The first F1 race in the United States since the event at Indy in 2007.
He will be a crowd favorite at the F1 race this November in Austin.
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Vicky Chandhok - the father of F1 racer Karun - is heavily involved in the organisation of the Delhi F1 race.
The Jaguar, which benefits from an alliance with the Williams F1 race team, is a tour de force, no doubt about it.
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Di Grassi, whose move was exclusively predicted by BBC Radio Sheffield, became Renault's reserve driver in 2009 but will now make his F1 race debut with Virgin Racing.
Like a F1 race car, a driver will be able to call on that added boost for a launch down the straightaway or coming out of a corner.
The F1 Race in Shanghai, which was a few days earlier, and which I also attended, provides further visibility into the high profile that the automobile is achieving in China.
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But Zayed al-Zayani, chairman of the Bahrain International Circuit where the F1 race will be staged, said Tuesday that criticism of the authorities was misplaced, blaming "scaremongering tactics" for raising doubts over whether the race should proceed.
Sunday's race will be the first time an F1 race has started in daylight and ended under floodlights and the drivers were quick to get out onto the track to assess the impact of the changing light conditions and the cooler track temperatures.
But the lack of consistency that so angers F1 teams about race stewards was on display several times at Spa.
The Italian team, who celebrated their 800th F1 world championship race in Istanbul, have dropped from second to third in the constructors' standings after McLaren gained maximum points from Turkey.
Mr. Kumar: We provide connectivity for the 20 race locations around the world, and that enables both F1 and some of the race teams to optimize and fully leverage the data that's being collected from the track and the races to improve the performance of cars on the circuit.
The last woman to race an F1 car was Lella Lombardi back in 1976.
After the race, F1 drivers pleaded with the sport's authorities not to overreact to the security scare.
The 28-year-old, who has won the Champ Car title for the last three years, made the decision to fulfil a long-held dream to race in F1.
F1 teams battle from race to race to make minor adjustments which often have a big impact on performance, and Alonso gave credit to Ferrari's technicians for improving the cars.
The news came on the same day the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the body which governs global motorsport, confirmed the 20-race 2012 F1 calendar, which is set to be the longest in the sport's history.
Speaking on the BBC's F1 forum after the race, Williams boss Frank Williams described Barrichello's outburst as "a bit of a red card job" but he said it would not be enough for him to sack a driver.
The British Grand Prix at Silverstone is the next race on the F1 calendar on 11 June.
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In the closest race to an F1 championship in recent history, each is vying for the top spot.
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It was a huge step into the dark for a conservative sport built on convention, but F1's first night race was universally acclaimed.
The next race on the F1 calendar is the European Grand Prix in Valencia on August 23, with the teams now a week into the month-long summer break.
Schumacher holds F1 records for most championships, race victories, fastest laps, pole positions and more.
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Williams' Pastor Maldonado, who won last year's race for his maiden F1 victory, was back in 18th behind his rookie teammate Valtteri Bottas.
Bahrain is scheduled to be the fourth race in the 2012 F1 season, which starts on March 18 with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
The UK-based outfit's name change officially ends the dispute over the use of the Lotus name in F1, with Renault set to race as Lotus next year.
However an all-party parliamentary committee of British MPs at a news conference on Tuesday called for sponsors and drivers to withdraw from the race and for the F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone to cancel it.
He became the youngest race-winner in F1 history when he won the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, and its youngest world champion in 2005, though he has lost those marks to Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton.
"At this rate, F1 is going to become a pit-stop contest with a few race laps thrown in, " Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 F1 champion, said during television commentary.
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