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The JK Tyre Xtreme 4Play, North India's biggest off-roading competition, was flagged off here on Friday evening during a grand ceremony, with as many as 15 top teams from across the country competing for honours in their modified cars. Local team and defending champions Gerrari Off Roaders will begin as the favourites to conquer the various obstacles in this seven-stage event that is being held at Kikar Lodge, India's first private forest reserve, spread across 1800 acres on the foothills of Shivalik Mountains in Punjab.

We recently told you that Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso has been signed on to drive in the 2018/19 World Endurance Championship this season. While the move is a big one, Toyota, the team that Alonso has signed up with, wants to ensure the driver's F1 commitments are not disturbed. Motorsport reports that Toyota has requested to change the date for the Fuji round of the WEC this year.

Felix Rosenqvist, the Mahindra Racing driver & the current Formula E Drivers' Championship leader, joins us on the Inside Line F1 Podcast.

Electric GT Holdings said that the first EPCS championship would start in mid-2018, with races around Europe, and involve up to 20 drivers competing in race-prepared Tesla Model S P100D cars.

The changes will also apply to other motorsports series - such as F2 - that take place on GP weekends.

The spaniard will make his LMP1 race debut at Spa-Francorchamps in May 2018 and will compete in all rounds of the 2018-19 season which do not conflict with his existing Formula 1 obligations.

The second generation Formula E race car gets a complete departure in design when compared to conventional single-seater cars. Specifications for the new car will be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show on March 6, 2018.

In this week's episode of the Inside Line F1 Podcast, we discuss how fans pay to access Formula 1 too but how our wants have been long ignored and about Formula 1's plans to launch live streaming,