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Barrichello wins Italian Grand Prix, Sutil fourth

Barrichello wins Italian Grand Prix, Sutil fourth

Rediff.com13 Sep 2009

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello won the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday in a Brawn one-two to cut team mate Jenson Button's Formula One lead to 14 points with four races remaining.

Vettel crashes out after collision with team-mate

Vettel crashes out after collision with team-mate

Rediff.com30 May 2010

Red Bull blew a one-two finish in the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday when Australian Mark Webber and Germany's Sebastian Vettel collided on lap 40 while running first and second.

Fisichella flat out to impress Ferrari

Fisichella flat out to impress Ferrari

Rediff.com29 Aug 2009

Italian Giancarlo Fisichella did his utmost to impress Ferrari with a jaw-dropping pole position for Force India at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday. With compatriot Luca Badoer spinning out and qualifying last for the second race in a row as stand-in for Ferrari's injured Brazilian Felipe Massa, Fisichella saw his chance and grabbed it with both hands in a qualifying session that almost defied belief.

Lorenzo stretches lead with French GP win

Lorenzo stretches lead with French GP win

Rediff.com24 May 2010

Spain's Jorge Lorenzo won the French MotoGP at Le Mans on Sunday to extend his world championship lead over Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi to nine points.

ICC Test Rankings: India, Kohli retain top spot

ICC Test Rankings: India, Kohli retain top spot

Rediff.com21 Jan 2019

Indian team and its skipper Virat Kohli consolidate their respective pole positions in the latest ICC Test rankings.

Rossi starts the season with a win

Rossi starts the season with a win

Rediff.com12 Apr 2010

Valentino Rossi began the defence of his MotoGP world title with victory in the floodlit Qatar Grand Prix in Doha on Sunday after Australian Casey Stoner crashed out early on. The Italian took the lead on the sixth of 22 laps when Stoner, who had started on pole position and was chasing his fourth successive Qatar win, fell while holding a two second advantage.

Massa fined after Valencia victory

Massa fined after Valencia victory

Rediff.com25 Aug 2008

The Ferrari driver was fined $14,870 after stewards decided that his release from his second pitstop had been unsafe.

Massa wins European Grand Prix

Massa wins European Grand Prix

Rediff.com24 Aug 2008

The Ferrari driver finished ahead of F1 championship leader Lewis Hamilton and BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica in that order in Sunday's race in Valencia.

Formula One: Button a winner again in Australia

Formula One: Button a winner again in Australia

Rediff.com28 Mar 2010

Formula One world champion Jenson Button timed his pitstop to perfection to chalk up his first win for McLaren in a rain-affected and entertaining Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Button a winner again in Australia

Button a winner again in Australia

Rediff.com28 Mar 2010

Formula One world champion Jenson Button timed his pitstop to perfection to chalk up his first win for McLaren in a rain-affected and entertaining Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Button wins Turkish Grand Prix

Button wins Turkish Grand Prix

Rediff.com7 Jun 2009

Jenson Button ran away with the Turkish Grand Prix Sunday to stretch his overall Formula One lead to 26 points with a sparkling sixth victory from seven races.

All eyes on Isro as India to launch Chandrayaan-3 today

All eyes on Isro as India to launch Chandrayaan-3 today

Rediff.com14 Jul 2023

Friday's mission is the fourth operational flight of LVM3 which aims to launch the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into a Geo Transfer Orbit.

Alonso demoted as McLaren denied points

Alonso demoted as McLaren denied points

Rediff.com5 Aug 2007

Alonso was given a five-place demotion for unnecessarily impeding his team mate and championship leader Lewis Hamilton in the pitlane in the final seconds of qualifying

Button wins Spanish Grand Prix

Button wins Spanish Grand Prix

Rediff.com10 May 2009

Jenson Button won the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday for his fourth victory in five races.

'The BJP want equal opportunities for the Muslims'

'The BJP want equal opportunities for the Muslims'

Rediff.com30 Apr 2009

In the first part of an interview to rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary Arun Jaitley spoke of his party's election campaign and the performance of the United Progressive Alliance government.

