Formula One: Preparations underway for Indian GP

Gaur promised all work will be completed before a July-inspection ahead of the October 30 race.

SEPANG: Indian Grand Prix organisers are promising a Diwali festival-inspired debut race in October to showcase the country’s ability to host international sporting events after a chaotic Commonwealth Games last year. Pictures of dirty rooms in the athletes’ village and a collapsed bridge by the main stadium remain overriding images of the Games. However, Sameer Gaur, the managing director of JPSI Sports who are the builders of the Formula One track outside of Delhi, said those problems will not dampen his company’s plans. Gaur showed Reuters pictures of construction at the track in Greater Noida, some 40 kilometres south of New Delhi, and promised all work will be completed before a July-inspection ahead of the October 30 race.



Published in The Express Tribune, April 9^th, 2011.