Mick Schumacher, the 19-year-old son of seven-times Formula One world champion Michael, won the European Formula Three title.
It's another sporting takeover for Shah Rukh Khan and KKR partners, the Mehta Group. They are the Mumbai franchise owners for the all-new motorsport racing league i1 Super Series.
Formula One is changing its scoring system to award a point to the driver who sets the fastest race lap, starting from this weekend's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
Amidst debate over the 'elitist' nature of Formula One and whether it qualifies to be a sport at all, Indian racing star Narain Karthikeyan, on Saturday, said that F1 is a sport as good as any other and the drivers involved in it work really hard.
Honda's economy motorcycle Twister was chosen Bike of the Year.
After Shahrukh Khan co-promoted KKR buying the Mumbai team of the upcoming new motorsport racing league, i1 Super Series, Arindam Chaudhuri of IIPM has bought the Delhi Team.
India's Karun Chandhok will replace Jarno Trulli for Team Lotus at this weekend's German Grand Prix as the outfit continue their bid for a first ever Formula One point.
The podium finishers of the inaugural India Grand Prix, on Sunday, remembered IndyCar racer Dan Wheldon and Moto GP rider Marco Simoncelli who died recently in car crashes, with second-placed Jenson Button dedicating the race to the two drivers.
Formula One drivers Jenson Button and Mark Webber will pay a special tribute to late British racer and friend Dan Wheldon at this weekend's inaugural Indian Grand Prix after a grim month for motorsport.
Italian MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli died after a horrific crash at the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang on Sunday, completing a harrowing week for motorsport after British IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon lost his life last weekend.
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has no safety concerns over Sunday's Indian Grand Prix, the first major motorsport event since the tragic deaths of British driver Dan Wheldon and Italy's Marco Simoncelli in separate races.
The race was originally set to be held in Shanghai on April 19, but the governing body FIA and Formula One said in a statement that they had jointly decided to postpone it.
Hamilton responded to Mercedes motorsport head Toto Wolff who said that driver discord was a major weakness in the team and that they wanted 'nice guys'
McLaren driver Fernando Alonso will miss the Monaco Grand Prix in May in order to race in the Indianapolis 500, his team said on Wednesday.
If you are a motorsport enthusiast, be sure to be there at the Somaiya grounds in Sion East, Mumbai, on Sunday, February 20. Some of the best two and four-wheeler drivers will be in action in an Autocross event, billed as RotoCross, organized by the Rotary Club of Deonar, Mumbai, along with Sportscraft, under the aegis of FMSCI.
Mercedes's Valtteri Bottas snatched pole position for the US Grand Prix on Saturday, breathing life into his remote title hopes while signalling to Lewis Hamilton he will not be gifting a sixth drivers' crown to his team mate.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has insisted that his team must consult him on who would replace recently-retired world champion Nico Rosberg next season before also warning them against signing big names like Fernando Alonso.
Starting his transition to NASCAR stock car racing, 2007 Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen completed a two-day test of a Toyota Tundra truck on Tuesday.
Still too young to drive on Indian roads, 17-year-old Jehan Daruvala, a speedster from Mumbai, could become India's first Formula One champion.
Toyota have ended a cooperation agreement with the struggling HRT Formula One team but are still seeking payment, the Japanese company said on Monday.
Three weeks is all there is to decide whether Narain Karthikeyan can continue driving and administer motorsport in domestic and international events, after he and his drivers allegedly questioned the decision of stewards in an event here early this month.
The upgrades brought for the weekend helped the team significantly in the 66-lap race after Perez and Ocon had qualified eighth and 10th in the qualifying.
The split second decisions that reigning world champions Mercedes take during a race are a result of real time data provided by Tata Communications, Formula One's connectivity partner since 2012 and now the only Indian presence in the paddock.
The Renault Formula One team will be renamed Alpine F1 from 2021, competing in French colours to showcase the carmaker's sportscar brand, new company CEO Luca de Meo announced on Sunday.
Seven-times World champion Michael Schumacher will come out of retirement to make a Formula One comeback with Mercedes next year at the age of 41, the team said on Wednesday. Mercedes Motorsports vice-president Norbert Haug told reporters in a telephone news conference that a contract was signed on Tuesday.
Toyota Motor withdrew from Formula One on Wednesday, leaving Japan without a team in motorsport's premier series. Company president Akio Toyoda apologised for the team's failure to record a single race victory since joining F1 in 2002 despite an estimated annual budget of around $300 million.
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has proposed a controversial world championship for women drivers as part of Grand Prix weekends.
Formula One cars were stranded in China and the weekend's Japanese MotoGP race was called off on Monday as a cloud of volcanic ash clipped the wings of motorsport worldwide. While McLaren's Chinese Grand Prix winner Jenson Button flew off on holiday to Thailand, and team mate Lewis Hamilton headed for South Africa, mechanics and media either waited or embarked on tortuous journeys home with Britain and much of northern Europe still a no-fly zone.
Max Mosley backed former Ferrari boss Jean Todt as his ideal successor on Wednesday after ending speculation that he would seek a fifth term as head of motorsport's world governing body. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) president wrote to all member clubs saying he had received almost 100 messages of support from within the organisation but had decided to stand down anyway.
Chennai driver Parthiva Sureshwaren has secured a place on the FIA Formula Two grid, joining Armaan Ebrahim as the second Indian driver on the circuit this season.
Sachin Tendulkar inaugurated a Sky Karting track in Lower Parel area of Mumbai (South).
Mitsubishi will pull out of cross country rallying, including the Dakar Rally which the Japanese team has dominated in recent years, as part of cost-cutting measures caused by the global economic downturn. With Wednesday's announcement, Mitsubishi Motors became the latest Japanese automaker to scale back their motorsport activities following Honda's shock exit from Formula One in December.
Former Ferrari boss Jean Todt replaced Max Mosley as president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) on Friday after trouncing rival candidate Ari Vatanen in a vote.
Kawasaki have pulled out of motorcycling's MotoGP world championship as part of the company's efforts to cut spending amid the global financial crisis. Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd on Friday became Japan's latest motorsport casualty after a trio of the country's carmakers announced similar plans last month.
International Automobile Federation (FIA) president Max Mosley will decide in June whether to stand for re-election, he said on Tuesday.
Pramod Joshua was the star performer in the first round of the Gulf Cup Dirt Track racing in Jaipur on Sunday.
Mercedes and the Brawn GP team declined to be drawn on Monday about reports the German carmaker planned to buy a stake in the Formula One championship leaders.
Four times MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez drove a Formula One car for the first time at the Red Bull Ring in Austria on Tuesday but said his focus remains firmly on two wheels for the next few years at least.
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix organisers are hoping for a change to the 2010 Formula One calendar so that they can again be the season-ending race next year.
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