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Vettel wins inaugural Indian Grand Prix

Vettel wins inaugural Indian Grand Prix

Rediff.com30 Oct 2011

Red Bull's double world champion Sebastian Vettel ran away with the inaugural Indian Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday for his 11th victory in 17 races this season.

'Modi has moved foreign policy from elite to masses'

'Modi has moved foreign policy from elite to masses'

Rediff.com5 Jul 2023

'For the first time since I've been following Indian politics, one heard voters talking about India's role on the world stage and the fact that, due to Modi's leadership, India was once again a great power.'

Sebastian Vettel makes his point 15 times over

Sebastian Vettel makes his point 15 times over

Rediff.com10 Oct 2011

Sebastian Vettel made his point 15 times over at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday as he celebrated becoming Formula One's youngest double world champion.

Japan GP: Vettel seals second c'ship, Button wins race

Japan GP: Vettel seals second c'ship, Button wins race

Rediff.com9 Oct 2011

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel roared into the record books as Formula One's youngest double world champion on Sunday after finishing third in a Japanese Grand Prix won by McLaren rival Jenson Button.

Japan GP: Podium finish for Vettel, wins his second F1 title

Japan GP: Podium finish for Vettel, wins his second F1 title

Rediff.com9 Oct 2011

Germany's Sebastian Vettel became Formula One's youngest double world champion on Sunday after finishing third in a Japanese Grand Prix won by British rival Jenson Button.

N'tl Games: Richa, Khade continue their gold rush

N'tl Games: Richa, Khade continue their gold rush

Rediff.com18 Feb 2011

Swimmer Richa Mishra grabbed up two more gold medals to make it 11 in total as she remained on course to topple Nisha Millet's 12-year-old feat, after sixth day of the 34th National Games, in Ranchi on Friday.

Webber keeps Red Bull on top in final practice in Singapore Grand

Webber keeps Red Bull on top in final practice in Singapore Grand

Rediff.com24 Sep 2011

Mark Webber kept Red Bull on course for a 14th pole position in as many races this season, when he lapped fastest in final free practice for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday.

F1 Qualifying: Rosberg, Hamilton in Mercedes one-two for Japanese GP

F1 Qualifying: Rosberg, Hamilton in Mercedes one-two for Japanese GP

Rediff.com4 Oct 2014

Germany's Nico Rosberg put Mercedes on pole position for Sunday's Japanese Formula One Grand Prix with championship-leading teammate Lewis Hamilton joining him on the front row.

Who is the oldest F1 champion?

Who is the oldest F1 champion?

Rediff.com9 Apr 2019

Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix will be the 1,000th race of the Formula One world championship since the first at Silverstone in 1950.

MI need big win over SRH to keep play-off hopes alive

MI need big win over SRH to keep play-off hopes alive

Rediff.com20 May 2023

Five-time champions Mumbai Indians will be desperate for victory by a big margin when they take on wooden spooners Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mumbai on Sunday, in what could also be their last outing in IPL 2023.

England must beat India 2-0 or 3-1 to be No 1

England must beat India 2-0 or 3-1 to be No 1

Rediff.com14 Jul 2011

England will claim the number one in the Reliance ICC Test Championship if it beats India by at least two Tests in the upcoming four-match series.

PIX: Pragyan rover's amazing Moonwalk!

PIX: Pragyan rover's amazing Moonwalk!

Rediff.com25 Aug 2023

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), ISRO said, "Chandrayaan-3 Mission. Chandrayaan-3 Rover to MOX, ISTRAC, Moon walk begins!"

Stoner wins fourth straight Australia GP

Stoner wins fourth straight Australia GP

Rediff.com17 Oct 2010

Ducati's Casey Stoner delighted his home fans by winning a fourth consecutive Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island on Sunday.

