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Indian F1 Race Day tickets go on sale

Race day tickets for India’s first ever Formula 1 race have finally gone on sale. Priced lower than the season tickets, Formula 1 Race Day tickets only allow entry on the race day i.e. on the 30th October and are thus priced considerably less than the season tickets, which had gone on sale earlier and [...]

Indian F1 race ticket price reduced

Jaypee Sports International Ltd (JSIL) has decided to slash the price of the tickets for the first ever Indian Formula 1 race by up to Rs. 20,000! As per the news reports, the price reduction would only be applicable on this Sunday, 23rd October 2011, on tickets purchased from Bookmyshow.com. On that day, tickets for [...]

Received my Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix tickets!

The courier guy from Bookmyshow just dropped off my tickets for the first ever, Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India! Ever since I received a call last night that I would be getting the delivery of my tickets today, I have been impatiently waiting for them. And the reason I am saying tickets, instead [...]

Government set to tax F1 race equipment!

In what may seem like a bizarre move, Customs Department wants the organizers of the first ever Formula 1 race in India, to pay Rs. 600 crore as custom duty, for the equipment, which would in India for just a few days! This comes as the Government has refused to accept F1 as sport, even [...]

Slightly tiring start to a hectic week

Auto Expo 2010 is all set to begin tomorrow in New Delhi and for a person running several automotive blogs and sites; it is going to be one hell of a hectic week. While today was not really hectic with only one press conference to attend to, I did have to do a lot of [...]