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F1 PIX: Hamilton wins British GP with punctured tyre

F1 PIX: Hamilton wins British GP with punctured tyre

Rediff.com2 Aug 2020

IMAGES from the Silverstone F1 GP on Sunday

Is Mallya's Force India F1 team to be sold?

Is Mallya's Force India F1 team to be sold?

Rediff.com22 Feb 2018

Media reports this week suggested that British energy drink firm Rich Energy was leading a consortium seeking to purchase the Silverstone-based team for 200 million pounds ($278.66 million).

F1: Vettel wins British Grand Prix for Ferrari

F1: Vettel wins British Grand Prix for Ferrari

Rediff.com8 Jul 2018

In a thrilling race with two safety car periods, reigning champion Hamilton went from pole position to the rear of the field before finishing second for Mercedes in a superb fightback. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was third.

Bottas pips Hamilton to 70th Anniversary GP pole

Bottas pips Hamilton to 70th Anniversary GP pole

Rediff.com8 Aug 2020

Valtteri Bottas took pole position for Formula One's 70th Anniversary Grand Prix ahead of championship-leading Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton on Saturday.

Verstappen on pole, and Hamilton alongside in Texas

Verstappen on pole, and Hamilton alongside in Texas

Rediff.com24 Oct 2021

Verstappen leads seven times world champion Hamilton by six points with six races remaining and the pole at Austin's Circuit of the Americas was the ninth of the season for the Dutch 24-year-old -- and eighth in the last 11 races.

Emotional Hamilton on pole for home British GP

Emotional Hamilton on pole for home British GP

Rediff.com7 Jul 2018

Lewis Hamilton's lap of one minute 25.892 seconds is a track record at the Silverstone circuit.

F1 celebrates 1,000th race, give or take a few

F1 celebrates 1,000th race, give or take a few

Rediff.com9 Apr 2019

The fact is that some of the 999 championship races thus far have been questionable Grands Prix and several past race winners never even drove a Formula One car.

First Chinese driver a big moment for F1

First Chinese driver a big moment for F1

Rediff.com16 Nov 2021

Alfa Romeo announced Guanyu Zhou as China's first Formula One racing driver on Tuesday with his arrival in 2022 hailed by both the team and the sport as a historic breakthrough in a key growth market.

Travel quarantine rules relaxed for top sports events in England

Travel quarantine rules relaxed for top sports events in England

Rediff.com5 Jul 2020

The British government announced on Friday that it would end the 14-day coronavirus quarantine for people arriving in England from more than 50 countries, including Germany, France, Spain and Italy - but not the United States.

Formula One postpones Australian GP, China uncertain

Formula One postpones Australian GP, China uncertain

Rediff.com12 Jan 2021

Australia was given a new date of Nov. 21 for the race in Melbourne.

Sochi open to Russian F1 race double-header

Sochi open to Russian F1 race double-header

Rediff.com4 Jun 2020

Russian Grand Prix organisers said on Thursday they were open to hosting two back-to-back races in Sochi this season to help Formula One flesh out a calendar reduced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sochi, with a circuit winding around the Olympic Park used for the 2014 Winter Games, is due to host the Russian Grand Prix on September 27 although that stage of the calendar remains uncertain.

No points for Force India from British GP

No points for Force India from British GP

Rediff.com8 Jul 2012

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 on Sunday.

Fun is alive. Take that COVID-19!

Fun is alive. Take that COVID-19!

Rediff.com6 Aug 2020

The good times are back, in a measured way, in fun spots across the globe.

Webber beats Vettel for British GP pole

Webber beats Vettel for British GP pole

Rediff.com9 Jul 2011

Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber roared back to form and denied world champion team mate Sebastian Vettel a third successive British Grand Prix pole position at a damp Silverstone on Saturday.

Coming in 2011: Tinseltown's newest celebs!

Coming in 2011: Tinseltown's newest celebs!

Rediff.com20 Jan 2011

Tinseltown is witnessing a baby boom this year.

First Ferrari winner Gonzalez dies at 90

First Ferrari winner Gonzalez dies at 90

Rediff.com15 Jun 2013

Jose Froilan Gonzalez, the 'Pampas Bull' who in 1951 became the first driver to win a Formula One world championship Grand Prix for Ferrari, has died in Buenos Aires at the age of 90, Argentine media reported on Saturday.

PIX: Check out F1's fastest and longest street circuit

PIX: Check out F1's fastest and longest street circuit

Rediff.com18 Mar 2021

Formula One unveiled its longest and fastest street circuit on Thursday, predicting top speeds of 322kph and wheel-to-wheel racing when Saudi Arabia hosts a race for the first time in Jeddah in December.

F1: Hamilton could equal Schumi's podium record

F1: Hamilton could equal Schumi's podium record

Rediff.com5 Aug 2020

Hamilton has won the last three races, out of four so far in this COVID-19 affected season, and will start as favourite again.

Hockenheim will be better for us: Liuzzi

Hockenheim will be better for us: Liuzzi

Rediff.com15 Jul 2010

Force India's Vitantonio Liuzzi analyses what went wrong for him at the British Grand Prix in Silverstone when he finished outside the points in 11th position.

Hamilton and Verstappen blame each other for Monza crash

Hamilton and Verstappen blame each other for Monza crash

Rediff.com12 Sep 2021

Formula One title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen took each other out of the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, with Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff slamming the incident as a 'tactical foul'.

