Indian Grand Prix

Indian Grand Prix

statistics
Surname:	Indian Grand Prix (2011) Airtel Indian Grand Prix (2012–)
Racing series:	Formula 1 (2011-2013)
Racetracks:	Buddh International Circuit
Last Grand Prix
Indian Grand Prix
Season:	2013
Racetrack:	Buddh International Circuit
Race length:	307.249 km in 60 laps of 5.125 km
Winner:	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull-Renault )
Pole position:	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull-Renault )
Fastest lap:	Kimi Raikkonen ( Lotus-Renault )
Records
Most wins:	Sebastian Vettel (3)
Most Poles:	Sebastian Vettel (3)

The Grand Prix of India was in the Formula 1 season in 2011 until the Formula 1 season in 2013 year as a race of the Formula 1 World Championship in India held. Sebastian Vettel was able to win all three races ; he also secured pole position each time. Vettel also holds the lap record in the race with a time of 1: 27.249 minutes, which he achieved in 2011.

The main sponsor of the event was the Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel .

route

The racetrack, the Buddh International Circuit , was built about 50 kilometers south of Delhi in Greater Noida , has a length of 5.137 kilometers and was designed by the well-known racetrack designer Hermann Tilke . The completion date planned for spring 2011 for the course, which has 150,000 seats and is part of a large sports complex, could not be met. However, the official handover took place 12 days before the first race date (October 30, 2011). The construction costs of the route were between 290 and 400 million euros.

history

Despite the very high admission prices for average Indian earners, the first Grand Prix on the course was well attended with 95,000 visitors.

After the number of spectators had dropped dramatically, the Grand Prix was already deleted from the calendar of the Formula 1 World Championship after the third edition. One of the reasons, in addition to the low number of spectators, bureaucratic hurdles and financial problems of the organizer (the Indian Grand Prix was one of the few grands prix not supported by the respective state government), was the tax burden that was too high for the teams. The race was originally planned to return to the calendar for 2015 , then for 2017, but both dates were not included in the respective calendar.

Results

Edition	year	route	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap
1	2011	Greater Noida	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Jenson Button ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )
2	2012	Greater Noida	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Mark Webber ( Red Bull - Renault )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Jenson Button ( McLaren - Mercedes )
3	2013	Greater Noida	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Romain Grosjean ( Lotus - Renault )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Lotus - Renault )

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ India "as good as done": Worries unfounded? , motorsport-total.com from August 18, 2011; Accessed November 8, 2015
2. ^ "India: First details about the route in Noida" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 28, 2010)
3. ↑ Does team order cost Vettel's chances of a record? , Abendblatt.de of October 26, 2013; Accessed November 8, 2015
4. ^ Motorsport: Die Saat des Betons , Spiegel Online from October 24, 2011; Accessed November 8, 2015
5. ↑ 95,000 spectators: Association draws a positive balance , motorsport-total.com of October 30, 2011; Accessed November 8, 2015
6. ↑ ^{a b} [1] , motorsport-total.com of December 12, 2013; Accessed November 8, 2015
7. ↑ 2014 calendar with 19 races officially approved , motorsport-total.com from December 4, 2013; Accessed November 8, 2015
8. ↑ Ecclestone confirms return to India from 2015 , motorsport-total.com of November 2, 2013; Accessed November 8, 2015
9. ↑ India Promoter: return planned for 2017 , motorsport-total.com of November 11, 2014; Accessed November 8, 2015