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The first edition took place on 30 October 2011, as the 17th race of the 2011 Formula One season. [1] The inaugural race was won by Germany's Sebastian Vettel. Jaypee Sports International Limited was the organizer of Formula One racing in India and had signed a five-year contract with Formula One Management (FOM) to host the championship in India.
This is a list of Formula One broadcasters and 'World Feed' producers.Formula One, the highest level of circuit racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, motor sport's world governing body, can be seen live or tape delayed on television in almost every country and territory around the world.
India's first Formula One driver was Narain Karthikeyan. [5] Karthikeyan made his debut in 2005 driving for Jordan. [6] [7] He ended the season with 5 points, having come 4th at the United States Grand Prix. Besides this, Karthikeyan's best result was eleventh. [6] [8] Karthikeyan was dropped after Jordan was sold to Midland.
Before the opening weekend, the expected lap time for a Formula One car around the track was 1 minute, 27.02 seconds, at an average speed of 210.03 km/h (130.51 mph). At the end of the long straight between corners 3 and 4, Formula One cars were expected to reach a top speed of about 318 km/h (198 mph). [ 37 ]
It was the seventeenth round of the 2011 Formula One season and the first Formula One Grand Prix to take place in South Asia and first to take place in India. The 60-lap race was won by Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel, after leading every lap of the race from pole position and setting the fastest lap of the race to claim his first Grand Chelem.
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The 2012 Indian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix) [1] was a Formula One motor race held on 28 October 2012 at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. [4] The race was the seventeenth round of the 2012 championship, and marked the second running of the Indian Grand Prix.
On 1 February 2005, Narain Karthikeyan became India's first Formula One racing driver. In March 2007, he also became the first ever Indian-born driver to compete in a NASCAR Series. He debuted in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in the Kroger 250. [4] Force India F1 is a Formula One motor racing team.