Contents.Report Background The circuit, designed by in association with teams, was deliberately designed to be one of the fastest on the calendar, with projected lap times of less than one minute and twenty seconds. The circuit was officially on 1 September 2011.

KERS and DRS - Whenever you can, on every track. What if your in the middle of the pack or right at the back of the grid? Which I won in Monza, it was really fun for me, and I would like to do it again with F1 2011. When the time comes, I shall ask James Chant about setting up my own league.

At 1060 metres, the circuit's main straight is among the longest in Formula One. The pit lane has also been described in similar terms at over 600 metres in length. Time spent in the pitlane is expected to be an important factor in determining race strategies. The race saw the return of two Drag Reduction System (DRS) zones and two detection points, as was the case at the. The first zone encompassed the length of the pit straight, with the detection point on the exit to the penultimate corner; the second zone took in the second half of the long back straight, with its detection point located just before the apex of the third corner.Indian driver returned to for the race, having been replaced by since. Ricciardo was moved to 's car for the race, while Karthikeyan took Ricciardo's regular car, the car he started the season in. Fellow Indian driver had received support from team principal to take part in the race, though he conceded that the ultimate decision did not rest with him.

On the Tuesday before the race, it was announced that Chandhok would not be racing in the Grand Prix, but would still run during Friday free practice.Upon arrival at the circuit, teams reported several issues with construction, including power outages, some infrastructure being 'incomplete', and a colony of bats living in the pit building. Faced with criticism over the morality of hosting a race in a developing nation, team principal praised the circuit, describing the decision to host a race in India as 'the right one' and pointing out the benefits the sport would bring to the country. Brawn also relayed the positive response to the circuit layout from teams and drivers. Other personalities within the paddock were less complimentary, with commentator describing the commentary booth as a 'cell' with no window and 'nowhere near the track', while team engineers reported that there was no gas connection available, the plumbing to the paddock was incomplete, and the entire circuit was still being powered by generators and did not have a continuous electricity supply.Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the 'prime' tyre and the silver-banded hard compound as the 'option' compound. This was the first and only race of the season where the prime tyre was the less durable than the option.Like the Canadian, European, Italian races earlier in the year, two DRS (Drag Reduction System) Zones were implemented in the inaugural Indian race. The detection point for the first DRS zone was located at the exit of turn 15 (10m after), while the DRS activation point was 36m after the final turn (turn 16).

This meant that the start/finish straight would be utilised for one DRS overtaking zone. The second DRS zone had the activation point 16m before the turn 3 hairpin while the DRS activation zone was 510m after turn 3 which is about halfway down the back straight prior to turn 4.was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision with at the.The race was 's 150th Grand Prix start.Free Practice The first Friday practice session was stopped after just five minutes when a stray dog found its way onto the circuit. The session was red-flagged while the dog was led away, and re-opened within five minutes.When the session restarted, the two cars, 's and the of were queued at the end of pit lane, waiting to be the first cars to take to the circuit.

Although most drivers prefer to do an 'installation lap', pitting at the end of their first lap of the circuit, Chandhok remained out to set the first flying lap time of the circuit. And were the early leaders of the session, while 's car succumbed to a loss of power halfway through the session. The track surface was noticeably dusty, and despite becoming cleaner as the session wore on, the drivers struggled for grip and several ran wide.

Fell victim to this lack of grip, spinning into the barriers at the far end of the circuit fifteen minutes before the chequered flag fell. Was also forced out when his engine exploded. He had narrowly avoided a collision with Chandhok in pit lane moments before, after Chandhok spun when attempting to lay rubber down in the Lotus pit bay so as to allow the team's drivers a faster getaway from the concrete apron. When the session ended, was fastest, half a second ahead of. Hamilton however, had set his time when yellow flags had been shown in the final sector for Pastor Maldonado's stricken Williams, and was given a three-place grid penalty.

's received a three-place penalty for a similar offence.The second session saw top the timesheets, 0.088 seconds ahead of Vettel, and 0.224 seconds ahead of teammate Alonso, who had recovered from his mechanical fault in the first session. Several drivers ran off the road, with Turns 6 and 7 proving to be particularly troublesome as, and all went off there. Pastor Maldonado experienced further trouble when he spun into the gravel at Turn 9, though his car could be retrieved in time for him to complete the session. The session was red-flagged with forty minutes remaining when crashed at Turn 12; having run wide at Turn 11, he had gone too far onto the slippery kerbing on the inside of Turn 12 and spun when he applied too much power. Although the crash itself was heavy enough to destroy his rear wing and rear suspension, the damage was largely cosmetic. Was suspected of ignoring yellow flags at Turn 9 and was referred to the race stewards, but escaped penalty when the team provided telemetry that demonstrated that he had slowed down.The third and final practice session saw some of the fastest lap times of the weekend thus far; this was a by-product of dust being cleaned from the circuit and drivers becoming familiar with the circuit layout.

Vettel finished fastest, becoming the first person to set a time faster than 1:25.00, and comfortably inside the projected lap times claimed. Button was second, ahead of and Lewis Hamilton. The new front wing of the cars attracted significant attention, with commentators observing it to 'flutter', rapidly vibrating and sparking off the circuit surface, particularly under braking into Turn 4. This phenomenon attracted the attention of the FIA's technical delegates, and the problem was noticed to have stopped when the team replaced the front wing on Felipe Massa's car.Qualifying. Qualified in eighth position for 's 'home race'.Qualifying began with the observation that many of the drivers using the softer option tyres drove a slower flying lap to generate heat into the tyres, before starting a faster flying lap.

Set the fastest time of the session, while was forced out early with a gearbox problem. Glock failed to set a time within 107% of Petrov, and therefore needed permission to enter the race. Permission was ultimately granted on the basis that Glock had set times through free practice that were well within 107% of the fastest times in those sessions. Jenson Button experienced early troubles when he reported that his car lacked rear grip, and he was sixteenth in the final few minutes of the session, just ahead of Michael Schumacher in seventeenth and Kamui Kobayashi in eighteenth.

Both of them had demonstrated lap times faster than that of Button's, placing Button in danger of being eliminated. Button was forced to use a set of option tyres earlier than planned in order to advance to Q2, even though Kobyashi ultimately aborted his final flying lap, meaning Button would have been safe whether he had stayed in the pits or not. Michael Schumacher was impeded on his final lap through Turns 10 and 11 by, who later received a five-place penalty for the infringement. Kobayashi, Karthikeyan, and were all eliminated, although those positions were subject to change once grid penalties were applied. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

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