Le 29/10, 12:43
The Williams team was rather pleased with their qualifying session today, even though the highest-placed driver – Pastor Maldonado – is only 13th on the grid. The Venezuelan believes he has a good car for race conditions and therefore expects a good battle to climb back into the top 10 and score some additional points. Rubens Barrichello, on the other hand, is perplexed and doesn't quite know what to expect for tomorrow.
Le 29/10, 12:32
A rather contrasting qualifying session for Scuderia Ferrari. Fernando Alonso will start from 3rd place on the grid tomorrow, which was quite unexpected for the Spaniard and the Italian team, even though the 150° Italia seemed competitive since Friday. However, the double world champion is not aiming for victory because he knows the Red Bull is equally competitive. As for Felipe Massa, things didn't go as well. The Brazilian driver broke his front right suspension in a collision with a curb, damaging the new wing brought by Ferrari to India. Nonetheless, he will start from 6th place on the grid and knows he has a good car for the race.
Le 29/10, 12:06
The Virgin team didn't expect to face such a challenging qualifying session today. Jérôme d'Ambrosio was outpaced by both HRT drivers, although he will ultimately start ahead of them due to two penalties. As for Timo Glock, things didn't go as planned at all. The German driver experienced a gearbox issue and could only complete one timed lap, outside the 107% rule. He will have to wait for the stewards' decision to find out if he can take part in the race tomorrow.
Le 29/10, 11:27
The two HRT drivers had a good qualifying session by beating the two Virgin drivers, but both received a five-place penalty - for a gearbox change for Ricciardo and for impeding Schumacher in Q1 for Karthikeyan. They will therefore start behind Jérome d'Ambrosio's Virgin tomorrow, but they hope to finish ahead of the Belgian and his teammate Timo Glock.
Le 29/10, 11:10
Narain Karthikeyan was penalized by the race stewards following the qualifying session. The HRT driver, who is racing at home this weekend, received a five-place grid penalty for obstructing Michael Schumacher during the first part of the Q1 qualifying session.
Le 29/10, 10:54
Kamui Kobayashi failed to qualify for Q2 today in India and although Sergio Perez managed to do so, he could only achieve the 17th and last time in Q2, which will make him start from 20th place tomorrow after the application of his penalty. The Sauber team therefore did not have a good qualifying session as both of its drivers will start far back tomorrow, but there is still hope as they will both have new tires for the race, which could allow them to climb up the ranks.
Le 29/10, 10:40
While Vijay Mallya wanted to make a decision on his drivers for 2012 after the end of the season, he might be compelled to do so as early as next week following Adrian Sutil's statements. The German driver expressed that he did not want to wait until December to know his future with the Indian team. And the Sahara Force India team boss might grant his driver's request by making a decision in the coming days.
Le 29/10, 10:25
The Team Lotus drivers faced some difficulties during the qualifying session, but that didn't stop them from recording very good times. They easily outpaced the HRT and Virgin drivers and got closer to the Sauber drivers in particular. Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli hope to enjoy themselves in tomorrow's race and, why not, join the battle with the Saubers, the Williams, and the Lotus Renaults, who start just ahead of them.
Le 28/10, 15:21
Vijay Mallya, the boss of the Sahara Force India team, revealed today that his two drivers would have a new engine this weekend for the Indian Grand Prix - the team's home race. Sutil and di Resta aim to achieve a good result, and fitting a new engine in their cars could help them reach that goal.
Le 28/10, 15:00
Mike Coughlan has been appointed Technical Director of the Williams team recently, as announced by Adam Parr, one of the officials of the Williams F1 team. Coughlan replaces Sam Michael, who competed in his last race with the British team in South Korea.
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