How Force India made the cut in 2009

How Force India made the cut in 2009

Rediff.com17 Dec 2009

Force India team owner and team principal Vijay Mallya on Wednesday spoke of how his team turned things around after a difficult start to Formula One in 2008. The billionaire tycoon also announced Force India's partnership deal with Computational Research Laboratories (CRL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons to offer a fully automated Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solution to aid the design of the F1 team's next generation race cars.

Vettel penalised after colliding with Bottas in French GP

Vettel penalised after colliding with Bottas in French GP

Rediff.com24 Jun 2018

Ferrari's Formula One world championship leader Sebastian Vettel was handed a five-second penalty for colliding with the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas on the opening lap of the French Grand Prix on Sunday.

Team prospects for 2011 Formula One season

Team prospects for 2011 Formula One season

Rediff.com25 Mar 2011

Team-by-team prospects for the Formula One season starting in Australia on March 27 (listed in 2010 championship order, numbers are those on their cars).

Button and Brawn celebrate F1 title double

Button and Brawn celebrate F1 title double

Rediff.com19 Oct 2009

Jenson Button and his Brawn GP team were crowned Formula One champions with a race to spare in an action-packed Brazilian Grand Prix won by Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber on Sunday.

Liuzzi sizzles, to start ahead of Massa

Liuzzi sizzles, to start ahead of Massa

Rediff.com13 Jun 2010

Vitantonio Liuzzi shrugged off his recent setbacks and will start Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix sixth on the grid, while team-mate Adrian Sutil will start ninth after both the Force India cars made it to the third qualifying session (Q3) in Montreal on Sunday.

Chandhok to begin Turkish GP last

Chandhok to begin Turkish GP last

Rediff.com29 May 2010

Adrian Sutil will start Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix 11th on the grid, seven places ahead of team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi, as none of the Force India drivers could make it to the third qualifying session (Q3)on Saturday.

Massa fired up for Ferrari red letter day

Massa fired up for Ferrari red letter day

Rediff.com26 May 2010

A red letter day for Formula One glamour team Ferrari this weekend provides the perfect occasion for Felipe Massa to rekindle his Turkish Grand Prix love affair. Sunday's seventh round of the season will be the scuderia's 800th Grand Prix, a milestone no other team is close to matching, and the Italians would dearly love to celebrate in style.

Webber wins Spanish GP in convincing fashion

Webber wins Spanish GP in convincing fashion

Rediff.com9 May 2010

Australian Mark Webber won the Spanish Grand Prix for rampant Red Bull on Sunday after leading from start to finish at Formula One's most predictable circuit.

It's on par with Vaughan bowling Sachin: Flintoff

It's on par with Vaughan bowling Sachin: Flintoff

Rediff.com4 Aug 2009

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has compared his teammate Graeme Swann's scorching off-break that rocked Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's woods in the Edgbaston Test with Michael Vaughan's magic ball that dismissed Sachin Tendulkar in the 2002 Trent Bridge Test.

Meet the fastest female in Indy 500

Meet the fastest female in Indy 500

Rediff.com24 May 2005

It's getting easier every year: Swiatek

It's getting easier every year: Swiatek

Rediff.com29 Jun 2023

Claycourt specialist Iga Swiatek has never been beyond the fourth round at Wimbledon but the world number one says the transition to slick grass surfaces is becoming a little easier each year.

Pedrosa holds off Rossi to win US GP

Pedrosa holds off Rossi to win US GP

Rediff.com6 Jul 2009

Honda's Dani Pedrosa won the U.S. MotoGP Grand Prix on Sunday, the Spaniard's first victory in over a year, by holding off a late challenge from world champion and current leader Valentino Rossi.

Brazil win but old questions of mental focus persist

Brazil win but old questions of mental focus persist

Rediff.com23 Jun 2018

The focus is once again shifting to the South American side's old foe - emotional stability.

Verstappen triggers Dutch party with dominant home win

Verstappen triggers Dutch party with dominant home win

Rediff.com5 Sep 2021

Max Verstappen won his home Dutch Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday and took the Formula One championship lead in front of a roaring, dancing army of fans hailing their hero with orange flags and flares.

