Indian Grand Prix to host Formula One, World Championship racing from October - 2011
Indian GP takes F1's calendar to 20 races in 2011
PARIS: An Indian Grand Prix was added to Formula One's 2011 calendar on Wednesday, while the sport's governing body also decided not to admit any new teams.
The Indian GP will be held on October 30, subject to the new circuit being approved. That takes the number of F1 races up to 20 next year as all 19 races featuring in 2010 will return.
Link:
Indian GP takes F1's calendar to 20 races in 2011 - The Times of India
India's Formula One track will be fast and challenging
2010-09-11 00:10:00
The track for India's maiden Formula One Grand Prix here will be the fastest and challenging for drivers, said organisers of the race Jaypee Sports International (JPSI).
The 5.14-km race track, which is still under construction, will host the race Oct 30 next year.
Mark Hughes, vice president (operations) of Jaypee Sports International (JPSI), said here Friday that the construction would be completed by the middle of next year.
'It was a flat land and we moved some four million cubic tonnes of earth to bring in elevation which can be up to 14 metres. The drivers are all excited. It will be one of the fastest circuits and will pose great challenge for the drivers,' said Hughes.
The track will have 16 turns and drivers will need superb skills to negotiate the sharp turns.
'The track goes up 14 metres from the first turn to the third and it will be a challenge for the drivers. Turn number 10 and eleven are very fast corners and cars will move 200 km per hour in these courses,' the official said.
The organisers taken the inputs from some of the top and drivers.
'So far, (Hispania driver) Karun Chandhok has visited the track but over the next 12 months, we will invite some other Formula One drivers. (Force India chairman) Vijay (Mallya) is interested too as it would be their home track,' Hughes said.
'Besides, there will be three natural grandstands, which are basically hillocks where people can sit and watch.'
India's Formula One track will be fast and challenging
At the makeshift office near the proposed track, Sameer Gaur, MD and CEO JayPee Sports International Limited, and Mark Hughes, vice-president operations and Boris Lazaric, COO of JPSI Construction, addressed the media for the first time on the track and its operations.
The 5.14 km-long track with 16 corners, as of now, is dotted with trucks, labourers and mounds of earth dug-up and moved about to give the Hermann Tilke-designed layout the necessary and exciting elevation changes.
This undulation is easily felt and visible at Turn 3, which is at a height of 14 metres or seven floors and leads into a blind apex, slow corner that turns into a long straight, in fact one of the longest in Formula One at 1.2 kilometres.
"We came here eight months ago when there was nothing. Since then we've moved 40 lakh cubic tonnes of earth, had over 200 engineers working on this site. There are 15 contractors and 3,000 people working and after the monsoons are over, we will double it. There were a few problems but we will finish the project on time," was Lazaric's confident assertion on Friday as the media was given its first-look at the still-developing track.
Hughes, having worked at Bahrain International Circuit and the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, brings with him considerable experience. However, it's the first time that he has been involved with a project from the start. "We're aiming for completion in mid-2011. We are on time, no worries," Hughes said.
One of the striking features of the new circuit is the 1.2km-long straight on which cars will be able to reach a speed of 318 kmph.
And Turns 10-11 - a double apex corner in which cars will be braking at a speed of about 250 kmph - will be a jaw-dropping spectacle for the 13,000 spectators that will be accommodated in the grandstand curving the turn. "There will be three natural grandstands. The design has been made so as to let fans feel like they are on the track," Lazaric said.
Indian GP takes F1's calendar to 20 races in 2011
PARIS: An Indian Grand Prix was added to Formula One's 2011 calendar on Wednesday, while the sport's governing body also decided not to admit any new teams.
The Indian GP will be held on October 30, subject to the new circuit being approved. That takes the number of F1 races up to 20 next year as all 19 races featuring in 2010 will return.
Link:
Indian GP takes F1's calendar to 20 races in 2011 - The Times of India
India's Formula One track will be fast and challenging
2010-09-11 00:10:00
The track for India's maiden Formula One Grand Prix here will be the fastest and challenging for drivers, said organisers of the race Jaypee Sports International (JPSI).
The 5.14-km race track, which is still under construction, will host the race Oct 30 next year.
Mark Hughes, vice president (operations) of Jaypee Sports International (JPSI), said here Friday that the construction would be completed by the middle of next year.
'It was a flat land and we moved some four million cubic tonnes of earth to bring in elevation which can be up to 14 metres. The drivers are all excited. It will be one of the fastest circuits and will pose great challenge for the drivers,' said Hughes.
The track will have 16 turns and drivers will need superb skills to negotiate the sharp turns.
'The track goes up 14 metres from the first turn to the third and it will be a challenge for the drivers. Turn number 10 and eleven are very fast corners and cars will move 200 km per hour in these courses,' the official said.
The organisers taken the inputs from some of the top and drivers.
'So far, (Hispania driver) Karun Chandhok has visited the track but over the next 12 months, we will invite some other Formula One drivers. (Force India chairman) Vijay (Mallya) is interested too as it would be their home track,' Hughes said.
'Besides, there will be three natural grandstands, which are basically hillocks where people can sit and watch.'
India's Formula One track will be fast and challenging
At the makeshift office near the proposed track, Sameer Gaur, MD and CEO JayPee Sports International Limited, and Mark Hughes, vice-president operations and Boris Lazaric, COO of JPSI Construction, addressed the media for the first time on the track and its operations.
The 5.14 km-long track with 16 corners, as of now, is dotted with trucks, labourers and mounds of earth dug-up and moved about to give the Hermann Tilke-designed layout the necessary and exciting elevation changes.
This undulation is easily felt and visible at Turn 3, which is at a height of 14 metres or seven floors and leads into a blind apex, slow corner that turns into a long straight, in fact one of the longest in Formula One at 1.2 kilometres.
"We came here eight months ago when there was nothing. Since then we've moved 40 lakh cubic tonnes of earth, had over 200 engineers working on this site. There are 15 contractors and 3,000 people working and after the monsoons are over, we will double it. There were a few problems but we will finish the project on time," was Lazaric's confident assertion on Friday as the media was given its first-look at the still-developing track.
Hughes, having worked at Bahrain International Circuit and the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, brings with him considerable experience. However, it's the first time that he has been involved with a project from the start. "We're aiming for completion in mid-2011. We are on time, no worries," Hughes said.
One of the striking features of the new circuit is the 1.2km-long straight on which cars will be able to reach a speed of 318 kmph.
And Turns 10-11 - a double apex corner in which cars will be braking at a speed of about 250 kmph - will be a jaw-dropping spectacle for the 13,000 spectators that will be accommodated in the grandstand curving the turn. "There will be three natural grandstands. The design has been made so as to let fans feel like they are on the track," Lazaric said.