Images: Rossi impresses in Ferrari test

Images: Rossi impresses in Ferrari test

Rediff.com22 Jan 2010

MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi showed impressive pace in a Formula One car at the end of two days of testing with Ferrari in Barcelona on Thursday.

Stoner completes Qatar hat-trick

Stoner completes Qatar hat-trick

Rediff.com14 Apr 2009

Australian Casey Stoner ran away with the delayed MotoGP season-opener from pole position on Monday to complete a hat-trick of wins at Qatar's Losail International Circuit. Racing in warm dry conditions after Sunday's start was postponed due to heavy rainfall at the desert track, the 23-year-old Ducati rider beat world champion Valentino Rossi into second place. Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo was third.

Lotus reject Sato, eye Trulli, Kovalainen

Lotus reject Sato, eye Trulli, Kovalainen

Rediff.com13 Dec 2009

The new Malaysian-backed Lotus team have dashed Takuma Sato's hopes of a Formula One comeback with them next year, the Japanese driver's management said on Sunday. Lotus F1, run by AirAsia airline entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, are due to announce their driver line-up in Kuala Lumpur on Monday with Italian Jarno Trulli on pole position for one of the two race seats.

F1: Bottas wins Azerbaijan GP to retake championship lead

F1: Bottas wins Azerbaijan GP to retake championship lead

Rediff.com28 Apr 2019

Valtteri Bottas won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday and retook the Formula One lead from team mate Lewis Hamilton after a fourth successive one-two finish for Mercedes.

Verstappen takes F1 lead with win in Spain, agony for Leclerc

Verstappen takes F1 lead with win in Spain, agony for Leclerc

Rediff.com22 May 2022

Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two on Sunday

Third-gen Hyundai i20 is a leap forward for Korean carmaker

Third-gen Hyundai i20 is a leap forward for Korean carmaker

Rediff.com1 Dec 2020

The latest Hyundai i20 is an exciting car, given the overall drive experience, transmission, ride quality and tech. And while it may not be as low cost as a Maruti or come with the "heavy German steel-feel" of the Volkswagen, it does carve out a niche for itself at pole position with a combination of technology, styling, drive and ride comfort, and low cost of ownership, says Pavan Lall.

Hamilton takes controversial 8th home British GP win

Hamilton takes controversial 8th home British GP win

Rediff.com18 Jul 2021

Lewis Hamilton won his home British Grand Prix for a record-extending eighth time on Sunday despite a 10-second penalty for a controversial first lap collision that sent Red Bull rival Max Verstappen crashing out of the race.

Button claims 2009 F1 world championship title

Button claims 2009 F1 world championship title

Rediff.com18 Oct 2009

Jenson Button and his Brawn GP team were crowned Formula One champions on Sunday in a Brazilian Grand Prix won by Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber.

Schumacher wins Canadian Grand Prix

Schumacher wins Canadian Grand Prix

Rediff.com13 Jun 2004

The Ferrari driver is the first Formula One driver to win the same Grand Prix seven times.

CHANDRAYAAN EXCLUSIVE! 'This is text book precision!'

CHANDRAYAAN EXCLUSIVE! 'This is text book precision!'

Rediff.com24 Aug 2023

'You declare a date, time and place for the landing two months in advance and exactly at that moment, it touched on the moon.'

Coach Powar defends India women's batting flop vs Pakistan

Coach Powar defends India women's batting flop vs Pakistan

Rediff.com7 Oct 2022

India women's team head coach Ramesh Powar is hardly perturbed by the 13-run defeat against Pakistan in the Asia Cup as the team management's primary aim was to test the temperament of the younger lot in a pressure situation.

Monza should be very good for Force India

Monza should be very good for Force India

Rediff.com2 Sep 2009

Monza next time out should be very good for them as the team do seem to have fantastic straight-line speed and Singapore after that should be reasonably good as well, as the team have always been competitive on street circuits, says Karun Chandhok.

