Indian Grand Prix 2011, Buddh International Circuit - Race 17/19

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Formula One racing is forever on the move and in 2011 ventures east yet again for the inaugural Indian Grand Prix. In light of recent F1 successes in Korea and Singapore, India - and more specifically its capital city New Delhi - is the latest Eastern powerhouse to welcome the paddock with open arms. After learning plenty of lessons from hosting the 2010 Commonwealth Games, New Delhi plans to wow the international sporting stage once more with its first race in October.

A brand new circuit has been built to the south of the city in the suburb of Noida. The track, designed by renowned circuit architect Hermann Tilke, stretches to 5.137-kilometres and is expected to seat up to 150,000 spectators. Two sizable straights and an interesting mix of corners should guarantee a track full of challenges for drivers and engineers alike.

In an interesting move, organisers also consulted several of the Formula One teams before construction began in earnest. The track design was run in various factory simulators and as a result several amendments were made in an effort to boost overtaking for the drivers - and excitement for the fans.

Four million cubic tons of earth was moved to give the track plenty of undulation, and it rises 14 metres between Turns One and Three alone. Inspiration has also been drawn from rival venues' best features, with Turkey's infamous Turn Eight inspiring a double-apex corner, slightly banked, which forms part of a 'mini-arena' which alone will accommodate 13,000 spectators.

The earthworks for the circuit were finished ahead of India's 2010 monsoon season and the track was officially opened on October 18, 2011, just under two weeks before its inaugural Grand Prix.


TV Times

Friday 28 October
First practice: 0525-0705, BBC Red Button/online
Second practice: 0925-1105, BBC Red Button/online

Saturday 29 October
Third practice: 0625-0735, BBC Red Button/online
Qualifying: 0830-1100, BBC One/online
Qualifying re-run: 1300-1400, BBC One/online

Sunday 30 October
Grand Prix live: 0830-1200, BBC One/online
F1 forum: 1200-0100, BBC Red Button/online
Grand Prix re-run: 1410-1610, BBC One/online
Highlights: 1900-2000, BBC Three/BBC HD


Track:

Track Diagram

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Track DRS

Two zones - main straight and back straight


Circuit information

Circuit Name: Buddh International Circuit
Number of Laps: 60
Circuit Length: 5.137 km
Race Distance:
Lap Record:

Mercedes said:
Initial simulation suggests that the cars will spend around 65% of the lap at full throttle, with the longest full throttle period of 14.5 seconds, between turns three and four.

The cars will exceed 285kph (177mph) at three points around the lap, while the fastest corner is expected to be turn 12, which is expected to be taken at 255kph. The maximum G-loading around the circuit is expected to be 4.0G, at turns five, nine and eleven. [...]

The circuit has similarities to [Istanbul Park in] Turkey, with a long main straight and a very long, sweeping corner (turns ten and eleven) that resembles the triple-apex turn eight in Turkey. However, while turn eight was taken with an average corner speed of 270kph, in India the corners are expected to be taken at 170 kph (turn ten) and 210kph (turn eleven) respectively. The lap time and speed will be very much dependent on the grip level achieved by the Pirelli tyres on the new asphalt surface.

A lap time of 1:25.000 would correspond to an average lap speed of 218kph, while a lap time of 1:30.000 would equate to an average lap speed of 205kph.
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Team Preview

Pirelli - http://pitpass.com/45029-Indian-GP-Preview-Pirelli
Lotus - http://pitpass.com/45036-Indian-GP-Preview-Lotus
Williams - http://pitpass.com/45031-Indian-GP-Preview-Williams
HRT - http://pitpass.com/45025-Indian-GP-Preview-HRT
Mclaren - http://pitpass.com/45021-Indian-GP-Preview-McLaren
Mercedes - http://pitpass.com/45020-Indian-GP-Preview-Mercedes



Technical Changes

http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/

Mclaren front wing - http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/mclaren-indian-front-wing-analysis/


Weather Forecast

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News




Driver Changes

Karthikeyan to take Liuzzi's race seat for the weekend.


Photos from the event

Tuesday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2011/863/general/tuesday.html
Wednesday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2011/863/general/wednesday.html
Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2011/863/general/thursday.html & http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/10/27/2011-indian-grand-prix-thursday-pictures/
Friday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2011/863/general/friday.html & http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/10/28/2011-indian-grand-prix-practice-pictures/
Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2011/863/general/saturday.html & http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/10/29/2011-indian-grand-prix-qualifying-pictures/
Sunday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2011/863/general/sunday.html & http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/10/30/2011-indian-grand-prix-pictures/


