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2012 Indian Grand Prix F1 race to be held on October 28

NEW DELHI: After the stupendous success of this year's inaugural edition, next season's Indian Grand Prix Formula One race will be held on October 28 at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida. The 2012 Indian GP will be the 17th of the 20-leg championship, this was decided at a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) on Wednesday under the presidency of Jean Todt, the FIA president. The meeting confirmed the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship calendar. The inaugural Indian Grand Prix was held on October 30 this year and the event turned out to be a huge success at the state-of-the-art Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida. Until Wednesday's meeting, the 20-race calendar had been in doubt but the United States Grand Prix at a new circuit to be built in Austin, Texas, has been confirmed as well as Kingdom of Bahrain's race, cancelled this year due to civil unrest. Bahrain's Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Khalifa is a WMSC member after Jean Todt gave him the presidency of the CIK, the karting commission, a statement from the world motorsport body said. A number of other Technical Regulations and Sporting Regulations decisions were also taken in the meeting, which is a part of the ongoing FIA Annual General Assembly being held from the first time in India. An eight-leg rally event for 2012 was also confirmed as well as 12-event FIA World Touring Car Championship calendar. Among other important decisions, Austrian F1 champion Gerhard Berger has been appointed as the new president of the FIA Single-Seater Commission as current president Barry Bland is stepping down. FIA president, Todt, opened the meeting by thanking Force India Formula One team owner Vijay Mallya and Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) president, Vicky Chandhok for their hospitality and for hosting the week of FIA meetings in India, which will conclude with the prize distribution ceremony and gala dinner on Friday. The WMSC will meet next on March 9 in Milan, Italy. The 2012 F1 Calendar: 18/03/2012: Melbourne (Australia); 25/03: Sepang ( Malaysia); 15/04: Shanghai (China); 22/04: Sakhir ( Bahrain); 13/05: Barcelona (Spain); 27/05: Monaco (Monaco); 10/06: Montreal ( Canada); 24/06: Valencia (Europe); 08/07: Silverstone ( Great Britain); 22/07: Hockenheim (Germany); 29/07: Hungaroring ( Hungary); 02/09: Spa-Francorchamps ( Belgium); 09/09: Monza (Italy); 23/09: Singapore (Singapore); 07/10: Suzuka (Japan); 14/10: Yeongam (Korea); 28/10: Greater Noida (India); 04/11: Abu Dhabi (Yas Island); 18/11: Austin (United States); 25/11: Interlagos (Brazil).
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Bump.. with just 10 days to go for the race the buzz seems to be missing this time. Recently I read an article where the CEO of the Jaypee group himself said that only 30000 tickets have been sold so far and they hope to sell around 30000-35000 more which is quite less than full capacity (last time every single ticket was sold). Seeing the success of last year's race I thought there would be more demand for tickets and a greater buzz around the event in general but thats not the case - why is it?

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Bump.. with just 10 days to go for the race the buzz seems to be missing this time. Recently I read an article where the CEO of the Jaypee group himself said that only 30000 tickets have been sold so far and they hope to sell around 30000-35000 more which is quite less than full capacity (last time every single ticket was sold). Seeing the success of last year's race I thought there would be more demand for tickets and a greater buzz around the event in general but thats not the case - why is it?
The novelty value has probably worn off and the prices might be too steep. Also,I don't think there is much awareness about racing and a racing culture yet.
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Hope Alonso wins. Always had Ferrari as my 1st team until Force India was established. I don't like Vettel anyway. While he is a fantastic driver his comments off field were arrogant sometimes like calling Narian an idiot when it was his own fault. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnoJiTlX04U]Vettel comments on Narain Karthikeyan - YouTube[/ame] :headshake:

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