For those asking! The original video I made over a year ago contained some photos which I had to blur out for copyright reasons. The quality of my content has come a long way since then too and I have had many people ask me to re upload it. So here is the re mastered version without blurred out sections which had a lot of people frustrated 😅
Formula 1 needs to return to India. The track is fantastic, the number of fans have increased dramatically and it would help diversify sport in India which is cricket dominated. Great video.
It should but it never will, I mean why would they when you can host races in fancy oil rich countries why would they want to come back to india, indian govt can do better for sure but FIA can too, giving up on a 1.4 billion people market for what 40million $ seems like a very bad deal to me
@@naveenbattula a 1.4 billion population where everyone only cares about cricket and a few handful care to look at F1. Add to that, a government that keeps looting money in the name of tax from any foreign organization. Makes complete sense why FIA skipped India. It was india that left no choice.
@@arrenworden6226 look the government of india is no saint but even a 1% population interested in f1 in India would be a market orders of magnitude higher than say Bahrain and to generate interest there has to be a f1 indian gp, after drive to survive f1 is pretty big in india of the people I know, over 10% are watching f1 right now that's massive for not having a gp
The Jaypee group has got the circuit back now from the govt and the govt now regards motorsport as a sport. Plus the UP govt is building Asia's largest airport just near the circuit, so that area will become quite a hot piece in the near future. So we can hope that F1 will get back there as soon as possible.
@@avinashanish3350 Yeah, keeping his economic and financial offences aside, he was helpful to Indian motorsport. Buying an F1 team and one in a billion program which discovered jehan daruvala and arjun maini
Its never going back to BIC. If they would hv brought some other international racing event like moto gp or sbk..there was a slim chance. However, it has potential in west and south. Lot of corporate now understand the sports.
If only the Indian GP started post Drive to Survive, as much as many old school F1 fans like me loathe the Netflix series for being too dramatic this track would have pulled in so many casual fans and not had a drop in attendance. Lets hope one day Jehan Daruvala gets the Alpha Tauri seat to give enough reasons for F1 to come back to India.
Man 2020 was an F1 booooom in India. I know so many people, including me, who started watching F1 in 2020. And I've got at least 5-6 people into the sport this yr, just like the other previous fans. Fanbase has increased a lot, there's not gonna be a huge ticket income deficit for sure.
First go and pray that the current govt state and centre stays in power.... If it's the corrupt tax Hungry btches like in 2011, they'll kill f1 again by double taxing it...
@@amalkallarackal9293 every govt have it's pro and cons . Let's not bring politics to this comment section as it's not something you and I can control.
@@amalkallarackal9293 I'm pretty sure both the central and state govt will maintain the power and win the upcoming elections quite convincingly. I'm guessing that by 2025, we will see a race being held here .
Motorsport in India has itself grown alot even without F1, The new generation is alot more into racing, would be awesome to see the difference If F1 came back. Love seeing F1 Fans adore the Buddh Circuit. South India has MMRT Circuit, Races happen frequently there.
@@darshilshah6329 hope it returns soo, but bcci wont allow that to happen as it don't want to lose cricket fans which will reduce their income through ipl and others.
@@ayubshaik2907 it's not hard to follow multiple sports bro And personally only 5 people I know irl watch ipl it's viewership is falling a lot since almost everyone knows it's fixed
@@liamandxaviersrandomthings9084 The circuit speaks for itself, it is India's longest circuit and is already approved (not confirmed) to host f2. So there is very high chance it can be upgraded to grade 1 if F2 is held and is successful. Also, Jehan Daruvala is in F2 and will most likely make it to F1 in the next few years and if you know us Indians you know that we love to support our sportsmen so that makes it A BIG opportunity for advertisement. Hope this helped:-)
India really deserves another shot at hosting an F1 race again, especially after the recent announcement of Formula Regional India, and the new Grade 2 street track in Hyderabad
I'm and Indian and have started following F1 since last year. Thanks partly to Netflix and partly to Reddit. I would definitely want F1 in India to come back man. It's such an amazing sport with all the masala and drama that Indians might come to expect
I have also started watching it last year it's so much fun, i think now we have a fanbase that can support f1 race in India also the Yogi Adityanath government will definitely support this event, it will boost the tourism industry of India.
@@neelpatel4406 Yeah but there are many countries who are in line or have already secured their chance to host F1 so It is going to be a long while before there is an Indian GP. But I am hoping there will be one eventually.
First mistake, bringing it to Delhi. Chennai(madras) has been home of motorsports in India for decades. Second, lack of backing for an Indian driver. Just look at Checo and what Mexico does for him.
There's also the piss poor air quality in Noida (and that dirty Delhi area in general). You can literally see how shit the air is. Chennai or anywhere in the south would've been much better.
