FIA Awards in India

Maiden F1 race in India gave the country a special name on the world motorsports map. The circuit in India was welcomed worldwide and it gave the 2011’s Best F1 Race Promoter's Award to Jaypee Sports International Limited - the owners of Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida.

Sebestian Vettel receiving the 2011 world championship FIA award

Reports say that Indian GP organizers became the third successive promoters after Abu Dhabi (2009) and Korea (2010) won this award in their inaugural year.

German Driver Sebastian Vettel, currently driving for Red Bull was awarded the World Champion trophy for the second consecutive year.

Jenson Button and Mark Webber also received awards for second and third place finishes in the Drivers' Championship.

After receiving the award Vettel exclaims and said that "It's great to be here in India at the FIA Gala to collect my second Drivers' Championship Trophy, and also I would like to thank Renault who worked so hard all year".

Over the course of the FIA Annual General Meeting the second edition of the Indian GP was also confirmed on October 28, 2012 in the Capital.

Invitation from FIA awards for the top three F1 drivers

Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel along with Red Bull team mate Mark Webber and Jenson Button currently driving for McLaren are invited for the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Awards on Friday in India.

The awards night will be preceded by the motorsports body's Annual General Assembly.

Sebastian Vettel(left) with Jenson Button(right)and Mark Webber(next to Button)

Sebastian Vettel who won the inaugural Indian Grand Prix in October will be officially crowned the 2011 Champion at the astounding FIA award ceremony in India which has been moved from the traditional venue in Monaco.

On Sunday Matteo Bonciani, FIA's F1 head of communications announced that Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber and Jenson Button are the top drivers of the season who will be attending the FIA awards event on Friday.

Bonciani added that "the drivers should reach Delhi by Wednesday or Thursday and the awards night will be a very private moment for the drivers."

FIA and Federation of Motorsports Clubs of India (FMSCI) will be co-hosting the event and have planned various activities for the delegates, who will be part of the Annual General Assembly (AGA) beginning from Monday onwards.

Webber wins F1 2011 Brazilian GP

Mark Webber, currently driving for Red Bull won his first race of the year in Brazil.

Till 30th lap Vettel was driving in the first position but the gearbox problem in his car disallowed him from an evenly-matched contest.

Webber, Vettel’s Red Bull team-mate passed Vettel on the 30th lap, claimed victory by giving second place to Vettel and third place to Jenson Button, (currently driving for McLaren) in the driver’s championship.

Vettel says that that his team-mate has given a fantastic race and deserved his victory.

Sebastian Vettel(left) with Jenson Button(right)and Mark Webber(next to Button)

Although Vettel won here in 2010 and achieved victory in 11 races this season, the final two races have been blemished by some technical problems in his car.

During the end of the match Vettel said that "It was getting worse through the race and I ended up having to use higher gears."

This 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix paves way for Sebestian Vettel to hold an outstanding record for the maximum number of pole positions in a single season which is better than Nigel Mansell’s 1992 record.

Buddh International Circuit wins Global Award

The Buddh International Circuit (BIC), which hosted India's maiden Formula One Grand Prix last month, has been awarded the "Motorsport Facility of the Year" award at the Professional Motorsport World Expo, central Europe's leading trade-only motorsport exhibition for 2011, held in Cologne, Germany.

Boris Lazaric, COO Construction, Jaypee Sports International (JPSI) received the award on behalf of JPSI, Tuesday.

The nominees include Baltimore Street Circuit, Mugello Circuit and Phoenix International Raceway.

Manoj Gaur, the Chairman of JPSI says that "This is a very proud moment for us and it feels great to be acknowledged for the hard work that made the inaugural Indian Grand Prix at BIC a resounding success."

He also added "I would like to congratulate my team and dedicate this award to every member who worked tirelessly in making BIC a world class racing facility."

Gary Anderson, a member of the PMW Expo Awards judging panel, said the "BIC was an excellent circuit.

Over the last 10 years we have seen many new F1 circuits created around the world, most of these to an excellent standard as far as the overall facility is concerned but lacking imagination when it comes to the actual circuit design."

"Buddh International Circuit has gone the other way and created an excellent circuit layout, which the drivers, engineers and spectators love. With adequate facilities to put on a great event, it will mature into one of the best."

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2011

Though we are happy for the victory of Hamilton we should not forget to feel sad for Sebastian Vettel who was forced to retire in the first-lap.

At the exit of the first lap everything seemed ok but when Vettel turned in to he was spun off by damaging the suspension badly.

Fernando Alonso Ferrari along with Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button

Vettel says that"I lost my pressure all of a sudden from the exit of Turn One. There is nothing that I did differently to any of the others laps.

I think it may be because of the way I cut the kerb at a funny angle. It is tough, but I used the opportunity to learn a bit on the pit wall."

Report says that this is Vettel's first race retirement since Korea last year. Because of vettel’s retirement Hamilton, Alonso, Button and Webber got an unbelievable start.

Daniel Ricciardo of HRT-Cosworth, Sebastien Buemi of STR-Ferrari and Jerome d'Ambrosio of Virgin-Cosworth are the drivers who got retired from Abu Dhabi grand prix because of the problem in the car.

After a long time Hamilton is back with a tremendous victory in Abu Dhabi GP 2011 with Fernando Alonso in the 2^nd place with 18 points and Jenson Button in 3^rd place with 15 points.

Overall, it was an unlucky race for Vettel and a lucky race for Hamilton clearly being the happiest person after winning Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2011.

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FIA confirmed the name change for the three teams

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) officially confirmed that the three teams Caterham, Lotus and Marussia will be allowed to change their names.

F1 team Virgin

Those three teams have received approval to change their names at the F1 commission meeting held in Geneva and the changes have since been authorized by the FIA.

The following are the three teams with their changed names

S.No.	Name of the team	Current name	Changed to
1	Caterham F1 Team	Lotus	Caterham
2	Lotus Renault GP	Renault	Lotus
3	Marussia F1 Team	Virgin	Marussia

Caterham F1 Team has changed its name from Lotus to Caterham after the team boss Tony Fernandes bought the British sports car constructor.

Marussia F1 Team has switched its name from Virgin to Marussia, the famous Russian sportscar maker.