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Race
Preview2013 INDIAN GRAND
2527 OCTOBER
If Japans Suzuka, scene of Sebastian Vettels strategically
astute ninth win of the season last time out, is regarded as
one of the greatest of Formula Ones classic circuits, this
weekend sees the championship move to a track that has
been widely praised as one the finest recent additions to the
calendarIndias Buddh International Circuit.
The location for round 16 of the 2013 F1 World
Championship features good changes of elevation, two
long, fast straights and a technically challenging middle
sector that features the tricky multiple apex Turn 10. The
circuit has quickly proved popular with the sports drivers,
who appreciate it having the second highest average speed
of the year after Monza, but also the skill required to hook
up a good lap around its 5.125km length.
Getting that perfect lap requires a car that treads a very fine
line in balancing the speed needed to get the best from the
long straights and good aerodynamic grip and balance for
the middle sector.
Vettels victory in Japan, his fifth win in a row this year, has
given him a 90-point advantage over Fernando Alonso in
the Drivers Championship and with the Ferrari driver all but
conceding defeat in the wake of the race at Suzuka, this
weekend could see Vettel crowned champion. The Red Bull
driver needs fifth place or better here to become just the
fourth driver in F1 history to win four titles and only the third
to win four in a row alongside Juan Manuel Fangio and
Michael Schumacher.
CIRCUIT DATA
BUDDH INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT
Length of lap: 5.125km
Lap record:
1:27.249
(Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, 2011)
Start/finish line offset: 0.251km
Total number of race laps: 60
Total race distance: 307.249km
Pitlane speed limits:
80km/h throughout the weekend.
CHANGES TO THE CIRCUIT SINCE 2012 Other than routine maintenance there have
no changes of significance.
DRS ZONES
There are two DRS zones at the Buddh
International Circuit. The detection point of the
is 16m before Turn Three and its activation po
350m after Turn Three. The second zones
detection point is 10m after Turn 15, with the
activation point 36m after Turn 16.
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Meanwhile, in the Constructors Championship, Red Bull
Racing have 445 points, compared with 297 for nearest rival
Ferrari, so the Milton Keynes-based team can this weekend
also conceivably wrap up the manufacturers title.
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Indian GP
Fast Facts
This will be just the third
running of the Indian Grand Prix.
The race joined the F1 calendar in
2011.
Sebastian Vettel has not only
taken pole position and victory in
the two Indian GPs staged so far,
he has also led every lap of each
race. Last year he also finished in
P1 in every practice session. Red
Bull Racing have locked-out the
front row at both grand prix, with
Mark Webber second on the grid
in 2011 and 2012.
At this seasons most recent
race, in Japan, Vettel recorded his
fifth victory in a row this season.
The last time a driver recorded
five or more successive wins was
in 2004, when Michael
Schumacher won the opening fiveraces of the season. The Ferrari
driver then went on to win seven
in a row between the European
and Hungarian GPs that year, so
Vettel will need to win here and in
Abu Dhabi to match that feat.
Depending on your view, the outright record for
consecutive wins belongs to Alberto Ascari, who
recorded nine in a row between the Belgian Grand
Prix of 1952, the third of eight races that season,
and the same event the following year, when it was
fourth on a calendar of nine races. On the way to
that tally, however, he did not compete in the 1953
Indianapolis 500, which formed part of that years F1
World Championship. To match Ascaris tally, Vettel
will need to win all the remaining rounds this season.
Vettels 2011 pole position gave Red Bull a record
16th in a single season. It was the 28th of Vettels
career. Since then he has been on pole a further 14
times.
Apart from Vettel, the only other driver to feature
on both Indian GP podiums is Fernando Alonso. The
Ferrari driver was third in the inaugural race and
second last year.
Jaime Alguersuari scored the last points of
F1 career to date in the first grand prix here.
