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Ecclestone confirms Indian GP for 2010

Posted on Thursday 15 November 2007

Bernie Ecclestone has now confirmed officially that a deal has been struck to bring formula one to the world’s second most populous country, India. It was reported earlier on Thursday that F1 chiefs had penned a contract with Indian company JP Associates to build a circuit just outside capital city New Delhi.

Ecclestone, 77, clarified that the contract is with JPSK Sports Private Ltd, a subsidiary of JP Associates, to stage the first Indian grand prix in 2010. “India has always been known for its love of cricket, but F1 has been growing hugely in popularity in recent years as the viewing figures would suggest,” Ecclestone said on Thursday.

“Now with Vijay Mallya’s team, Force India, and the news that Karun Chandhok could soon be driving in F1, the announcement of the future grand prix in India will spark an explosion of further interest to rival that of the traditional sport,” he added.

The local newspaper Hindustan Times also claims formula one bosses have signed a deal with a company to build a circuit just outside of New Delhi.
The company, JP Associates, is therefore now contracted to develop the site about 50km to the east of the capital for an inaugural Indian grand prix in 2010, a senior executive suggested.

2008 Singapore Night GP: First Tickets Go On Sale



The organizers of the first ever night race in the history of Formula 1, the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, announced today that the first batch of tickets will go on sale on Thursday, February 14. A total of 70,000 tickets will be available in this first release. This will comprise 15,000 walkabout passes and 55,000 grandstand seats located around the circuit. Tickets will be sold on a first-come-first-served basis and each customer will be allowed to purchase a maximum of eight tickets.
The three-day passes are priced from SIN$168 (Euro 82, GBP 60 & USD 119) for a walkabout to S$1,388 (Euro 675, GBP 500 & USD 980) for the premier Pit Grandstand. These passes include a separate ticket for each race day at a special package price that offers savings of at least 15% over buying individual day tickets. A three-day pass can be used by three different people over the three days. -Continued

For those of you interested, tickets and Passes can be purchased via the official website The Official Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix Website. The website also includes descriptions of all the Grandstand locations, prices and a seating chart.

[Source: CarScoop]

Singapore GP Will Use Digital Flags



In Singapore, work is at such an advanced stage on the new Formula One race track that officials reckon by the time September 2008 rolls around, all will be ready for the rumble. Best of all, the lighting situation got a boost from the introduction of electronic flag displays. Coloured flags used by race officials to communicate with the drivers will be in action as digital displays as well.

Better for information control is the fact that info will be centralized, and therefore the race director will know exactly what is going on on different parts of the circuit. There will be 35 display panels all around the circuit and supplement hand-held flags. It will be the first time Digiflag technology is used in F1, after years of research and development.

By late May the service road and paddock tunnel, a new track section in front of the pit building will be completed. The lighting system, which is absolutely vital for the night race, is being installed in stages. Curiously the lights look to be only on one side of the track for most of it, but that could yet change. Sixteen lighting projectors were installed and tested last week on a 64-metre stretch. On this stretch or the rest of it, the cars will be doing about 260km/h. Illumination from the 1,500 projectors will be up to four times higher than that of a football stadium for example. Thus expect some really bright sparks in September.