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Category: India In F1
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Welcom to INDIA in F1!
Welcome to INDIAinF1.com. Today one more Indian joins the cream of World Racing drivers in the ultimate Racing Championship, The Formula One World Championship 2010.
The Indian F1 Grand Prix is scheduled for 2011. In the World Motor Sports Council that met at Bahrain on March 11th, Mr.Bernie Ecclestone, President, Formula One Management, has informed the FIA that subject to final approval of the calendar by the World Council, India will host a Formula One event in 2011.
It was in 1999, The idea of this website was mooted and discussed between Senior Motorsports and Hockey Correspondent Bodapati David and Specialized Motorsport Photo Journalist and writer George Francis and later at Krishna Lodge with Paul. Scorp News, a motorsports photo agency, is in Motorsport Journalism for the past 25 years. The place was the Madras Motor Sports Trust Racing Circuit at Irungattukottai and the event the MRF Grand Prix 1999.
The initial idea was to start a bimonthly magazine, and a computer was rented, templates, dummy pages and what not. After a hectic three months burning the midnight oil, this website is launched. (Note by the editor: The website was relaunched in 2010 and only a few articles were transitioned to the current site.)
On June 14th, 2001, Narain Karthikeyan became the first Indian to test a new generation Formula 1 car with Steward Racing and as everyone was focused to see Narain in a Formula 1 Racing Car, it took full 4 years for Narain to get into Jordan Racing in 2005.
On March 6th, 2005, Narain again wrote history, as he drove the yellow colored Formula Jordan Car from the start line at Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia. The first Indian from among the 1 Billion population, to first sit in a Formula One car in a live World championship race. It took nearly 5 years for the next Indian to enter the Championship.
Today, on March 14th, 2010, Karun will create history as the lights go off at the Sakhir Circuit in Bahrain, at 17.30 IST, at the start line as he steers a Team Hispania Racing F 1 Team Formula Car, to start his career in F1.
We think that it is high time that the World has a website that deals with India in F1. This would add a world of information on the subject, with special reference to India.
We, David, George, and Paul, welcome you to the World of India in F1. In due course, we will bring you all the news from all forms of Motorsports where Indians drive or ride, the special focus will be on Formula 1 and Indians.
Happy Racing!!!
We wish Karun the Very Best.
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Madras Motor Sports Club
About Madras Motor Sports Club
Since its humble beginnings in 1953, the Madras Motor Sports Club has grown in stature as the hub of motorsport activity in India. Having moved from Sholavaram to its present location in Sriperumbudur in 1979, MMSC has kept pace with changing times by upgrading facilities.
In 2019, at a cost of about Rs 20 Crore, the MMSC built a pit complex comprising 20 garages, VIP hospitality suites and a viewing gallery, on the eastern side, apart from a second Paddock on the western side with its own short circuit. The Control Room too was upgraded with state-of-the-art hardware. The facilities are also extensively used by various vehicle manufacturers for testing their products, displays and corporate days.
The Madras Motor Sports Club has been the pioneer in developing and promoting motorsport in India since 1953, and are the top FMSCI club to take motorsport in India to greater heights by organising racing, rallying, drag races national championships over the years. Endurance National Championship is in the offing but is put off due to Covid19. It is the club’s endeavor to provide more opportunities for competitors, and to this end, it has chalked out various progressive programmes.
From the days of Sholavaram , MMSC built its own racetrack which was inaugurated in 1979 and secured its FIA Grade-2 international certification in 2014, making it the only club which owns such a facility that has been further upgraded with international-standard Paddock, complete with VIP hospitality suites, 20 spacious garages and a separate Paddock on the western side with its own circuit.
The club has organised the Porsche Super Cup, Formula Campos, Formula Asia, Asian touring car championships, Formula 3, Tata Prima Truck racing championship, the FIM Asia Road Racing Championships (2-wheelers) besides a host of other motorsport events over the years.
The club also has active participation for its events from vehicle manufacturers who also use the Madras Motor Race Track (MMRT) extensively for testing their products.