FIA Press Conference

Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/10/12693.html

Friday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/10/12706.html

Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/10/12720.html


Practice 1
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                   Time               Laps[/b]
01.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m26.836s    	       22
02.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m27.416s  + 0.580   23
03.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m27.428s  + 0.592   27
04.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m28.394s  + 1.558   23
05.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m28.531s  + 1.695   23
06.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m28.542s  + 1.706   29
07.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m28.644s  + 1.808   22
08.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m28.705s  + 1.869   23
09.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m29.219s  + 2.383   24
10.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m29.355s  + 2.519   29
11.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m29.700s  + 2.864   24
12.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                1m29.705s  + 2.869   22
13.  Bruno Senna           Renault                1m29.799s  + 2.963   20
14.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m30.132s  + 3.296   25
15.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1m30.367s  + 3.531   21
16.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m30.566s  + 3.730   19
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth      1m30.699s  + 3.833   22
18.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault          1m30.818s  + 3.982   22
19.  Karun Chandhok        Lotus-Renault          1m32.487s  + 5.651   24
20.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth           1m32.771s  + 5.935   24
21.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           1m33.928s  + 7.092   27
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth        1m34.113s  + 7.277   30
23.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth        1m35.896s  + 8.960   19
24.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m35.899s  + 9.063    4


Practice 2
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                   Time              Laps[/b]
 1.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m25.706s   	      33
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m25.794s  + 0.088  34
 3.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m25.930s  + 0.224  34
 4.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m26.454s  + 0.748  26
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m26.500s  + 0.794  30
 6.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m26.714s  + 1.008  28
 7.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m27.316s  + 1.610  34
 8.  Bruno Senna           Renault                1m27.498s  + 1.792  36
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m27.853s  + 2.147  35
10.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m27.868s  + 2.162  35
11.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                1m27.890s  + 2.184  37
12.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m28.050s  + 2.344  34
13.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m28.289s  + 2.583  36
14.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m28.552s  + 2.846  31
15.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1m28.691s  + 2.985  29
16.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth      1m28.708s  + 3.002  24
17.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault          1m29.332s  + 3.626  39
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault          1m30.241s  + 4.535  41
19.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m31.098s  + 5.392  38
20.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth        1m31.469s  + 5.763  32
21.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m31.804s  + 6.098  28
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth        1m32.593s  + 6.887  12
23.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth           1m32.768s  + 7.062  33
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           1m32.824s  + 7.118  33


Practice 3
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver              Team/Car              Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m24.824s            18
 2.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.191s  + 0.367s  15
 3.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m25.203s  + 0.379s  19
 4.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m25.288s  + 0.464s  16
 5.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m25.784s  + 0.960s  17
 6.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m26.058s  + 1.234s  16
 7.  Paul di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m26.785s  + 1.961s  19
 8.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m26.873s  + 2.049s  22
 9.  Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  1m26.958s  + 2.134s  19
10.  Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m27.146s  + 2.322s  20
11.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m27.217s  + 2.393s  21
12.  Bruno Senna         Renault               1m27.235s  + 2.411s  20
13.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m27.262s  + 2.438s  19
14.  Vitaly Petrov       Renault               1m27.280s  + 2.456s  18
15.  Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m27.387s  + 2.563s  20
16.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari        1m27.749s  + 2.925s  21
17.  Pastor Maldonado    Williams-Cosworth     1m27.793s  + 2.969s  17
18.  Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m27.875s  + 3.051s  20
19.  Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Renault         1m29.355s  + 4.531s  21
20.  Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Renault         1m29.750s  + 4.926s  19
21.  Timo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       1m30.683s  + 5.859s  23
22.  Narain Karthikeyan  HRT-Cosworth          1m30.900s  + 6.076s  25
23.  Jerome D'Ambrosio   Virgin-Cosworth       1m32.851s  + 8.027s  19
24.  Daniel Ricciardo    HRT-Cosworth          1m33.246s  + 8.422s  16


Qualifying
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                 Time           Gap   [/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m24.178s
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m24.474s  + 0.296
 3.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m24.508s  + 0.330
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m24.519s  + 0.341
 5.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m24.950s  + 0.772
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m25.122s  + 0.944
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m25.451s  + 1.273
 8.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes
 9.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari
10.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Q2 cut-off time: 1m26.319s                                   Gap **
11.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m26.319s   + 1.662
12.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m26.337s   + 1.680
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m26.503s   + 1.846
14.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m26.537s   + 1.880
15.  Bruno Senna           Renault              1m26.651s   + 1.994
16.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1m27.247s   + 2.590
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m27.562s   + 2.905
Q1 cut-off time: 1m27.479s                                    Gap *
18.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m27.876s   + 1.687
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m28.565s   + 2.376
20.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m28.752s   + 2.563
21.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m30.216s   + 4.027
22.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth         1m30.238s   + 4.049
23.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m30.866s   + 4.677
24.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m34.046s   + 7.857

