Top Things To Know About India’s First Official Street Circuit

Street circuits are just amazing places for wheel-to-wheel racing, where there is very little or no margin for error.

Top Things To Know About India’s First Official Street Circuit

However, despite being the 7th largest country in the world, India recently revealed its first official street circuit. This latest street circuit is located in Hyderabad and will host the country's first-ever Formula E race.

Top Things To Know About India’s First Official Street Circuit

Also, the Hyderabad E-Prix is scheduled to take place next year on February 11, and in the meantime, the street circuit in Hyderabad will host the 2022 Indian Racing league season opener during this weekend.

Diving into other details, the Hyderbad street circuit layout you see now is the updated layout that is slightly longer than the original version and also sports a few more corners for better overtaking.

Top Things To Know About India’s First Official Street Circuit

The original layout of the Hyderabad street circuit was released a year back by Driven International, however, the layout has now been updated by the same team. This updated layout now features a total of 17 turns, while the older layout only had 12 turns. Moreover, the newer layout is slightly longer at 2.83 kilometres instead of measuring just 2.37 kilometres.

Top Things To Know About India’s First Official Street Circuit

This new street circuit is located alongside the Hussain Sagar lake and winds through the NTR Gardens. "While it's a city race, we are not disrupting public life because there's no civilian residence in the track area," said Mr Dilbagh Gill, former Mahindra Racing Team Principal, while speaking to Autocar India.

Top Things To Know About India’s First Official Street Circuit

Speaking about Driven International, the award-winning sports venue architect company had also worked on the updated Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, and the firm is currently working on Marque One Motor Club in Andhra Pradesh and Nanoli Speedway near Pune in Maharashtra.

Top Things To Know About India’s First Official Street Circuit

Speaking about the debut race at the Hyderabad street circuit, the opening round of the 2022 Indian Racing League will take place on November 19, and November 20. Moreover, the league will have six city-based teams fighting for top honours with each team having one female driver.

Top Things To Know About India’s First Official Street Circuit

Other than that, the Indian Racing League will also have both international talents such as 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours champion Neel Jani and 2014 European Le Mans Series champion Oliver James Webb. On top of that, all teams will be having identical machinery, which will be a Wolf GB08 Thunder single-seater powered by an Aprilia RSV4 engine.

Top Things To Know About India’s First Official Street Circuit

In addition to that, the finale of the 2022 Indian Racing League will also take place at the Hyderabad street circuit.

Thoughts About India's First Street Circuit

The success rate of India's first street circuit could be the key to popularising racing in the country and it could also pave the way to create more street circuits in Indian cities.

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Article Published On: Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 17:08 [IST]
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