Paul di Resta earned four points for Sahara Force India from the Italian Grand Prix with an eighth place finish but his teammate Nico Hulkenberg had to retire in the dying moments of the race despite a superb drive, in Monza today.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton added the Italian Grand Prix to his list of Formula One victories today while Ferrari's Fernando Alonso stretched his overall championship lead to 37 points with third place.
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Points standingsAkhil Khushlani finished the Round 9 race of the JK Racing Asia Series in eighth place despite having an overheating engine and after being away from racing for a year. HT reports.
Poland's Robert Kubica is still hoping to return to Formula One, a year and a half on from a near-fatal rally accident, after getting back behind the wheel of a rally car in Italy.
Lewis Hamilton scorched to his fourth pole this year and the 23rd of his career today when he outpaced all his rivals as McLaren dominated qualifying for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton shut out the swirl of paddock speculation about his Formula One future and focused on lapping fastest in practice for the Italian Grand Prix on Friday.
From being the most photographed men on the planet, Formula One stars now turn photographers. Rohit Bhaskar reports.
Marine Drive’s date with Lewis Hamilton’s Formula 1 racecar is in jeopardy. Even as Vodafone India, which is organising the event, sent out a press release claiming that the exhibition drive will be held on September 16, the Marine Drive Council, an umbrella body of local citizen groups, has objected to the event.
Jenson Button celebrated his 50th Formula One race for McLaren by ending a three-year wait and taking pole position in qualifying at the Belgian GP on Saturday.
Michael Schumacher said he is hoping to celebrate his 300th Grand Prix in style next weekend with a strong performance for Mercedes at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Saran Vikram rejoined the racing circuit after a gap of two years.At the Madras Motor Race Track on Saturday, he announced his return with a comfortable win in the JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championships LGB Formula 4 category even as Ashwin Sundar cried foul over a restart decision, HT reports.
The Olympics went to Lewis Hamilton's head on Sunday as the McLaren driver gave Britain a winner to celebrate, something that has yet to happen at the London Games, with victory in the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix.
Briton Lewis Hamilton confirmed that he and McLaren have recovered their form when he swept to a dominant pole position in Saturday's closely-fought qualifying session for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.
Saturday was a bad day at work, but it did little to unsettle Aditya Patel. Turning out at the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup have taught him to rein in the mind. "I've taken out what I had to and thrown the rest out of the window," he told HT.
The terrain was undulating, yet the deftness with which the mobile trailers were parked on either side evoked awe. The neat columns made a pretty sight.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was fastest in both practice runs for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Friday while Red Bull, hit by a new rule banning a controversial engine setting this week, endured two slow sessions.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso could celebrate his 31st birthday by winning his 31st Grand Prix on Sunday at the Hungaroring circuit where he chalked up his Formula One victory nine years ago.
Fernando Alonso led from pole position to chequered flag to win the German Grand Prix for Ferrari on Sunday and extend his lead at the top of the Formula One championship to 34 points.
Ferrari's Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso defied atrocious conditions to take pole position for the German Grand Prix on Saturday.
Classification plus track debriefJenson Button was fastest and team mate Lewis Hamilton second as McLaren dominated practice at a wet German Grand Prix on Friday while Michael Schumacher emerged unscathed from an embarrassing crash.
ClassificationFrance's Socialist government has asked the country's motorsport federation to look into the possibility of holding a Formula One Grand Prix at the Magny-Cours circuit that hosted the race before it fell off the calendar.
Twice world champion Sebastian Vettel will try and break two hoodoos at Sunday's German Grand Prix at Hockenheim.
A German news agency reports the Nuerburgring circuit, which has hosted Formula One's German Grand Prix, will launch insolvency proceedings.
Australia's Mark Webber signed a one-year contract extension with Red Bull Racing, that will see him drive for the current constructors' champions till at least the end of the 2013 season.