Drivers supportive of struggling Badoer

Drivers supportive of struggling Badoer

Rediff.com23 Aug 2009

Formula One drivers backed Italian Luca Badoer on Saturday after the Ferrari stand-in finished last in European Grand Prix qualifying in Valencia. McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen said modern Formula One made it difficult to jump into an unfamiliar car and go quick.

Rossi wins Malaysian MotoGP

Rossi wins Malaysian MotoGP

Rediff.com19 Oct 2008

Newly crowned world champion Valentino Rossi won Sunday's Malaysia MotoGP to register his ninth win of the season.

Kohli's heroics inspired us to victory vs Pakistan: Jemimah

Kohli's heroics inspired us to victory vs Pakistan: Jemimah

Rediff.com13 Feb 2023

Virat Kohli's MCG heroics helped inspire India's thrilling win over Pakistan at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Cape Town on Sunday, admitted match-winner Jemimah Rodrigues.

Alonso says Renault his first pick for 2009

Alonso says Renault his first pick for 2009

Rediff.com29 Sep 2008

"Renault will be my first priority because I feel I'm at home in this team," added the 27-year-old, who had said before Sunday's race that he needed a miracle to win after qualifying in 15th place.

Vettel wins Italian Grand Prix

Vettel wins Italian Grand Prix

Rediff.com14 Sep 2008

Germany's Sebastian Vettel stunned Formula One as the sport's youngest race winner at the age of 21 on Sunday with victory for Toro Rosso at the team's home Italian Grand Prix. Vettel, who had started as the youngest driver on pole position, gave his Ferrari-powered team their first win with a remarkably assured drive through the spray and slippery conditions. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who started 15th after losing a gamble with the weather in qualifying, retained his c

Hamilton wins Belgian Grand Prix

Hamilton wins Belgian Grand Prix

Rediff.com7 Sep 2008

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton seized a thrilling Belgian Grand Prix victory on Sunday after an astonishing duel with Ferrari's world champion Kimi Raikkonen over the closing laps.

SBI now offers auto loan at 8%

SBI now offers auto loan at 8%

Rediff.com29 Jun 2009

Having grabbed pole position in the automobile loan market, State Bank of India, the country's largest bank, today upped the ante by dropping the interest rate by 200 basis points for the first year of the loan.

BJP Should Read Writing On The Wall

BJP Should Read Writing On The Wall

Rediff.com17 Jul 2024

There is no use of the BJP targeting the likes of Mamata Banerjee and M K Stalin, directly by the party's political bosses, both in Delhi and the respective state capitals, or even using the Raj Bhavans to fire those salvos from. Successive elections have proved that it's counter-productive, if anything. But the BJP is yet to understand it, acknowledge it, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.

PIX: Ferrari's Sainz takes his first F1 win in a thriller

PIX: Ferrari's Sainz takes his first F1 win in a thriller

Rediff.com3 Jul 2022

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz claimed his first Formula One victory on Sunday in a thrilling British Grand Prix halted by a first-lap crash and with the added mayhem of a track invasion by protesters.

Massa, Button vie for four wins in a row

Massa, Button vie for four wins in a row

Rediff.com3 Jun 2009

Ferrari's Felipe Massa can chalk up his fourth win in a row in Turkey this weekend and stop Formula One leader Jenson Button doing the same. Massa has won the last three Turkish Grand Prix from pole position, while Brawn GP's Button is on a more immediate roll, having won five of six races so far this season and the last three in succession.

After historic 2023, ISRO is ready for packed 2024

After historic 2023, ISRO is ready for packed 2024

Rediff.com30 Dec 2023

The new year will witness two unmanned missions under the "Gaganyaan" project, deep ocean exploration project, "Samudrayaan" and many more.

Schumacher wins French Grand Prix

Schumacher wins French Grand Prix

Rediff.com16 Jul 2006

Alonso finished second while Massa was third on Sunday.

Kubica to use KERS system in Bahrain

Kubica to use KERS system in Bahrain

Rediff.com24 Apr 2009

Poland's Robert Kubica, still without a point after three races, hopes to boost his chances in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix by racing for the first time with the new KERS energy recovery system.