Formula 1 Car Now Thrills in India

By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 00:15 IST
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Formula 1 Car Now Thrills in India
Bangalore: The Formula1 the highest class of single seater auto racing craze is already making people go wild. Budh international circuit, the racing arena in greater Noida is where this thrilling event will take place on 28, 29 and 30th of October. India's first Formula1 Airtel Grand Prix India at Jaypee Green Sports City will be an amazing occurrence for whole nation as it is one of the world's most famous sport and now India is also into it. There are tickets available for separate days and also season tickets at the price of 30,000 -6,000. The discount is also given on the final race day tickets. The age limit is 5yrs and above. The former Indian cricket player Sourav Ganguly "The cricket crazy nation will get to taste something new and extremely exciting. It has the potential to find its audience in the country," Ganguly told media persons at the Sahara Force India Formula1 Team flag raising event on Thursday. An excited Ganguly said he would be a spectator at the event and was looking forward to watching the likes of "Schumacher, Hamilton." Budh international circuits have 4 zones; west, north, east and south zone. The cost imposed on building the circuit is around 10 billion. The circuit will be of 5.14 kms and an area of 875 acres. The seating capacity is arranged for 1, 10,000 people which will be later increased to 2, 00,000. The lap time estimation for a Formula1 car for a distance of 5,137 km is 1min 27.02 seconds. For this lap time to succeed the average speed of the car should be 131mph. in this circuit's corners the Formula1 car will attain a top speed of 198mph. One F1 team consumes about 2lakh litres of fuel in a season.

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