Over a 46-race career, beginning at the 2009
Hungarian Grand Prix, the Spanish driver rack
up 31 points in total driving for Toro Rosso. Th
final four points of that tally came with eighth
place at the Buddh International Circuit in 201
This will be the first Indian GP without an
Indian driver involved. Narain Karthikeyan race
in 2011 and 2012 for HRT, while Karun
Chandhok participated in free practice for Tea
Lotus (now Caterham) in 2011.
To cope with the demands of the Buddh
International Circuit, F1 tyre supplier Pirelli is t
weekend bringing its Soft and Medium tyre
compounds. This is a change from the previou
two years, when the company brought its Soft
and Hard configurations. Soft and Medium tyr
have been used this season in China, German
and Hungary.
Despite being built on relatively flat land, thtrack has had plenty of undulations built in, wit
more than four million tonnes of earth moved
during the construction of the circuit. The track
rises 14 metres between Turns One and Thre
alone.
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Indian GP
Race Stewards
Biographies
DR GERD ENNSER
MEMBER OF THE DMSBs EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR AUTOMOBILE SPORT,
FORMULA ONE AND DTM STEWARD
Dr Gerd Ennser has successfully combined his formal education in law with his passion for
motor racing. While still active as a racing driver he began helping out with the
management of his local motor sport club and since 2006 has been a permanent steward
at every round of Germanys DTM championship. Since 2010 he has also been a Formula
One steward. Dr Ennser, who has worked as a judge, a prosecutor and in the legal
department of an automotive-industry company, has also acted as a member of the
steering committee of German motor sport body, the DMSB, since spring 2010, where he
is responsible for automobile sport. In addition, Dr Ennser is a board member of the South
Bavaria Section of ADAC, Germanys biggest auto club.
STEVE STRINGWELL
PERMANENT CHAIRMAN STEWARD FOR PORSCHE SUPERCUP, WORLD
SERIES BY RENAULT 3.5 SERIES, BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP
Englishman Steve Stringwell brings a wealth of experience to the F1 stewarding panel. He
began marshalling in 1967 before spending 15 years rallying. Since 1986 he has held a
series of posts within the UKs Motor Sports Association, first as a steward, then chairman
of the MSAs national court and latterly as chairman of the MSAs Judicial Advisory Panel.
Stringwell serves as permanent chairman steward for the Porsche Supercup, World Series
by Renault 3.5 and BTCC. He has been chairman of support race stewards at the British
Grand Prix since 2005 and was appointed steward to his first F1 race last year when he
officiated in Australia. At home in Yorkshire he is a Justice of the Peace and magistrate in
the city of Leeds.
TOM KRISTENSEN
NINE TIMES LE MANS WINNER, GERMAN F3 CHAMPION (1991), JAPANESE F3
CHAMPION (1993) ALMS CHAMPION (2001)
Denmarks Tom Kristensen is the most successful driver in the history of the Le Mans 24 -
Hour race. He has won the classic endurance event nine times, racing for Porsche, Audi
and Bentley. Kristensen, 46, has a broad racing CV, having competed in single-seaters,
touring cars and a range of sportscars. He has also tested in F1. A popular and respected
figure, he is this year again contesting the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for
Audi Sport Team Joest. Along with team-mates Loc Duval and Allan McNish, Kristensen
has already helped Audi retain the WEC manufacturers title and he and his team-mates
currently lead the drivers title race, with two rounds of the championship remaining.
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Indian GP
Championship Standings
(Drivers)
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Indian GP
Championship Standings
(Constructors)
Indian GP
Formula One Timetable
& FIA Media Schedule
THURSDAY
Press Conference
FRIDAY
Practice Session 1
Practice Session 2
Press Conference
SATURDAY
Practice Session 3
Qualifying
Followed by unilateral and
press conference
SUNDAY
Drivers' Parade
Race
Followed by podium interviews and
press conference
15.00
10.00-11.30
14.00-15.30
16.00
11.00-12.00
14.00-15.00
13.30
15.00
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