Sahara Force India returned empty-handed from British Grand Prix, their home race, as Nico Hulkenberg finished 12th and Paul di Resta's retired in the opening lap after a car collision, in Silverstone today.
Mark Webber claimed the ninth win of his career today when he swept to a dramatic and perfectly-judged victory in an incident-filled British Grand Prix.
Champwatch | How they stack up Spaniard Fernando Alonso handed Ferrari their first Formula One pole since 2010 in a wet British Grand Prix qualifying session today.
Rain and traffic chaos put a dampener on practice for the British Grand Prix today with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton doing his best to raise the spirits of drenched home fans with the fastest lap of the day.
Spanish Formula One driver Maria De Villota was fighting for her life today after suffering serious injuries during a crash in testing for the Marussia team, it was confirmed.
HRT reserve driver Dani Clos will take the wheels from India’s Narain Karthikeyan for the opening practise session of the Formula One British Grand Prix here next weekend.
Michael Schumacher was taken by surprise today after ending up on the Formula One podium for the first time in nearly six years.
Sahara Force India produced the season's best performance with their drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta finishing fifth and seventh respectively in the incident-filled European Formula One Grand Prix in Valencia today.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso thrilled home fans by winning an incident-packed European Grand Prix in Valencia on Sunday to take the overall championship lead and become Formula One's first repeat winner of the season.
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Pastor Maldonado had his sights set on a second podium finish for Williams after securing third position on the grid during qualifying for Sunday's European Grand Prix.
When Lewis Hamilton laid his eyes on the Le Mans winning McLaren F1 GTR in the Woking based team's headquarters, he could not resist asking his boss Ron Dennis for one. Dennis agreed on the condition that Hamilton win at least three F1 titles for his team. HT reports.
Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the European Grand Prix at the Valencia street cicruit after outqualifying Lewis Hamilton and Pastor Maldonado in an incredibly close qualifying session where the second fastest to tenth fastest driver in the classification was seperated by just 0.582 seconds.
Defending world champion Sebastian Vettel set the second fastest and fastest time in the two 90 minute practice sessions at the European Grand Prix at the Valencia street circuit today.
McLaren's sporting director Sam Michael has taken a refreshing approach to his Formula One team's pitstop problems by promising that the beers will be on him once the crew average three seconds a stop.
Hamilton’s win makes it seven winners in thrilling battle for the drivers’ title.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday for the 2008 champion's first win of the season.
About 200 demonstrators -- mainly women's rights groups but also anti-corporate protesters -- marched Saturday against Montreal's biggest annual tourist draw, Formula One's Grand Prix.
Defending drivers' champion Sebastian Vettel topped the times for Red Bull on Saturday morning during the final practice session ahead of qualifying for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix.
Ferrari pair Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa said they were happy with the improved performance of their cars after some positive times during Friday's practice sessions for the Canadian Grand Prix.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton swept the opening day of the Canadian Grand Prix by going fastest in the second free practice session at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.
Rallying in India is in trouble. This is something people within the country's rallying fraternity knew even before the Federation of Motor Sport Clubs of India (FMSCI) released a truncated, four-round, calendar for the Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) last week, which won't start until September. Accompanying this announcement was the news that the INRC will run without a sponsor or promoter, forcing the motorsport clubs, which organise and run rallies around the country, to bear the costs.
Mark Webber did his CV and his future employment prospects a power of good last Sunday when he claimed his second masterful Monaco victory in three years.
In-form German Nico Rosberg and his Mercedes team are confident of a strong showing in Canada next weekend - when a revived Michael Schumacher could also be a major threat.
A French television commentator claims to have learned from a 'reliable source' that 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton is trying to leave McLaren at the end of this season when his contract with the team expires. HT reports.
Even if Formula One fans are revelling in the joy of an unprecedented six different winners from six races, some of those closer to the action are beginning to feel uneasy.
Nico Rosberg celebrated another fine result while Michael Schumacher resolved to keep pushing for better luck and results after a mixed weekend for Mercedes in Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.