107% time: 1m32.222s


Race
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver        Team                       Time[/b]
 1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           1h30:35.002
 2.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     8.433
 3.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    24.301
 4.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    25.529
 5.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +  1:05.421
 6.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +  1:06.851
 7.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:24.183
 8.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
 9.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
10.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
11.  Petrov        Renault                    +     1 lap
12.  Senna         Renault                    +     1 lap
13.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
14.  Kovalainen    Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
15.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +    2 laps
16.  D'Ambrosio    Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
17.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps
18.  Ricciardo     HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps
19.  Trulli        Lotus-Renault              +    4 laps

Fastest lap: Vettel, 1:27.457

[b]Not classified/retirements:[/b]

Driver        Team                         On lap
Massa         Ferrari                      33
Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari           25
Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth            13
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              3
Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               1


World Championship standings, round 17:
Code: 
[b]Drivers:                    Constructors:             [/b]
 1.  Vettel       374        1.  Red Bull-Renault          595
 2.  Button       240        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          442
 3.  Alonso       227        3.  Ferrari                   325
 4.  Webber       221        4.  Mercedes                  145
 5.  Hamilton     202        5.  Renault                    72
 6.  Massa         98        6.  Force India-Mercedes       51
 7.  Rosberg       75        7.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         41
 8.  Schumacher    70        8.  Sauber-Ferrari             41
 9.  Petrov        36        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Heidfeld      34       
11.  Sutil         30       
12.  Kobayashi     27       
13.  Alguersuari   26       
14.  Di Resta      21       
15.  Buemi         15       
16.  Perez         14       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1
 
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No prizes for guessing where the DRS will go :)

I'm with Duke, on F1 2011 this is a good track. Not entirely convinced it portrays the ciruit acurately though, as in the game I am able to go from turn 6 to turn 15 without braking, only lifting off a bit. :D

Should be a good race, with no team orders to mess things up, a new track so nobody has an advantage, and a lot of drivers out to prove a point. Cant wait.

Don't think I will be getting up for P1 though :)

Edit: Just noticed the random times, New Dehli is 5:30 ahead of us, so session times for us will be half past something.
 
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Nismo said:
Chandhok only taking part in FP1.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/15434017.stm

Shame, I thought he deserved to race in his home GP, would have been some nice extra publicity for Lotus. I don't see really what he wouldn't have been able to do that Trulli could?
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Bring in money? I can't imagine Chandhok has anywhere near the sponsorship Trulli does, otherwise he would be in that seat permanently.

Remember, F1 is a business, you can't just do what's nice if it doesn't bring in the cash.

A shame for Chandhok though. Karthikeyan on the other hand is racing for HRT.
 
Really looking forward to this weekend, track itself looks promising.

HRT seem to have quite a light hearted view on their driver swap for the weekend:


Shame Chandhok doesn't get a race seat this weekend.
 
Yea it is a shame for Chandhok, no doubt he will be kept busy doing a lot of media over the weekend. Hopefully he will be on R5L for the Practices he isn't involved in too.

Edit: ^^ What on Earth is that! :D HRT have their own cartoons :p
 
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Been practicing this as well on F1 2011. I think the left right of 6 and 7 is my favourite corner.

Also:

Rubens Barrichello, Williams
"I have never been to India and as the circuit is new I have been preparing by playing my home simulator to get to know the track. I am very much looking forward to this race as it will be different to other weekends in terms of culture. I have always wanted to go to India, so this is a great opportunity for me to get to know the country as well as do what I love at the same time: drive a Formula One car."
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I wonder if he's bought F1 2011 as well!
 
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tummelv said:
Been practicing this as well on F1 2011. I think the left right of 6 and 7 is my favourite corner.

Also:

I wonder if he's bought F1 2011 as well!
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He is know to play rFactor and Iracing, so he might just have some mods for that, or taken home some of Williams simulator code :p
 
I'm in the poor camp of not having played F1 2011, but I have a lot of hope for this track. The layout looks great and the pictures make it look very cool. Love the way turn 1 up to 3 looks from the main grandstand. Hopefully it'll be an overtaking heaven like they promise. :)
 
New Delhi plans to wow the international sporting stage once more with its first race in October.
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Really, they wowe dig the first time, I don't think so. I doubt they will wow people this time either.

Looks an interesting track though. No work this weekend but off to London instead, so will miss all of it.
 
Shimmy said:
Shame Chandhok doesn't get a race seat this weekend.
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Trulli can actually outpace Kov occasionally (and both are past race winners) while Chandhok was busy spinning off at every opportunity and looking worse than Ricardo Rosset...

No brainer really. Vijay Mallya at Force India wasn't going to hire Karthikeyan or Chandhok because of nationality, he said he's only interested in drivers that make the grade pace-wise.
 
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