Formulae 1 in Delhi - When I Witnessed Marriage of Speed and Power - PART 1

Hello all,

As I was getting ready for a short trip, I thought to post some interesting stuffs within the few minutes available for me other than the usual color challenges and daily photography contest.

So here I am with my blog on a life time experience of witnessing Formulae 1 few years back in the capital of India. needless to say how amazed and wonderful that day was for 1000s of lucky people who were inside...

Please read on...

In Delhi when it was confirmed that Dilliwalahs are lucky to witness the marriage of power and speed together in a race track in Noida along with super humans in the drivers category and their mean machine which can be compared to some alien space shuttles and to be precise that changed the perception of many Indians with the anticipation and excitement has reaching sky high.

The sheer thrill of getting a chance to see the Formula 1 race and wave the hands to the undisputed kings of speed in the world like Mark Webber, Micheal Schumacher, Rosberg, Fernando Alonoso, Lewis Hamilton and India’s own Narain Kartikeyan etc – doesn’t matter for mere mortals like us whether they will notice it or not – someone from that group is standing on the podium with that handsome smile splashing champagne on others was enough for to face the big question “how to grab a ticket and a leave?”

Sorry to copy Wikipedia but the only option to mention few lines about this super fast special race is to refer somewhere and it is defined as is the highest class of single-seat auto racing that is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Formula One cars are the fastest road course racing cars in the world, owing to very high cornering speeds achieved through the generation of large amounts of aerodynamic down force. Formula One cars race at speeds of up to approximately 375 km/h or simply in the end the fastest lap of covering a distance of 5.17 Km race track recorded on that day was 1.27 minutes or a total of 307 Kms in 60 laps in 1 hour 31 minutes and 10 seconds, guess the speed if you would like to?

The Budh International circuit where Jaypee group was spent millions to construct the track was admired by all the heavy weights of racing due to its special design and curves which is situated far away from Delhi. But for an event of such magnitude for which people from across the continent flies to watch the event live this distance was as silly as walking few meters

F 1 race is not common like football or badminton or cricket hence mastering the rules of the race was in fact kept out syllabus from the sports knowledge. But technical terms like Pit stop, tyre change, lap, grid etc were familiar too and the most positive aspect that any kid can easily understands about the race is that whoever comes first and cover all the distance will be eventually be the winner logically, the same may be applicable to convince here too at least for the sake of enjoying.

There was a distant dream though like it would had been so great if the location of the seating arrangement was far from somewhere that could get a glimpse of starting and finishing point . But it was no where in the vicinity when I found my seat inside. Even if it was not possible to get a clue about the size of the whole racing circuit covering the entire distance of 5.1 Kilo Meter race track but the announcement and loud voices from the drivers and cars were seemed to be coming from another universe, the simple analogy that could explain the situation.

But the seats we were allocated looked like in a perfect location too as it was exactly on a turning of the race track. It is easy to think like that turnings or corners were critical points in a race track where drivers could show their potential and Budh circuit has consisted of 17 such corners. A big screen was also installed in the corner of the turning for the viewers to know what is going on in the starting point and on other important spot during the race.

Admiring the magnitude of the event, the thoughts were such that in other sports like cricket if we so early to the ground we could get a glimpse of the players while they do some practice or warm up. But instead here it was with not F1 race cars instead an open jeep with organizers on board that the spectators around were able to see.

But soon some announcement has greeted with thunderous claps and whistle by everyone in d stands. It was precursor to the main event that all the race cars with driver making a round along the track slowly most probably the F1 way of acknowledging the presence of spectators and welcoming those who came to see the event sitting in the pavilion.

Remaining part will post soon as it seems lengthy that I am posting it part by part...