tunnel at speeds at or over 160 kmh. Vinayak Pande writes.
This was my first visit to India, and I've come back very impressed. People tell you cricket is the most popular sport, but you will tend to believe otherwise when you see almost 100,000 fans in the stands cheering for you. Sebastian Vettel writes.
Immensely satisfying to perform as an Indian racer in front of the boisterous home crowd. Narain Karthikeyan writes.
They saw it had this to saySebastian Vettel carried on his tremendous form to win the first Indian Grand Prix in dominant style. Karun Chandhok writes.
For a live Formula One race virgin, it’s all about the sound. Forget the fact that you get to see world champions in the flesh (or rather their helmets peeking out from their cars) or the elaborate planning needed to make your way to the Buddh International circuit. Sharmistha Chaudhuri writes.
Race strategy will be defined by when drivers choose to use the mandatory hard tyres, writes Karun Chandhok.
India is unique in many ways and Formula One needs to understand that, writes Narain Karthikeyan.
The scale of India's first-ever Grand Prix (GP) is huge and it will be fair to say that this is the biggest sporting event that the nation will witness. Hormazd Sorabjee writes.
The gleaming approach road abruptly turns into one barely fit for a cart path as the vehicle swerves into the perimeter of India's latest pride, the Buddh International Circuit, where the nation's dreams of hosting the Formula One race have been realised. N Ananthanarayanan writes.
I'm really looking forward to driving around the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in the first free practice session where I will take over Heikki Kovalainen's car. Karun Chandhok writes.
The man who is seen as a father figure by many Indian sportsmen did not seem eager to give our F1 representatives Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok a chance in the Force India car. Sukhwant Basra writes.
With just a few days to go for the highly-anticipated inaugural Indian Formula One Grand Prix, my mind goes back three decades to the time when JK Tyre took the decision to promote motorsports in our country.
Dr Raghupati, Vice-Chairman and MD, JK Tyre writes.
Silver arrows’ top guns aim for the summitMotorsport is dangerous. It says so on our passes, your tickets, and even at the race tracks. We often take the statutory warnings for granted much like smokers do when they look at the health warnings on a cigarette pack. Karun Chandhok writes.
I've just left the Korean International Circuit and am on my way to Seoul - sadly I can't remember if I've been as eager to leave a race track ever before in my life. Narain Karthikeyan writes.
As I write on board the flight to Singapore for the Grand Prix, I thought it's a good time to go slightly off track with this week's column and talk about the travel in F1!
Karun Chandhok writes.
Going the distanceIn this week's column, I thought I would look at the most basic form of motorsport - Go-Karting. When I was 6 year's old, my parents gave me a small cadet kart as a birthday present. Karun Chandhok writes.