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Indian Grand Prix: Drivers reaction

Date: 30th October 2011 at 12:45 pm | Filed under: Formula 1 News | Author: | Tags: , , , , , , , , | image © Action Images

The first ever Indian Grand Prix threw up its fair share of surprises, but the one constant that has remained all season is Sebastian Vettel’s dominance, and the German was in no mood to relinquish his grip any time soon. A new record for team pole positions, the quickest lap, a new record for most [...]

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Indian Grand Prix: as it happened

Hello and welcome to the first ever Indian Grand Prix, there has been a great buzz around the race all weekend (helped of course by a PR effort Alastair Campbell would be proud of) and it should be a belter. Plenty of room for overtaking, two DRS zones and a hard tyre that is much [...]

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Dominant Vettel coasts to Indian GP victory

Sebastian Vettel stamped his authority on the first ever Indian Grand Prix as the World Champion charged to his 11th victory of the season with an utterly dominant display. Vettel led from start to finish in the inaugural Indian race and rarely looked threatened from Jenson Button behind him, and when the McLaren man did [...]

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Ecclestone: F1 can match cricket

Date: 30th October 2011 at 9:25 am | Filed under: Formula 1 News | Author: | Tags: , , | image © Action Images

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes Formula 1 has the potential to be a more popular sport than cricket on the eve of the first ever Indian Grand Prix. Cricket is by far the most popular sport in a country with a population of over 1.2 billion and organisers of the inaugural race in New [...]

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Di Resta to stay with Force India for 2012

Date: 29th October 2011 at 2:48 pm | Filed under: Force India,Formula 1 News,Teams | Author: | Tags: , , , | image © Action Images

Reports suggest Paul di Resta will drive for Force India once more next season after a successful start to his Formula 1 career while current team-mate Adrian Sutil and reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg will fight it out for a spot alongside the Scot. Di Resta has been praised as one of the finest talents in [...]

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Karthikeyan hit with five place penalty

Date: 29th October 2011 at 2:03 pm | Filed under: Formula 1 News,Hispania Racing | Author: | Tags: , , | image © Action Images

HRT driver Narain Karthikeyan has been hit with a five place penalty for the inaugural Indian Grand Prix on Sunday. The Indian driver had been handed a special one-off drive to compete in the first ever race held in his home country by HRT, but was hauled before the race stewards after Qualifying on Saturday [...]

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Indian Grand Prix Qualifying: Reaction

Date: 29th October 2011 at 1:27 pm | Filed under: Formula 1 Blogs,Formula 1 News,McLaren,Mercedes-Benz GP,Red Bull Racing,Toro Rosso | Author: | Tags: , , , , , | image © Action Images

And so the very first qualifying session for the Indian Grand Prix, a new and exciting venture, was met by something we’ve seen 12 times before this season to be precise – Sebastian Vettel dominating qualifying. The German looks like he will be difficult to pass come race day on Sunday, but at least Lewis [...]

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Vettel charges to pole for Indian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel offered no respite at the Indian Grand Prix despite already claiming the tile, securing his 13th pole of this season for the inaugural Indian race. Vettel looked spectacularly quick throughout practice and qualifying and swept to yet another pole position ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber, although Hamilton will drop back three [...]

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Vettel leads the way in final practice

Date: 29th October 2011 at 8:00 am | Filed under: Ferrari,Formula 1 News,McLaren,Red Bull Racing | Author: | Tags: , , , , , , , | image © Action Images

Sebastian Vettel produced a last gasp quick lap to top the time sheets in the final practice session before qualifying for the Indian Grand Prix on Saturday, leading the way from Jenson Button and his team-mate Lewis Hamilton. For a long period Button looked to have secured top spot and lay the foundations for a [...]

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Massa fastest at Indian Grand Prix practice

Date: 28th October 2011 at 12:14 pm | Filed under: Formula 1 News | Author: | Tags: , , , | image © Action Images

Against the odds, Felipe Massa set the fastest time during the second Indian Grand Prix practice session this morning. The Brazilian was 0.088 seconds quicker than World Champion Sebastian Vettel, while Massa’s Ferrari team-mate Fernando Alonso was third. McLaren duo Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button were fourth and fifth respectively. Hamilton was handed a three-place [...]

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