Indian F1 Track Design
India is set to host its first F1 Grand Prix in 2011. Here’s the first glimpse of the track where the race will take place. The presence of a Formula1 race in a booming economy like India’s, and where Formula1 is winning followers by the day, is very important for the sport at a time when it is struggling with financial problems.
The circuit in the Jaypee Greens Sports City, Greater Noida bears the usual hallmarks of a Hermann Tilke-designed track. But from this first impression it seems to have some of the open, flowing corners that many modern tracks often lack. It looks like a circuit in two halves, with several slow corners before and after the main start/finish straight. These are surely intended to increase opportunities for overtaking, something F1 car designers have been demanding recently. But the other half of the track includes several longer-radius corners and some quick-looking bends. It’s impossible to get any sense of gradient from this flat map, however.
It is an unusually short track – slightly under 5km (3.1 miles). That would make it shorter than any track on this year’s calendar bar the Circuit de Catalunya, Hungaroring, Interlagos and Monte-Carlo.The circuit is being built by JP Associates which is part of a large industrial conglomerate called the Jaypee Group. The circuit is being built alongside the Yamuna Expressway, a new road being built to connect India’s capital New Delhi with the country’s biggest tourist destination, the Taj Mahal, in the city of Agra.
The road to the Indian Grand Prix has not been completely smooth. The race was originally slated for the 2010 F1 calendar but Bernie Ecclestone confirmed it had been moved back to 2011. In August this year the government’s sports minister Manohar Singh Gill refused to support race promoter JPSK’s request for money to hold the race, claiming F1 is not a sport. Ecclestone dismissed the minister’s comments saying: “That’s his view. The rest of the world thinks it is a sport.” The Force India formula1 team, owned by Indian liquor-baron Vijay Mallya has set itself a target of being on the podium for the 2011 Indian Grand Prix. Time would say whether the team can achieve it’s target or not. However, it is still uncertain whether the Indian Grand Prix 2011 would in fact materialise. Reports still suggest things are moving as per schedule. For the prospective Indian Grand Prix 2011, the three2tango team would be present at the circuit and reporting on the action for sure!!!
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