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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.
Indian motorcycle Grand Prix (2023) Formula One Indian Grand Prix (2011–2013) Asia Road Racing Championship (2016) Website: buddhinternationalcircuit.in: Grand Prix Circuit (2011–present) Surface: Asphalt concrete with Graywacke aggregate: Length: 5.125 km (3.185 miles) Turns: 16: Race lap record: 1:27.249 (Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull RB7 ...
It was the sixteenth round of the 2013 Formula One season, and the third (and, to date, last) Indian Grand Prix. The race, contested over 60 laps, was won by Sebastian Vettel, driving a Red Bull, after starting from pole position. Nico Rosberg finished second in a Mercedes, with Romain Grosjean behind in third driving for the Lotus team.
The 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 65th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. The original calendar for the 2011 Formula One World Championship consisted of twenty rounds, [1] including the inaugural running of the Indian Grand Prix [2] before the cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
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.
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.
At the wet Italian Grand Prix, Vettel became the youngest driver in history to win a Formula One Grand Prix, aged 21 years and 74 days. [31] He led for the majority of the Grand Prix and crossed the finish line 12.5 seconds ahead of McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen. [32] It would also be Toro Rosso's only win. [33]
Nico Rosberg has the highest number of Grand Prix starts before winning his first title, a period of 206 Grands Prix between the 2006 Bahrain and the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. [12] [13] Sebastian Vettel is the youngest winner of the World Drivers' Championship; he was 23 years and 134 days old when he won the 2010 championship. [14]