India is eyeing to grab the global attention with its first Indian Grand Prix at the Jaypee Sports International City in Greater Noida this October. This Grand Prix will surely open a few doors for the motorsport industry in India.
The track which is being built at Noida is of international standards and investors have poured a hell lot of money to make it happen. The worth is said to be of around INR. 1500 crore. But the total investment cost is somewhere near INR 10,000 crore. With such a big investment, F1 is not only the sport which will be organized on this circuit.
Machdar Motorsport has initiated a new kind of racing in India known as The I1 Super Series, which starts in December and will be an Asian event spanning across India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Dubai. Even before the F1, we can see that the growth in Indian Racing Fraternity has already started.
But when someone goes up on a “status” ladder, he has to climb on other people to surpass them. And as we see that immense money is involved in this sport, there is ought to be involvement of industrial biggies. When big people are involved somewhere something has to go against the law. Today when I was reading the local newspaper, it was brought to my attention that the land on which the 5.6 km circuit is being built, once belonged to the farmers but they had to give up their land to the government. The authorities told the farmers that government needed the land for public purposes but in reality it was sold to some private developer who built the circuit. Now the farmers are protesting on terms of some law in the IPC. This is not a fair way to start something anew but when someone bears a loss, the other gains profit. The 40 villages that lost their lands to the project held a mahapanchayat today. Hope that the result was in the benefit of everyone.
India surely is on the verge of becoming a super power and the motorsport industry is just another foot step to the success. With F1 and I1 starting off this year, India will be known for yet another sport to be famous for. We already have a team in the F1, Force India, which is trying to rope in young talent to be a part of the international event and there is I1 which is so promising for Indian drivers that it will re-open doors for their international carrier. I hope that this season of F1 happens safe and sound in India and may the day come when Indians will organize an event which will showcase our own talent and the world will want to be a part of us.
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Toodles.