i1 Super Series - Indian Racing League

Skeeter · 20 Dec 2011 at 13:33

http://www.i1superseries.com/about.html

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3213/7388485/F1-stars-join-i1-Super-Series

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I1_Super_Series

A Motorsport equivalent to Crickets IPL. 10 teams of 2 drivers using Radical SR3s. Teams are Franchises, with 1 Indian driver and 1 International driver. It pretty much follows the format of the IPL, and there is a nice $2m prize.

The current planned schedule is:

Code:

Yas Marina Circuit,Abu Dhabi - January 7,2012
Sepang International Circuit,Kuala Lumpur - January 22, 2012
Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain - February 4, 2012
Losail International Circuit,Qatar - February 11, 2012
Buddh International Circuit, New Delhi - February 26, 2012

No news yet on a UK broadcaster, but if it does make its way onto the screens here then it could be a nice little warm up to keep us occupied before the start of the F1 season, and other major series.

I don't really follow the IPL, but I understand it has been quite successful?

Kerming · 20 Dec 2011 at 13:54

wow, do you think these guys will be at the autosport show in jan??

GravyMonster · 20 Dec 2011 at 14:51

This actually sounds like it may have some legs.

Radicals are awesome cars, and great to watch as they're so nimble, plus there's some talented drivers to be in awe of, and some not so talented to provide the (hopefully painless) accidents.

Hopefully someone in the UK, like Eurosport or Motors gets it.

Skeeter · 20 Dec 2011 at 14:52

Who has the IPL broadcast rights in the UK?

GravyMonster · 20 Dec 2011 at 14:55

ITV do. They broadcast all the matches on ITV4.

Guerrilla · 20 Dec 2011 at 14:59

This could be interesting, especially due to some of the drivers who might be racing.

GravyMonster · 20 Dec 2011 at 15:01

I love twitter, just asked MotorsTV about this, and they said:

We won't have it on live (as far as I know), but we may pick up the highlight rights.

El_Watcher · 20 Dec 2011 at 15:15

An interesting driver line up

Internationals

Jacques Villeneuve
Giancarlo Fisichella
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Karun Chandhok
Jean Alesi
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Alex Yoong
Sakon Yamamoto
Mika Salo
Pippa Mann

Indian Internationals

Neel Jani
Armaan Ebrahim
Parthiva Sureswaren
Zaamin Jaffer
Mathias Lauda
Aditya Patel
Akhil Khushlani
Phiroze Billmoria
Cyndie Allemann

Indians

Gaurav Dalal
Ashwin Sundar
Vishnu Prasad
Chirag Malhotra
Abdul Ahmed
Raj Bharath
Ameya Walavalkar
Sahil Shelar
Amittrajit Ghosh
Sailesh Bolisetti
Parth Ghorpade

From those 27, the teams pick 18 to race, and interesting that they have 2 female drivers (Mann and Allemann).

I predict lots of accidents

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Skeeter · 20 Dec 2011 at 16:07

I hope this is on a Freeview channel.

GingerNinja1989 · 20 Dec 2011 at 16:18

Why is Karun Chandhok an International Driver yet Neel Jani is Indian International?

Duke · 20 Dec 2011 at 16:28

Good line up, hope it is on ITV4.

simisker · 20 Dec 2011 at 17:21

El_Watcher said:
[only] 2 female drivers (Mann and Allemann).

*ironymeter explodes*

Indy500 · 20 Dec 2011 at 17:40

Alex Yoong, Karun Chandhok and Sakon Yamamoto? This could be amusing...