Pole lap - India 2011 (video)

1:24.178

                  Sebastian Vettel

Driver standings by Qualifying after India 2011

1. Sebastian Vettel 394pct  
2. Mark Webber 254pct 
3. Lewis Hamilton 252pct  
4. Jenson Button 196pct
5. Fernando Alonso 187pct 
6. Felipe Massa 148pct
7. Nico Rosberg 106pct
8. Vitaly Petrov 43pct
9. Michael Schumacher 40pct
10. Paul di Resta 15pct
11. Jaime Alguersuari 15pct

Qualifying Buddh International Circuit - starting grid 2011(India)

1. Sebastian Vettel 1:24.178

2. Lewis Hamilton 1:24.474(3 place grid penalty for speeding while yellow flag in a practice session)  

3. Mark Webber 1:24.508 



4. Fernando Alonso 1:24.519  
5. Jenson Button 1:24.950  
6. Felipe Massa 1:25.122

Practice 3 in India - Results

2011

1. Sebastian Vettel 1:24.824  
2. Jenson Button 1:25.191 
3. Mark Webber 1:25.203 
4. Lewis Hamilton 1:25.288 
5. Fernando Alonso 1:25.784

Practice 1 and 2 in India - Results

2011

Practice 2
1. Felipe Massa 1:25.706 
2. Sebastian Vettel 1:25.794 
3. Fernando Alonso 1:25.930  
4. Lewis Hamilton 1:26.454

Preview 2011 Buddh International Circuit, Indian GP

The Grand Prix of India will be a F1 race held at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. Noida is located in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh state. Noida is about 20-kilometre southeast of New Delhi. It is bound on the west and south-west by the Yamuna River, on the north and north-west by the city of Delhi, on the north-east by the cities of Delhi and Ghaziabad and on the north-east, east and south-east by the Hindon River. Noida falls under the catchment area of the Yamuna river, and is located on the old river bed.

Technical detailes
Buddh International Circuit has 5.14 km, 60 laps clockwise with a race distance of 308 km; 3 highspeed straches, 4 slow turns, 2 ideal spots for overtaking and a top speed over 320 km/h wit a hot lap time arround 1:22.000. Best preview Redbull (Webber comment):

RedBull presented Indian GP with 2 amazing videos, first in 3d(above) and second with very nice quality and nice camera angles:

Wikipedia History
As early as 1997, there have been plans to host an Indian Grand Prix at Calcutta. In 2003, India had only two permanent raceways, one in Chennai (Irungattukottai), and Kari Memorial Speedway in Coimbatore. At that time two 2.4 km2 sites in the vicinity of the Bangalore airport were examined. Also, in the state Andhra Pradesh, chief minister Chandrababu Naidu reserved 6.1 km2 of land near the airport at Hyderabad. In December 2003, a seven-year pre-agreement to host the GP in Hyderabad in 2007 was signed. The track was to be build near Gopanapally village, near the outskirts of Hyderabad, and consisted of 5.53 km2 of land.
As of 2007, five locations remained in the running for hosting the Indian Grand Prix: Bangalore, the Gurgaon district in the state Haryana, a permanent track somewhere near New Delhi, a street circuit in New Delhi, as proposed by Vijay Mallya, and a site in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
Following months of negotiations, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and Bernie Ecclestone announced in June 2007 a provisional agreement for India to host its first Grand Prix in the 2009 F1 season. The track would be built in the Gurgaon, on recommendation by architect Hermann Tilke.
However, in September 2007 the IOA announced that the debut race would take place in 2010 on the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida. After further assessments of the timeframe involved, Bernie Ecclestone announced in September 2008 that the Indian Grand Prix has been delayed to 2011.

The latest development (January 2010) with the circuit in India was the appointment of Mark Hughes, former number 2 at the Bahrain International Circuit for 5 years and also advisor to the Yas Marina Circuit for their first Grand Prix at the end of 2009. But on January 24, 2011, Hughes confirmed that he quit the Indian job due to 'personal reasons'. His post later went to Mr. Azhar Rehman, a former race organiser in Sepang, Malaysia. It is the second fastest circuit in the world with top speed of about 318 km/h. Delhi has been seeing a lot of infrastructure developments for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. However, there has been no direct funding provided for an Indian Grand Prix yet.

