The Canadian driver will lose 10 places on the Australian GP after his team confirmed engine change for Saturday qualifying.
The Finn pipped the seven times champion by just 0.002 seconds.
Indian CEOs just want to drive a Mercedes-Benz, despite the bevy of luxury cars that have hit the roads in the recent past.
Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge staved off a surprise challenge from Ethiopian debutant Guye Adola to win an enthralling Berlin marathon on Sunday, but missed out on his bid to set a new world record.
Robert Kubica will become the first Pole to start a Formula One race when he replaces Canadian Jacques Villeneuve in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso fired off a warning to his rivals on Friday by lapping quickest in the French GP free practice.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
'You were a good man, a luminous soul. You gave me more than I could ever thank you for.' Rajeev Srinivasan remembers a beloved uncle who passed into the ages recently.
An All-Asian tie that catches the eye is rarer than a bottle of Australian wine at Roland Garros but Kei Nishikori's clash with Chung Hyeon in the third round of the French Open could be one to savour.
The Colombian stalked out of a pre-Australian Grand Prix news conference after it was hijacked by a satirical television sports show.
After Aprilia, legendary Italian motorcycle major MV Agusta has finally entered the Indian two-wheeler market in collaboration with the Kinetic Group.
The lawyers were allegedly shown influencing a witness of the BMW case in a sting operation.
The Nissan Teana enters the slightly crowded D-segment market with a smooth V6 petrol motor. Can it work the magic?
Renault, Honda, Toyota, McLaren-Mercedes and BMW-Sauber will not be guaranteed one of the 12 team slots if they failed to sign up in time.
Former champions Williams said they will also invest in a wide-ranging partnership with the privately-owned British-based engine manufacturer.
'The DGCA, the ministry of civil aviation, Air India, the Airports Authority, all of them together form what I call an organised syndicate' 'In India, it is a fashion to blame the pilot because then nobody asks questions about the incompetence and grave negligence of this State-run syndicate.'
The 16-year-old driver finished third in the eighth round of the Formula BMW Asia series.
The MINI Cooper is easily one of the most fun to drive cars around and in the process also offers more snob value than its rivals which include the Mercedes A-Class and BMW 1-Series.
Gaurav Ghei was the lone Indian to ensure action over the weekend at the BMW Asian Open golf tournament.
The famed Harley Davidson's upper-end model will come for over Rs 20 lakh (Rs 2 million) in India, powered by a 1584 cc engine that will give around 16 km to a litre.
Croatian tennis player Marin Cilic has been banned for nine months after testing positive for the stimulant nikethamide, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has said.
Arsenal and six of their players, as well as two Manchester United players, were today charged by the Football Association following the ill-tempered goalless draw at Old Trafford.
Seen by the West as a symbol of market changes in the Yeltsin era, Anatoly Chubais is now chief of Russia's powerful Unified Energy System (UES) and a leader of right-wing forces.
Motor shows can bedazzle you because there is so much to see.
The growth rate could continue for another seven years.
BMW dealers have been supplying the M3 and M5 for a while now, but come April 2007, BMW India might think about pushing itself in an even bigger way.
Germany's Nick Heidfeld will race for Williams this season alongside Australian Mark Webber.
Rolls-Royce is gearing up to tap the country's billionaires with new models, including new convertible and a potential SUV.
The quantum of price increase will vary from Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000 across all models, the company said in a statement.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi ups his style ante for the Obama visit.
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