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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicMotor racing

Topic: motor racing

Bengaluru’s pride is Monaco’s speed king. Kush Maini, the first Indian driver to win F2 race

The 24-year-old’s win is not just about speed—it’s about joining an elite group of drivers who have conquered Monaco’s unforgiving street circuit.

Race car drivers blink around same points on a track, bat eyelids less when they speed, finds iScience study

While the blinking frequency of drivers differed, they generally blinked at around the same points on each circuit, with their rate of blinking decreasing as they drove faster.

Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin look a strong package ahead of F1 in Bahrain

The Spaniard moved to the Silverstone-based team from Renault-owned Alpine at the end of last season after signing a multi-year deal as a replacement for retiring Sebastian Vettel.

Buddh International Circuit is India’s white elephant. The future of motor racing looks bleak

The racing circuit at Greater Noida is a lesson in hubris and also why there should be more planning before building infrastructure.

On Camera

Why India has friends everywhere, but leverage nowhere

India is too close to Israel for Iran’s trust, yet still blindsided. It risks losing assets like Chabahar port and export markets, while key partners don’t factor in its concerns.

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.