Christened AGNI, the car is both very light and fuel efficient. It has taken over 60 budding engineers more than a year to complete.
India's Narain Karthikeyan finished last, at 20, with a classification time of 1:51.675
Narain Karthikeyan said although his aim is to finish races, now he is also thinking about collecting points as the season progresses.
Mumbai is the most likely venue, although Hyderabad and Calcutta have been mooted as possible locations, the F1 supremo said.
India's Spice Group are in talks with cash-strapped Super Aguri about taking a possible stake in the Formula One team.
Narain Karthikeyan joins A1 Grand Prix much to everyone's surprise.
"I think to go in with two such green drivers is a mistake," said the team principal at Red Bull's Milton Keynes factory.
Narain Karthikeyan guided Team India to a ninth place finish in the Feature Race in the A1 Grand Prix in Mexico City.
Seven-times champion Michael Schumacher suffered the embarrassment of being reprimanded for impeding the two slowest cars in Formula One in practice for the South Korean Grand Prix on Friday.
Sahara Force India drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta finished at the eighth and 10th position during Saturday's qualifying session for the European Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain.
Ace driver Narain Karthikeyan got married to Pavarna at a simple ceremony in Chennai.
Paul di Resta earned two points for Sahara Force India at an the incident-filled Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that also saw teammate, Nico Hulkenberg endure a crash in the first lap of the race on Sunday.
Force India's pointless streak continued as Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil finished 12th and 13th respectively in the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona on Sunday.
Sahara Force Indian drivers Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg will start in the eighth row on the grid in Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix Formula One race after finishing 15th and 16th in the qualifying in Shanghai on Saturday.
Narain Karthikeyan finished 15th for Jordan as the highest-ranked of the four men making their Grands Prix debuts in Australia.
Force India managed to finish among points for the second successive race with Paul Di Resta signing off 10th in the Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang on Sunday.
It pains former F1 driver Karun Chandhok to see that interest in motorsport in India has declined drastically.
Amazed to see the rapid rise of Formula One in India, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton said the F1 race here could become one of the best of the year given the country's potential.
The Indian ace was called in to speak about 'Influencing Public Policy -The Role of the Celebrity'
He will start on the front row alongside Renault's Fernando Alonso. India's Narain Karthikeyan qualified on 17th place.
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton will race triple Olympic cycling gold medallist Chris Hoy around Wembley Stadium next month as a warm-up for the Race of Champions event, organisers said on Tuesday. However, 23-year-old Hamilton will be at the wheel of a Mercedes road car while Hoy will be pedalling a cycle on a parallel track constructed over the turf of the national soccer stadium.
Karun Chandhok is ready to claim an Indian motor racing first by starting the Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race next week.
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has urged India to get behind Karun Chandhok when he makes his grand prix debut in Bahrain next weekend with the new HRT team.
The Tata Group on Tuesday released a book, titled 'To Strive and To Soar', which chronicles the company's contribution to sports excellence in India.
Narain Karthikeyan witnessed perhaps the worst day in his racing career with Team India getting booted out of both the Sprint and Feature races in the Malaysian A1 Grand Prix in Sepang on Sunday.
Jordan plan to run their 2005 Toyota-powered car for the first time at Silverstone next Monday, team sources said on Wednesday.
Force India rookie Paul di Resta will start 14th from the grid in Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix while experienced Adrian Sutil had to be content with P17 following a gear problem in Q2 in the qualifying session.
Parthiv Sureshwaren, who got an opportunity to drive for A1 Team India after Narain Karthikeyan suffered serious injuries during the practice session in Durban last month, seems so excited with the experience that he has carried it forward to round eight of the Championship to be held in Mexico City on Sunday.
Renault discard Giancarlo Fisichella and highly-rated German Adrian Sutil will lead the Force India F1 while another Italian Viantonio Liuzzi will be its another test driver.
India's Narain Karthikeyan will start 19th on the grid on Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix.
Narain Karthikeyan finished 17th in the first qualifying round at the San Marino Grand Prix
Narain Karthikeyan lost out on the toss of the coin.
India's up and coming driver will race in the third round of 'World Series by Renault' Championship just before compatriot Narain Karthikeyan races in the F1 Grand Prix.
The 21-year old Chennai lad will figure the first two rounds of the World Series at the Zolder circuit in Belgium.
Karun Chandhok speaks to Shobha Warrier about his debut in the Nissan World Series racing.
Jehan's rookie year in F3 got off to a solid start in the previous weekend at Silverstone where the multiple Indian and Asian Karting champion earned himself two rookie podiums.
Jordan's Sporting Director Adrian Burgess said though the Indian is doing a "fantastic" job, luck is not on his side.
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