NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The indifference shown by the majority of India’s deep-pocketed corporates towards Formula One has baffled team bosses who expect them to warm to the sport following the success of last weekend’s inaugural Indian Grand Prix.

The teams are mostly happy with Formula One’s newest host and believe they have chanced upon a huge untapped market in one of the world’s fastest growing economies.

NEW DELHI, Nov 1 (Reuters) – The indifference shown by the
majority of India’s deep-pocketed corporates towards Formula One
has baffled team bosses who expect them to warm to the sport
following the success of last weekend’s inaugural Indian Grand
Prix.

The teams are mostly happy with Formula One’s newest host
and believe they have chanced upon a huge untapped market in one
of the world’s fastest growing economies.

NOIDA, India (Reuters) – Narain Karthikeyan made his point in his home Indian Grand Prix on Sunday even if he never came close to scoring one.

The 34-year-old Chennai-born driver replaced HRT regular Vitantonio Liuzzi for his country’s inaugural grand prix and finished 17th and ahead of team mate Daniel Ricciardo at the Buddh International Circuit.

NOIDA, India (Reuters) – Narain Karthikeyan made his point in his home Indian Grand Prix on Sunday even if he never came close to scoring one.

The 34-year-old Chennai-born driver replaced HRT regular Vitantonio Liuzzi for his country’s inaugural grand prix and finished 17th and ahead of team mate Daniel Ricciardo at the Buddh International Circuit.

NOIDA, India, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Narain Karthikeyan made his
point in his home Indian Grand Prix on Sunday even if he never
came close to scoring one.

The 34-year-old Chennai-born driver replaced HRT regular
Vitantonio Liuzzi for his country’s inaugural grand prix and
finished 17th and ahead of team mate Daniel Ricciardo at the
Buddh International Circuit.

NOIDA, India (Reuters) – Force India are likely to announce their 2012 driver line-up within a week or two, the Formula One team’s co-owner Vijay Mallya said Saturday.

German driver Adrian Sutil, who could be replaced by compatriot Nico Hulkenberg alongside Britain’s Paul di Resta, has asked Mallya for a quick decision.

NOIDA, India, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Force India are likely to
announce their 2012 driver line-up within a week or two, the
Formula One team’s co-owner Vijay Mallya said on Saturday.

German driver Adrian Sutil, who could be replaced by
compatriot Nico Hulkenberg alongside Britain’s Paul di Resta,
has asked Mallya for a quick decision.

NOIDA, India (Reuters) – Force India co-owner Vijay Mallya on Friday fiercely defended India’s right to host a Formula One grand prix race, saying the country’s economic growth was as much a reality as its poverty.

Critics have flayed this weekend’s inaugural Indian Grand Prix as an instance of misplaced priority in the world’s second most populous nation with an abysmal malnutrition rate and skewed economic growth.

NOIDA, India, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Force India co-owner Vijay
Mallya on Friday fiercely defended India’s right to host a
Formula One grand prix race, saying the country’s economic
growth was as much a reality as its poverty.

Critics have flayed this weekend’s inaugural Indian Grand
Prix as an instance of misplaced priority in the world’s second
most populous nation with an abysmal malnutrition rate and
skewed economic growth.

NEW DELHI, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Three Indian teenagers, picked
by a panel including Lewis Hamilton’s father Anthony, were
presented by Force India on Thursday as winners of a competition
to find and fund future Formula One drivers.

The British-based team plans to finance their training in
Europe as part of the “One from a Billion” search.