Experts are also of the view that once the Indian Grand Prix kicks off, it has the potential to generate around $170 million in revenue and employ as many as 10,000 people. The opportunity in advertising tie-ups between manufacturers and F1 cannot be overlooked either. The race was to coincide with the important Diwali holiday, when consumer spending is typically at its highest and many are travelling, so economic prospects are excellent.

Sponsors

On 18 August, 2011, Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel's CEO Sunil Mittal announced that Airtel would be the title sponsor of the Indian Grand Prix, and also unveiled the official logo of the Airtel Grand Prix of India. Other official partners include :
- Bookmyshow.com is the official online ticketing partner
- Hero MotoCorp Limited announced it's sponsorship of Indian Driver Narain Karthikeyan and his team HRT F1 for the event
- Mercedes-Benz announced its partnership with Buddh International Circuit to the become official automotive partner of the event
- TAG Heuer launched its limited edition watch for the Grand Prix
- RE Rogers was announced as the logistics partner for the event
- Lodestar UM’s will provide all media solutions across TV, print, outdoor, radio and digital media
- Automobile major Mahindra & Mahindra Limited announced the provision of the intervention and support vehicles required during the event
- Mudra India was announced as the creative partner of the Grand Prix

- Puma was announced as the official merchandise partner for the Grand Prix







Now lets see a track simulation for flying lap at India GP:

New Jersey announces 2013 F1 Grand Prix of America

Race promoter Leo Hindery Jr., executive chairman of F1 GP of New Jersey, announced that USA will play host to 2 rounds of the Formula 1 season from 2013 onwards after official confirmation of a race on the banks of the Hudson River in New Jersey wich will be known as the Grand Prix of America.The event will run on existing roads through Port Imperial with 3.2 mile street circuit running through West New York and Weehawken with Manhattan serving as a backdrop to the race.The new circuit, which will feature a range of elevation changes, is described as being similar to Spa but with the feel of Monaco (because of stretch, with a long uphill climb [à la Sainte Devote to Casino Square] a sharp downhill with a hairpin, and then a relatively flat, high-speed section running along the waterline) and is set to be designed by Herman Tilke.
Unlike the event in Austin, Texas which will join the F1 schedule next year, the Grand Prix of America will not be subsidised by public funds.
Up to 100.000 people were expected to attend across practice, qualifying and race day.
Presentation F1 America circuit for 2013:


New Jersey found in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States it is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware. New Jersey's climate divides into regions with the south, central, and northeast parts of the state have a humid mesothermal climate, while the northwest has a humid continental climate (microthermal), with slightly cooler temperatures due to higher elevation. Precipitation falls on an average of 120 days a year, with 25 to 30 thunderstorms, most of which occur during the summer, so we may have a wet race for 2013 in US.

News

- drivers will get 2 chances per lap to use DRS at Grand Prix of India. It follows the use of two zones in Canada, Valencia and Monza races earlier in the year. Like Monza, the all-new Buddh International Circuit will have independent detection points for each of its two zones - unlike Montreal and Valencia where both zones shared one detection point. The first zone detection point is 10 metres after the penultimate Turn 15, with its activation point just 36 metres into the start-finish straight, which should ensure plenty of passing into the third-gear right hander that is Turn One and second DRS zone detection point comes 16 metres before the Turn Three hairpin. Drivers can then activate DRS 510 metres into the New Delhi circuit’s back straight, which is one of the longest on the calendar

- Team Lotus decided that Karun Chandhok will not participate in this weekend’s inaugural Indian Grand Prix, although the national driver will take part in Friday’s first practice session. This confirms that HRT’s Narain Karthikeyan will be the only Indian driver in the country’s maiden race

- Adrian Sutil has insisted that he cannot wait until December for Force India boss Vijay Mallya to reveal his 2012 plans and he will speak with the indian chief. This comes as rumours continue to circulate that the German may be left on the sidelines as compatriot Nico Hülkenberg joins the race team alongside Scotland’s Paul di Resta(gpupdate source)

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