{"id":378,"date":"2011-10-18T17:12:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T17:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=378"},"modified":"2011-10-18T17:12:28","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T17:12:28","slug":"f1-track-unveiled-for-indian-gp-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=378","title":{"rendered":"F1 track unveiled for Indian GP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Greater Noida: <\/strong>Come October 30 and India will be witness to  one of the most spectacular events of this year \u2013 the inaugural Indian  Grand Prix. The event, which will bring India on the F1 map, will be a  treat for the sportslovers, who had been watching the racing cars zoom  past their eyes only on television sets till now. Though under storms  for one reason or the other in the recent past, the track &#8212; The Buddh  International Circuit \u2013 was on Tuesday formally unveiled to the media  amidst much fanfare and was described as one of the best by none other  than the country\u2019s first F1 driver Narain Karthikeyan.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I have raced on all the major F1 tracks across the globe and I rate  this track as one of the best in the world,&#8221; said Karthikeyan.<\/p>\n<p> The Buddh International Circuit has been designed by the world-renowned  German architect and race track designer Herman Tilke. The track has  been designed as one of the fastest and most exciting motor racing  circuits in the world. It is well suited to the requirements of  powerful, high spec racing cars and motorcycles and will host some most  challenging motorsport events on the planet. The track is a combination  of 16 corners and in terms of safety norms medical facilities and  overall infrastructure, BIC will be among the best in the world. Spread  over 875 acres, the fastest lap time on the 5.4-km racetrack is expected  to be under 1 minute 27 seconds with average speeds crossing 210 kmph.  There will be a total of 60 laps in the race.<\/p>\n<p> Speaking on the occasion, Manoj Gaur, the chairman of Jaypee Group said,  \u201cWe always try our best to create a bench mark for the project. In  terms of technology, infrastructure, manpower, primary resources which  was needed to build up the track, it was not an easy task. However the  hard work and commitment was shown by every team member and BIC is  greatest F1 circuit created by private sector,\u201d said Gaur.<\/p>\n<p> When asked about security measures, he said that they have taken all the  security measures into consideration and have made no compromise on  that front. <\/p>\n<p> On being asked about the maintenance of the track once the race gets  over, Vicky Chandhok, President of the Federation of Motor Sports Club  India, said that the circuit needed to be utilised properly. \u201cAround  $400 million has been invested in this whole project and therefore the  circuit needs to be utilized for whole year. National racing events to  be held on the track throughout the year and it will provide good  opportunity to young Indian Racers,\u201d he said.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p> Karthikeyan warmed up for the home GP by driving a Mercedes safety car  for a couple of laps to get a feel of the track, while a car show was  organised where Neel Jani, the Swiss racer of Indian origin, drove in a  Red Bull Racing car at circuit.<\/p>\n<p> On the occasion, the theme song of the event sung by leading Bollywood  and Indipop singers Leslie Lewis, Daler Mehandi, KK and Lucky Ali was  also released. <br \/> <strong><br \/> By Shraddha Bagdwal<br \/> Indian Sports News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Greater Noida: <\/strong>Come October 30 and India will be witness to  one of the most spectacular events of this year \u2013 the inaugural Indian  Grand Prix. The event, which will bring India on the F1 map, will be a  treat for the sportslovers, who had been watching the racing cars zoom  past their eyes only on television sets till now. Though under storms  for one reason or the other in the recent past, the track &#8212; The Buddh  International Circuit \u2013 was on Tuesday formally unveiled to the media  amidst much fanfare and was described as one of the best by none other  than the country\u2019s first F1 driver Narain Karthikeyan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-racing-racing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>F1 track unveiled for Indian GP - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=378\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"F1 track unveiled for Indian GP - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Greater Noida: Come October 30 and India will be witness to one of the most spectacular events of this year \u2013 the inaugural Indian Grand Prix. 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