Who's the purest racer of them all?
There has been no shortage of publicity in the build-up to the inaugural Indian F1 Grand Prix (GP) this weekend. We have everyone from Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandok (the two F1 drivers India has produced to date) to anyone remotely connected with motorsports holding forth on what the
Buddh International Circuit (BIC) and an F1 race means for India and the Indian racing fan.
In fact, Narain, who will get to put in a special appearance by replacing HRT lead driver Vitantonio Liuzzi for a race drive today, has gone on to say BIC in Noida would certainly figure among the top five drivers' circuits in the world. For the uninitiated, some of the other top racing circuits that drivers unanimously like include Spa Francorschamps in Belgium, Monza in Italy, and Suzuka in Japan. The reason the above tracks have been popular with racers over the last two or three decades is the fact that all of them have challenging sections of the track with medium to high speed corners that test the limits of any driver in terms of pace, skill, overtaking ability and endurance. Once upon a time these tracks used to test the limits of F1 cars as well but, somewhat boringly, F1 cars in recent years never seem to break down unless they run out of fuel or a driver decides to crash-test it!
There has been no shortage of publicity in the build-up to the inaugural Indian F1 Grand Prix (GP) this weekend. We have everyone from Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandok (the two F1 drivers India has produced to date) to anyone remotely connected with motorsports holding forth on what the
Buddh International Circuit (BIC) and an F1 race means for India and the Indian racing fan.
In fact, Narain, who will get to put in a special appearance by replacing HRT lead driver Vitantonio Liuzzi for a race drive today, has gone on to say BIC in Noida would certainly figure among the top five drivers' circuits in the world. For the uninitiated, some of the other top racing circuits that drivers unanimously like include Spa Francorschamps in Belgium, Monza in Italy, and Suzuka in Japan. The reason the above tracks have been popular with racers over the last two or three decades is the fact that all of them have challenging sections of the track with medium to high speed corners that test the limits of any driver in terms of pace, skill, overtaking ability and endurance. Once upon a time these tracks used to test the limits of F1 cars as well but, somewhat boringly, F1 cars in recent years never seem to break down unless they run out of fuel or a driver decides to crash-test it!
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