The wait for an F1 race in India just got longer. It is now going to make its debut in India in 2010, and not in October 2009 as announced earlier in June. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said on Monday it was on course to stage a Formula One grand prix after an inspection of possible sites around New Delhi. Two sites, Sohna in Gurgaon and Greater Noida have been identified for the race - both sites are in the National Capital Region. The sites were shortlisted after F1 chief architect Herman Tilke's recent visit to India. IOA President Suresh Kalmadi said,   The race could be held in March 2010, as the first race of the season, ...

    Karun Chandhok became the first Indian driver to win a GP2 Series event. Karun Chandhok has taken an emotional victory in Spa-Francorchamps for Durango, the first indian ever in the GP2 Series and Durango’s first win since Nurburgring 2005. A clearly overwhelmed Karun wept on the podium as the Indian national anthem rang out for the first time at a Grand Prix. Karun won the race with a stunning pass on Andy Soucek who finished second top take DPR’s first podium of the season, with Lucas di Grassi third for ART Grand Prix. This win has pushed the 23-year-old up five places from 19th to 15th in the standings with 15 points. A most delighted Chandhok, who started second on the grid ...

  McLaren have been stripped of their points and disqualified from the 2007 Formula One constructors’ championship. What is Formula One Spygate?  The Formula One Spygate is all about whether McLaren had confidential information that details exactly how the Ferrari team were running their season; the car, the tactics, and what they were going to do. The suggestion is that Nigel Stepney, a very senior engineer at Ferrari, passed a dossier of data plus other bits and pieces to McLaren's chief designer, Mike Coughlan. According to CNN, Mike Coughlan's wife, Trudy Coughlan, had taken the document for duplication at a copy shop near McLaren's Woking headquarters. An employee of the copy shop, suspicious that confidential data was being copied, blew the whistle to Ferrari. ...

McLaren have been stripped of their points in the 2007 Formula One constructors' championship. The FIA World Motor Sport Council has disqualified McLaren from the 2007 constructors' championship and fined the team $100 million, which is a biggest fine in motorsport history. After a day of discussions and considerations at the hearing in Paris, the governing body decided to punish the team for possessing the confidential Ferrari data. The decision to exclude Mclaren, who were leading the Constructors' Championship with 166 points results in handing over the title to Ferrari who has got 143 points.  However, McLaren's drivers have not received any penalty. Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso's battle for the world championship will therefore continue unaffected in the remaining four rounds. History and Timeline ...

The Liquor Baron, Vijay Mallya, chairman and CEO of Kingfisher Airlines and Dutch entrepreneur Michiel Mol look set to become the new owners of the Spyker Formula One team, which was bought from the Midland Group only a year ago by sportscar makers Spyker Cars. Strongwind, Mol’s investment arm, and Watson Limited – owned by Mallya – have made the offer. Spyker F1 is owned by Dutch sportscar maker Spyker Cars, who acquired the Formula One team from Midland (MF1) for $106.6 million last year. Midland owned the team before Spyker for two years before selling it. Before that, the Formula One Team was originally called Jordan and run by Eddie Jordan. If the takeover goes ahead, it means the formula 1 team may go one more ...

Former triple Formula One motor racing champion Nelson Piquet has been sent to driving awareness school for repeated speeding and parking offences.  The 54-year-old Nelson Piquet, who won the titles in 1981, 1983 and 1987 lost his license last month after a series of speeding and parking offenses. He didn't contest the charges. Piquet's wife, Viviane, also joined her husband in the class after having her license taken away for bad driving. The couple will have to attend mandatory classes over eight days and pass an exam before getting back their licenses. Piquet told Brazilian media, I think we have to pay for our mistakes. It's not just a speeding problem, I got tickets for all kinds of reasons, like parking where ...

The Liquor Baron, Vijay Mallya, chairman and CEO of Kingfisher Airlines, is targeting to bring Formula One to India by 2010 if not 2009. A few months back, Vijay Mallya had met Shiela Dikshit to express his willingness to support in hosting the event. Mallya said it did not take him long to decide to participate in Formula One once it became clear that he was  looking for a global platform. He said, "I have participated in Formula One with the Benetton team in the 1990's.  I have a basic interest in Formula One. I am the chairman of the local FIA for the past 20 years so; motor sport is second nature to me". Mallya said in an interview with Formula ...