Sachin Tendulkar to support Force India Team at the Indian GP

Sachin Tendulkar is excited that the high-profile Formula One race is coming to the country with the inaugural Indian Grand Prix next week and said that he will support the Sahara Force India team.

Sachin Tendulkar has been invited by F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone himself to grace the Indian GP © Getty Images

New Delhi: Oct 22, 2011

Sachin Tendulkar is excited that the high-profile Formula One race is coming to the country with the inaugural Indian Grand Prix next week and said that he will support the Sahara Force India team.

“I am excited about Indian Grand Prix F1 race. I will support the Force India team. I have friends like Michael Schumacher but I will support Force India because that is the Indian team and country comes first,” Tendulkar said.

Tendulkar, who is passionate about fast cars, has been invited by Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone himself to grace the Indian Grand Prix at Greater Noida on October 30.

“I was passionate about cars from a young age. As I grew up, my passion for fast cars has grown,” he said.

On which car fascinated him as a child, he said “when I was young I saw these Fiat, Ambassador, at the most Contessa or Standard 2000. But my brother and others would discuss about Pala car.”

“So, the car I love to drive was Pala,” he told UTV-Bloomberg.

Tendulkar witnessed his first F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone in England while he was on the 2002 tour to England and met German legend Michael Schumacher the evening before the race day.

In fact, it was Schumacher who presented him with the keys of the Ferrari car which Tendulkar sold to a businessman from Surat recently.(PTI)