Mercedes’ Duo Hamilton & Rosberg Heading to Season-Ending F-1Showdown

 September 14, 2016   R K Gupta

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At Belgian GP on August 28, where championship leader Lewis Hamilton was slapped a heavy penalty for engine replacement, the British driver made a valiant attempt after starting from the back row. He fought his way through the maze of traffic and one by one kept overtaking the drivers as he made an impressive progress […]

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Marc Marquez Misses Misano Podium but Still Remains 2016 MotoGP Championship

Marc Marquez Misses Misano Podium but Still Remains 2016 MotoGP Championship Leader

 September 13, 2016   R K Gupta

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Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa put paid to his 5-race podium drought with an amazing victory in the San Marino MotoGP last Sunday. But with track temperatures rising, the Misano MotoGP was probably more about tyre-choice strategies. Europe has been rainy this season and wet-to-dry surfaces have prompted the riders and their team managers to […]

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Maverick Vinales Wins Silverstone MotoGP

Maverick Vinales Wins Silverstone MotoGP but Marquez Still Leads in Championship Race

 September 6, 2016   R K Gupta

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2016 is turning out to be an amazing MotoGP season, where the last six races have seen six different winners. Beginning with the Italian GP on May 22 won by Jorge Lorenzo, Catalunya MotoGP on June 5 was taken by Valentino Rossi; Jack Miller won at the Dutch GP on June 26; Marc Marquez won […]

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Marquez Gets Ready for British MotoGP after Missing Podiums at Austria and Czech Republic

 September 1, 2016   R K Gupta

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With 7 MotoGP races remaining this season, Spain’s Repsol Honda rider Marc Marquez still holds a 53-point lead over his nearest rival Valentino Rossi of Yamaha Movistar. This is despite the 2013 & 2014 World Champion finishing fifth in Austria’s Red-Bull ring on August 14 and third at the Czech MotoGP in Brno on August […]

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Force India Rules as Best of the Rest

Force India Rules as Best of the Rest in Sunday’s Belgian F1 GP Won by Nico Rosberg

 August 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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Force India drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez both produced brilliant performances to finish fourth and fifth in the F1 GP at Belgium on Sunday August 28, 2016.  Their personal achievements aside, the two drivers enabled Force India to reach the peak of fourth place in the constructors’ championship leaderboard after they surpassed Williams at […]

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Rosberg at Hungarian GP

Hamilton Pips Rosberg at Hungarian GP in a Mercedes 1-2 But Off-the-Field Tiffs Continue

 July 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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For the fifth time in his F1 career, Lewis Hamilton has emerged victorious in the Hungarian Grand Prix by easing out his Mercedes teammate and pole-winner Nico Rosberg. In the 11th meeting of this year’s F1 calendar on Sunday, Hamilton’s win has taken him on top of the drivers’ championships standings for the first time. […]

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Magical Marc Marquez Makes Miraculous Recovery to Win German MotoGP at Sachsenring

 July 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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Championship leader Marc Marquez veered away from the race-track during Sunday’s German MotoGP and dropped to the fourteenth place at one stage. But the Spaniard, who has never lost at Sachsenring, engineered a great comeback and notched up another impressive victory. It was all about timing the change of tyres on the wet-dry track and […]

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Lewis Hamilton Wins

Lewis Hamilton Wins Silverstone’s British F1 GP for Third Straight Year Rosberg Penalized

 July 12, 2016   R K Gupta

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World Champion British driver Lewis Hamilton delivered a stunning pole-to-flag winning performance in the 2016 Formula 1 British Grand Prix on Sunday. In a huge same-day success story for sports in Great Britain, what Hamilton began on Sunday afternoon was superbly complimented a few hours later by Andy Murray’s championship victory at the tennis mecca […]

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Lewis Hamilton Wins Controversy-Ridden Austrian GP Gets into another Tiff with Rosberg

 July 6, 2016   R K Gupta

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In a thrilling lap-last duel, Mercedes teammates and bitter rivals, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg made contact with each other. Until then, Rosberg had appeared a clean winner but the damaged front wing threw him down the order and despite being pushed wide, Hamilton finished winner. Rosberg was thoroughly peeved at the incident and blamed […]

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Force India’s Sergio Perez Takes Season’s 2nd Podium as Rosberg Wins European GP at Baku

 July 1, 2016   R K Gupta

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For the first time in history, the European Formula-1 GP was held in Azerbaijani capital Baku. After some setbacks earlier in the season, Mercedes’ championship leader Nico Rosberg returned to the winning ways. Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari was second but for Indian Motorsports fans, the reason for cheer in Baku’s inaugural race […]

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