Team India's Narain Karthikeyan failed to finish both sprint and feature races following collisions in the third round of the A1 Grand Prix series, at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

Bruno Senna, the nephew of former triple world champion Ayrton, underwent his first full day of Formula One testing and hoped he had done enough to win a seat with Honda for the 2009 season.

Shanghai is considering axing the loss-making Formula One Grand Prix after its contract runs out in 2010, Qiu Weichang, deputy director of the Shanghai Administration of Sports, said.He added that a decision would be announced next year.

McLaren management said they might suggest preferred drivers for their new partner Force India but made it clear that they would never try to impose their will on the Vijay Mallya-owned Formula One outfit.

Force India thinktank might be disappointed not to have earned a single point in their debut Formula One season but Renault driver Nelson Piquet Junior urged for patience and said with time, the Vijay Mallaya-owned F1 team could become a force to reckon with.

Driving the new Ferrari-powered car for the first time in race conditions, Team India opened their account with a point in the A1GP with Narain Karthikeyan finishing 10th in both the sprint and feature races in the second-leg of the competition in Chengdu, China on Sunday.

Narain Karthikeyan of Team India qualified ninth (Sprint Race) and 16th (Feature Race) for the second round of the A1 Grand Prix to be run in Chengdu, China on Sunday.

In a major overhaul, Force India on Friday snapped ties with Ferrari and dumped the entire think-tank, including team principal Colin Kolles and Chief Technical Officer Mike Gascoyne.

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has rejected suggestions from Grand Prix supremo Bernie Ecclestone that the racist abuse he suffered this year could be brushed off as a "joke."

India's date with high-profile Formula One race is delayed by another year to 2011, Indian Olympic Association President Suresh Kalmadi said on Thursday but refused to give any reason for it.

Lewis Hamilton awoke on Monday in his hotel room in Brazil as Formula One's first black and youngest champion - to face global acclamation of his feats and predictions that he will be the world's highest paid sports star.

An emotional Lewis Hamilton admitted he was virtually lost for words and did not know he had succeeded on Sunday when he became the youngest man to win the Formula One drivers' world championship.

Local hero Felipe Massa of Ferrari gave his home fans something special to cheer on Saturday when he boosted his world title bid by taking pole for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix.

Vijay Mallya has not lost his trust in the race-crafts of either Giancarlo Fisichella or Adrian Sutil and Force India's flamboyant owner believes it was actually the VJM01 car which let down the drivers this season.

Formula One title favorite Lewis Hamilton has been the target of racist messages at a Web site aimed at promoting his failure in the decisive Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Ferrari returned to Europe licking their wounds on Monday after Lewis Hamilton's triumph in China left them facing serious self-analysis before next month's championship showdown in Brazil.

Britain's Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday but was denied the world championship by title rival Felipe Massa, who finished second.

Britain's Lewis Hamilton drove a dramatic last lap on Saturday to snatch pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix, where he is aiming to become Formula One's youngest ever champion.

Britain's Lewis Hamilton led the way from title rival Felipe Massa in opening practice on Friday for Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix, the penultimate race of the season.

Fernando Alonso is on a roll after winning in Singapore and Japan, and the experienced Spaniard is confident he can make it three-out-of-three in China this weekend.

Brazilian Felipe Massa has declared himself innocent of deliberately ramming into Lewis Hamilton during a heated aftermath to Japanese Grand Prix.

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso claimed his second victory of the season on Sunday when he drove to a comfortable triumph in a drama-packed Japanese Grand Prix.

It was disappointment once again for Force India drivers Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella as they will start Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix at the 19th and 20th positions respectively on the grid.

World championship leader Lewis Hamilton secured pole position on Saturday for the Japanese Grand Prix with a dazzling last-gasp lap in qualifying, leaving rival Felipe Massa in fifth.

Vijay Mallya's United Breweries on Wednesday launched a campaign to promote the Formula One Grand Prix to be held in New Delhi in 2010.