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Force India’s Mercedes-powered 2009 car will be revealed and run for the first time at Jerez in early March, team owner and boss Vijay Mallya said.

“The new car, VJM02, is under construction. It will have a McLaren gearbox and Mercedes engine, which is a big change from VJM01. We are going to unveil it at Jerez in early March,” the Indian billionaire explained in New Delhi.

Ferrari on Monday became the first formula one team to reveal its 2009 car – The ‘F60′, named in celebration of the fact the Italian marque is the only to have contested all sixty seasons in the sport’s history. It was launched with a low-key event at Ferrari’s Maranello headquarters.
TATA logo makes appearance in the car’s side panels (near the rear wheels)

Indian Autos Blog wish to thank Arjun from Chennai for sending us these snaps. ING was one of the key sponsors for IIT Shaastra, an annual tech fest conducted by the students of IIT . The IITians were able to convince ING to bring the Renault R28 F1 car to their campus and put it on display for the visitors to see and relish. The tech fest happened earlier this  [ Read More ]

Mercedes is to discontinue production of the iconic SLR supercar..Which left us with this sole option…

Lewis Hamilton was in Mumbai on the 24th as a part of his sponsorship commitments to Vodafone.His driving had the spectators in a tizzy at the makeshift stands at the Hakone Go-Karting track.The spectators went mad over his one handed drifts. After showing off his sklls in a special Vodafone liveried Go-Kart,he judged a race involving three Vodafone Contest winners. A very elated spectator yelled ‘Lewis, beat Kimi at Monza’.  [ Read More ]