Mallya optimistic of podium finish in Spa, Monza

Mallya optimistic of podium finish in Spa, Monza

Rediff.com7 Jul 2010

Force India Chairman Vijay Mallya is expecting both Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi to be among points in Sunday's British Grand Prix and reckons a podium finish is possible in Spa and Monza.

Force India confident ahead of British Grand Prix

Force India confident ahead of British Grand Prix

Rediff.com7 Jul 2010

Force India's chief race engineer Dominic Harlow reveals how the team has prepared for the new challenge at the revamped Silverstone circuit.

Lewis Hamilton opens up on his F1 future

Lewis Hamilton opens up on his F1 future

Rediff.com30 Jul 2020

Lewis Hamilton aims to stay in F1 for at least three more years

English sports get $ 400 million bailout

English sports get $ 400 million bailout

Rediff.com19 Nov 2020

The money covers sport in England, with other parts of the United Kingdom having separate budgets.

Hamilton takes record sixth British GP win

Hamilton takes record sixth British GP win

Rediff.com14 Jul 2019

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton won his home British Grand Prix for a record sixth time on Sunday to stretch his lead over Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas to 39 points.

Button can turn tables on Vettel

Button can turn tables on Vettel

Rediff.com8 Jul 2009

Jenson Button can take his revenge on Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel in front of the German's home fans at the Nuerburgring this weekend, and also restore some pride to Mercedes. Brawn GP's championship leader was well beaten by the 22-year-old Vettel on his home turf at Silverstone last month and is eager to turn the tables on the only other driver to have won races this season.

How Mallya's Force India plan to catch up with Mercedes, Ferrari in 2017

How Mallya's Force India plan to catch up with Mercedes, Ferrari in 2017

Rediff.com11 Jul 2016

Formula One is due to go through a major technical overhaul next season, with wider wheels and chassis, and a more aggressive look with revised aerodynamics aimed at making the cars faster and harder to drive.

Vettel to join Aston Martin from Ferrari in 2021

Vettel to join Aston Martin from Ferrari in 2021

Rediff.com10 Sep 2020

Four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel will race for Aston Martin, the new name for the Canadian-owned Racing Point team, on a multi-year deal after leaving Ferrari at the end of the season.

F1: Stroll reveals he tested positive for COVID-19

F1: Stroll reveals he tested positive for COVID-19

Rediff.com21 Oct 2020

Canadian Formula One driver Lance Stroll said on Wednesday he tested positive for COVID-19 after the October 11 Eifel Grand Prix but is now clear and ready to race in Portugal this coming weekend.

F1: Will Perez stay at Force India?

F1: Will Perez stay at Force India?

Rediff.com14 Sep 2017

Sergio Perez expects to have his Formula One future decided before next month's Malaysian Grand Prix and said on Thursday that he is currently weighing up two options.

Will Hamilton complete a hat-trick of victories at Hungarian Grand Prix?

Will Hamilton complete a hat-trick of victories at Hungarian Grand Prix?

Rediff.com20 Jul 2016

Lewis Hamilton heads into Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix fired up to complete a hat-trick of victories and seize the lead in the Formula One title race for the first time this season.

F1 British Grand Prix: Hamilton on pole at home

F1 British Grand Prix: Hamilton on pole at home

Rediff.com15 Jul 2017

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen will join the Mercedes driver on the front row, with championship-leading teammate Sebastian Vettel qualifying third.

What Vettel must do to stay in F1 title race...

What Vettel must do to stay in F1 title race...

Rediff.com3 Oct 2018

Sebastian Vettel may need to rely on a stroke of luck at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday if the German wants to keep alive his diminishing hopes of claiming a fifth Formula One title.

Belgian GP: Force India move up to fourth after strong finish

Belgian GP: Force India move up to fourth after strong finish

Rediff.com28 Aug 2016

Force India overtook Williams for fourth position in the team standings after Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez bagged 22 points by finishing fourth and fifth in the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix.

F1 PICS: Hamilton wins in Hungary to take back championship lead

F1 PICS: Hamilton wins in Hungary to take back championship lead

Rediff.com19 Jul 2020

IMAGES from the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday.

Verstappen ends F1 season with win in Abu Dhabi

Verstappen ends F1 season with win in Abu Dhabi

Rediff.com13 Dec 2020

Max Verstappen won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix from pole position for Red Bull on Sunday.

F1: Verstappen snatches pole for Abu Dhabi finale; Hamilton 3rd

F1: Verstappen snatches pole for Abu Dhabi finale; Hamilton 3rd

Rediff.com12 Dec 2020

World champion Lewis Hamilton, back in the car after his COVID-19-enforced absence at last week's Sakhir Grand Prix, was third but only 0.086 seconds off the pace.

Vettel calls for Halo introduction, says 'nothing justifies death'

Vettel calls for Halo introduction, says 'nothing justifies death'

Rediff.com29 Jul 2016

Launching a scathing attack over his fellow drivers for not presenting a united front on the introduction of Halo device, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel has favoured the launch of head protection device for the 2017 Formula One season saying nothing could 'justify death'.

Hamilton on pole as Mercedes sweep Spanish GP front row

Hamilton on pole as Mercedes sweep Spanish GP front row

Rediff.com15 Aug 2020

Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton clinched a record-extending 92nd career pole position in a Mercedes front-row lockout with team mate Valtteri Bottas at the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday.

British F1 GP: Double points for 'home team' Force India

British F1 GP: Double points for 'home team' Force India

Rediff.com10 Jul 2016

Sahara Force India recorded a double points finish at the home British Grand Prix with Sergio Perez finishing a creditable sixth, just ahead of teammate Nico Hulkenberg, at Silverstone on Sunday.