Indian super celebrities jump into the Racing tracks

Indian super celebrities jump into the Racing tracks

The IPL fire spreads to the racing tracks of India. The magnificent success of the Airtel Formula One Grand Prix and the enormous response for the Indian Premier League in India over the past few years has lead to the emergence of the new racing championship in India – the i1 Super Series.

The eight-team super series (Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Pune) is mainly promoted by the Machdar Motor sports Company and reports say that the star cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has bought 26% percent stake of the series. Popular celebrities of India have now turned their attention to this highly lucrative Indian Racing League. Some of the hot stars and business people investing in this series prominently include Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Jai Mehta (for the team Mumbai), Telugu superstar Nagarjuna and N Prasad (for the Hyderabad team), Mohit Burman from the Dabur family (for the Delhi team), SG Srinivas (for the team Chennai), Yuvraj Singh (for the Chandigarh team) and Sourav Ganguly (for the Kolkata team). The series with 14 races on the whole will run from January 8, 2012 to February 12, 2012.

Cricket is a well known game and has attracted most people in India of almost all age groups either poor or rich, in both urban and rural areas. People play hours of cricket with a single bat and ball. Hence success of cricket and IPL in India has faced no problems. On the other hand, racing has not been much popular and also playing it is considered to be most expensive. Car racing and Formula One games are reached by people of rich communities. 

So, there are some great questions lying in front – 

Will the i1 super series gain popularity in India?
Will the investors gain from the Racing League? 
Will the surplus amount of money invested help increase Indian revenue?

News Chips is also eager to know the answers of these questions.

India in the history of FORMULA 1

India in the history of FORMULA 1

The long anxious wait of many many vibrant hearts of the world for the ultimate dream event has come to an end today. Yes, its the magnificient 2011 FORMULA 1 AIRTEL GRAND PRIX OF INDIA!!

The exciting three days of the 17th Formula One season kick starts on the auspicious day today, the October 28, 2011.  Millions and millions of electrifying hearts were longing to watch the numerous swift cars flying at the race tracks of Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

India proudly hosts its first-ever Formula One Championship at this gigantic venue. The Buddh International Circuit, just 24 km from New Delhi is capable of accommodating nearly over 1,20,000 international fans of the glitzy event. The 5.141 kilometre track has spread across an area of 875 acres. The F1 speed cars will rapidly lap through 16 largely medium speed corners of the track 60 times thus covering the total distance of about 308.4 kilometres.
The practice events were organized on 28th and 29th of October and the exciting final race fires the tracks of Noida by 3 pm on Sunday, the 30th of October 2011.

The 12 teams participating in this thrilling championship 2011 are Red Bull-Renault, McLaren-Mercedes, Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Williams-Cosworth, ForceIndia-Mercedes, Sauber-Ferrari, Toro Rosso-Ferrari, Lotus-Renault, HRT-Cosworth and Virgin-Cosworth. As ever, team 13 and car numbered 13 will never appear in this season also :)

Hope the excitement of the rushing game fills the hearts, ears and eyes of all motor lovers round the globe. News Chips is happy to cheer Michael Schumacher, Narain Karthikeyan and all International participants of the firing event !!