apocalypse Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 NEW DELHI, November 15: Country's hopes to host a Formula One Grand Prix in 2010 took a concrete shape with F1 bosses striking a Rs 1500 crore deal with an Indian company to construct the race track in Greater Noida. Chairman of JP Associates Manoj Gaur confirmed that F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone had signed a 10-year contract with the company to build the track in Greater Noida and express confidence that Formula One would grow in leaps and bounds in the coming years. "India is growing at the rate of 10 percent. Accordingly, leisure and sports interests are bound to grow. We are very excited and fortunate that we would cater to the interest through this unique opportunity," Gaur told. "We hope that like Twenty20 cricket, the popularity of formula one would also be boundless," he said. The Indian Olympic Association had been instrumental behind inviting Formula One to India and two sites on the outskirts of the capital had been okayed for the purpose. Later, famous track architect Hermann Tilke visited the sites and submitted a report to Ecclestone. Since Narain Karthikeyan became the first Indian driver in the Formula One in 2005 when he joined Jordan, India's presence in the F1 pit grew with liquor baron Vijay Mallya jointly acquiring the Spyker team and renamed it Force India. This week, rookie driver Karun Chandhok also made his debut at F1 test for Red Bull Racing. http://racing.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2544161.cms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Greater Noida.. awesome.. this is a developing place which has alredy developed alot.. i have a house over there too... this would be fun.....:two_thumbs_up::yay: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apocalypse Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 sahi hai... phir to aish hai teri :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 tu wapas aa gaya states?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apocalypse Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 haan I came back on monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggot_brain Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 This is good news for India. The bad news is though that Tillke will be designing the track. He had butchered various classic tracks around the world and the new ones he's designed are boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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