The 2011 Chinese Grand Prix brought a much needed end to Red Bull Racing and Sebastian Vettel’s dominance. While I am a huge Vettel fan, I feared a 2004-style Ferrari-Schumacher …
Author: Kunal Shah
Kunal Shah
Kunal Shah is an FIA-accredited Formula 1 journalist who has been reporting on Formula 1 for nearly two decades. He worked with the Force India Formula 1 Team for 6 seasons in Marketing, Sponsorship and Commercial roles. As a former single-seater racer, he was responsible for Force India's grassroots talent program, One from a Billion Hunt. Presently, he co-writes a regular Formula 1 column for Firstpost, speaks on Inside Line F1 Podcast & Pits to Podium and produces broadcast/OTT content for NENT Group (Viasport & Viaplay).
I usually try and update my blog within a day post the GP, however, my Force India F1 Academy duties have kept me away from scribbling. I had to list …
Back-to-back racing weekends are a treat for racing fans. Barely 4 days break between the Malaysian Grand Prix and the Friday Free Practice in Shanghai. However, this also means that …
Sebastian Vettel came, saw and conquered! But that’s not exactly the true story of the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix. Yes, Vettel did score a much deserved win, but at one …

Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton drove near-perfect laps to clinch P1 and P2 in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix. The most exciting part of Saturday’s Qualifying session was that …
Sebastian Vettel stomped his authority on the 2011 Australian Grand Prix and going by his domination on track he may well have stomped his authority on the 2011 Formula1 season. …
F1 2010 saw the new comer teams struggle to match the pace of the front runners. They were classified as ‘moving chicanes’ and were often thought to be unsafe moving …
The ARW or Adjustable Rear Wing is a novel concept that will be introduced in the 2011 season. Teams and drivers are already testing their systems in the pre-season tests …
It is pre-season testing time and I hear a lot of fans say that ‘testing is boring.’ Since I am associated with the sport, I do know that testing is …
Nick Heidfeld was finally confirmed by Lotus Renault GP in the middle of last week. Only a fool would disagree with their selection of Heidfeld and I really hope that …