- 14 Jul 11, 10:02#265678
Race wins:181Drivers' titles:12Constructors' titles:8
Fantasy F1 Team = Bridewell Palace Racing
This has been rumbling for a few days now, if not longer.
On Monday, I came across the following statement from Force India team principal Vijay Mallya.
Source: BBC & Press Association
Indian driver Karun Chandhok has today come out with the following;
Source: Autosport
Bit of a change of topic. Breath of fresh air from elite team and driver talks. What do we all think?
On Monday, I came across the following statement from Force India team principal Vijay Mallya.
Force India owner Vijay Mallya is refusing to bow to pressure to put an Indian driver in his team. "I have been involved in Indian motorsport for over 30 years, and I have done whatever I reasonably could to promote sport in India," he said. "Now to be criticised, largely by the Indian folks, that I don't have an Indian driver is just blatantly unfair. My only response to them would be that I know more about Formula 1 than they do."
Source: BBC & Press Association
Indian driver Karun Chandhok has today come out with the following;
Karun Chandhok has criticised Force India boss Vijay Mallya for his comments about Indian Formula 1 drivers. "As far as the existing Indian drivers in Formula 1 are concerned, I can only feel very sorry for them," Mallya said. "They are getting drives by the teams who clearly can't compete.
"If that's what they want to do, drive a Formula 1 car for the sake of driving a Formula 1 car and winding up at the back, I can't do anything about it."
Speaking to the Reuters news agency on Wednesday, Chandhok hit out at Mallya for his comments.
He also suggested Force India's programme was simply not enough to get new Indian drivers into F1.
"I think it's a bit sad that in one breath the chairman of our Indian ASN is talking about how much he has done for Indian drivers and then in the next breath he is criticising India's only two Formula 1 drivers," Chandhok said.
"If you are going to criticise people, at least do it with some facts. Having never tested either Narain or myself in one of his cars, he doesn't have the facts.
"I understand the need to find the next Indian star, and I use the word next, not first, and the need to create more Indian F1 drivers.
"But you are not going to find the next Indian star by running events in single-engined four-stroke rental karts on 400 metre tracks made out of concrete."
Source: Autosport
Bit of a change of topic. Breath of fresh air from elite team and driver talks. What do we all think?
Race wins:181Drivers' titles:12Constructors' titles:8
Fantasy F1 Team = Bridewell Palace Racing
. But im sure you didnt mean to make it sound like that. 