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A comparison of the newly launched VJM04 Formula one car with an average four-wheeler…

Force India Formula One Team launched its 2011 car yesterday. The VJM04 sports a new livery design and is expected to propel the Indian F1 team forward in their fourth full season.

Here are a few characteristics of the new F1 car vis-a-vis your favourite four-wheeler.

Length & Height
>> The VJM04 is 5.1 metres long as compared to an average sedan  …  More

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DAYTONA BEACH — The four greatest trophies in American motorsports now belong to one man — Chip Ganassi.

When his sports car team of Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Graham Rahal and Joey Hand won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in a wild final-lap sprint, it made the car owner the current winner of the four biggest races in the country: the 24-hour race, the Daytona 500 (with Jamie McMurray), the Brickyard 400 (McMurray) and the Indianapolis 500 (Dario Franchitti).

Even before Pruett got out of   …  More

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There have been large speculations for the last few months over the fact that a number of companies under the Volkswagen group will be potentially bidding to get their cars into the Formula 1 circuit next year. Porsche was the company with the highest probability to join Formula One. Audi and Volkswagen were also not left far behind and were also on the likely list to join the prestigious racing event. But now a new set of rumors are doing the rounds. The chances of VW joining the Formula One have gradually deemed with time but they are tipped to join the Le Mans program. Porsche is leading the list here as well.

The move away from Formula 1 towards the Le Mans program is   …  More

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