Trulli looks to revive career at Lotus

Trulli looks to revive career at Lotus

Rediff.com12 Mar 2010

Lotus F1's Italian driver Jarno Trulli will hope to complete his races this season in a bid to revive his career.

Button wins Monaco GP in Brawn 1-2

Button wins Monaco GP in Brawn 1-2

Rediff.com24 May 2009

Britain's Jenson Button chalked up his fifth win in six races with team mate Rubens Barrichello following him home for a Brawn GP one-two at the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday.

Button masters Monaco for fifth win in six

Button masters Monaco for fifth win in six

Rediff.com24 May 2009

Formula One championship leader Jenson Button mastered Monaco's treacherous streets on Sunday to chalk up his fifth victory in six races and lead another Brawn GP one-two finish.

Button wins in Bahrain

Button wins in Bahrain

Rediff.com27 Apr 2009

Jenson Button won the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday for the Formula One championship leader's third victory in four races this season.

Button wins Malaysian GP

Button wins Malaysian GP

Rediff.com5 Apr 2009

Britain's Jenson Button won a Malaysian Grand Prix cut short by heavy rain on Sunday for his second victory in a row for the new Brawn GP team.

Rookie Marquez becomes youngest world champion

Rookie Marquez becomes youngest world champion

Rediff.com10 Nov 2013

Spanish rookie Marc Marquez became the youngest ever MotoGP world champion at the age of 20 when he finished third in the 18th and final race of the season in Valencia on Sunday.

Bahrain Grand Prix: Rosberg romps to fifth win in a row

Bahrain Grand Prix: Rosberg romps to fifth win in a row

Rediff.com3 Apr 2016

Germany's Nico Rosberg romped to his fifth win in a row for Mercedes on Sunday and ended Formula One champion team mate Lewis Hamilton's hopes of a third successive Bahrain Grand Prix victory.

Analysts remain selective about space-related stocks

Analysts remain selective about space-related stocks

Rediff.com7 Mar 2024

Recently, the government relaxed foreign direct investment (FDI) norms for the space sector by allowing 100 per cent FDI in manufacture of components, systems or sub-systems for satellites, ground segments, and user segments. It also permitted 74 per cent FDI in satellite manufacturing and operation as well as satellite data products and 49 per cent in development of launch vehicles and spaceports. Following this, stocks of related companies saw an uptick on the bourses.

Sutil confident of ending F1 season on a high

Sutil confident of ending F1 season on a high

Rediff.com9 Aug 2010

Force India driver Adrian Sutil is confident of picking up points in the remaining seven races of the Formula 1 season and finish 2010 on a high.

World lauds ISRO for Chandrayaan-3's success

World lauds ISRO for Chandrayaan-3's success

Rediff.com23 Aug 2023

India scripted history as the ambitious third Moon mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) touched down on the Moon's south pole, propelling the country to an exclusive club of four and making it the first nation to land on the uncharted surface.

Vettel's dark cloud follows him to Hungary

Vettel's dark cloud follows him to Hungary

Rediff.com2 Aug 2010

Sebastian Vettel thought he had the Hungarian Grand Prix in the bag on Sunday but ended up disappointed and disgruntled while Red Bull team mate Mark Webber grabbed another win.

Hamilton determined to get back on top

Hamilton determined to get back on top

Rediff.com4 Nov 2009

Lewis Hamilton will be pushing McLaren harder than ever over the next few months to make sure he does not have to endure another 'character-building' season like the one just finished. The 2008 world champion started the Formula One campaign with a disqualification, battered by a storm over lying to stewards in Australia and struggling with a car that was painfully off the pace.

Images: Hamilton back on top after Canada win

Images: Hamilton back on top after Canada win

Rediff.com14 Jun 2010

Lewis Hamilton drove a superb tactical race to hold off his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button and win Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix from pole position and jump to the top of the Formula One drivers' championship.