As an Indian and practical neighbour to the Buddh International Circuit it pains me to see what politics and greed for money has done to F1's prospects in India. Nevertheless, apart from the Govt. not backing the event, there is also a lack of knowledge and information in India about F1, of course avid viewers will watch the races by any means necessary or get updates but it is the new audiences which suffer a bit. No broadcasting for the races on TV, not many news channels cover F1 and I think there are very few or negligible Indian F1 content creators out there. So, that's why I decided to start creating such content. Have been inspired by You, Josh, Tommo and Aldas.. Thank you for creating the superb content that you do. Looking forward for more. Peace✌🏽
I personally think that F1 should come back to India because the number of fans has certainly increased. In my own personal sphere, alot of my friends have started watching F1 religiously. The market for F1 has certainly grown since they left.
If Indian were to host today, I think the attandance might be in full capacity. There has been a lot of interest in F1 in India lately. The Netflix's "Drive to Survive" has accelerated this growth. If there were Indian representation in F1 now, it would grately help, and that's why many are counting on drivers like Jehan Daruvala, who could become a great brand ambassador for the sport. Now that F3 will be conducting its Regional Championship, let's hope we could have more representation from India in F1, and hopefully bring F1 back to India
I am a indian and I think cricket is kind too much here....I mean even see the channel which forcast F1..They have like 8 channel and like on 6 of them shows cricket and like 4 of them the same exact game....they just care about cricket and that's why we are soo bad at Olympics...they just don't promote other games
@@Anushka-qd3rs well ya showing same match on different language is acceptable. But see star sports First, SS 2 AND SS3. When there is a Cricket match they just broadcast the same thing on all 3 channels. And before ISL even highlights and shows like circket coundown was also broadcasting the same episode in the above mentioned channels
@@aadithsdev2025 I do agree with you, they have a lot of channels. I think they do this because some viewers have subscribed to HD channels and some haven't. Maybe BCCI or somebody else pays them for cricket countdown and follow the blues.
with the change in govt of Uttar Pradesh and it being progressive enough if some stones are turned definitely we can see this track back in action. As an Indian F1 fan it would be so great to see F1 race in India again.
The good thing about social media is now we do not need classical advertising methods to sell out the grand stands. F1 is really popular in India and if the Grand Prix was to return to the calendar, the fans will advertise the hell out of it themselves. Would love to see Vettel back on top of the podium here.
Social Media here in India has grown significantly in the past decade and I can surely say tens of millions of people in India follow Formula 1 regularly. Its just the mentality of the UP government and their lack of interest for the sport. India is a country where if people like something the government will milk it as long as it can and put everything aside. Like Cricket. A lot of people love cricket and the government is just milking it. A new government away from the dumb and kinda racist current UP government would be really good for not just the sport but also for the state.
The current UP government sucks as well. So did the 2013 government. Mamta Banerjee ftw😂. If there is a suitable circuit with financially stable host and sponsorships, our PM will advertise it just like the covid vaccine donations 😂😂
👍🏽 Great video as always (and great collab)! The indian GP was really special to me, partly due to being British Indian, but also as it was the first GP I watched with my dad where he was so excited and proud for India. We talked about going there to watch it live but sadly he passed away the next year :( Still happy memories of watching it together in 2011.
I watched the first F1 race live at the buddh circuit. Really nice venue. Sebs pure dominance in that red bull made me a huuuuge fan of his till date. Hope they bring it back some day. I'd love to nab a grandstand seat
Good aspirations I really appreciate you, but if u want that please get out of india ASAP . India lack basic culture of motorsports, all people involved are privateers no automotive company has a racing team. And the ones which have teams are all stationed in Europe.
@@Kem____paalty16 There is only a trash suzuki cars with 0 star safety rating that everyone buy . Tata got some future because they own jaguar and land rover
A new f3 street circuit is ready in hyderabad hosting Formula Regional Indian Championship mostly next year .Budh track was good hope it makes back in calendar .
I’m not from Hyderabad but there’s a street circuit over a bridge named as durgama cheruvu and nearby areas .It’s only an f3 track not an f1 , it will be hosting formula regional Indian championship and budh too will be one of the tracks in the calendar in this event which is planned to be held next year .
Superb video. One of the few great Tilke tracks. I suppose India has higher priorities than hosting Formula 1 and paying through the nose for it, which is totally understandable.
Well made video! Of course, it pains the multitude of F1 fans in India that we missed an opportunity to host F1 races. On one hand, I think it's correct for the government not to subsidize these things as at the end of the day an F1 race should not be funded from the tax payers' pockets. On the other hand, Indian taxation policies make it incredibly difficult for foreign businesses to operate. Hopefully, new government policies will help ease the financial operability in the future. We also need more grassroots racing. Cricket is popular because it's accessible and realistic to succeed in. F1 is so far above the point of accessibility for most that it feels out of sync with reality. Indians love their automobiles. We need F3 and F2 races here on a regular basis and we need to build motorsport teams here competing at that level. We need a street race in the south for something like Formula E. We need motorsport academies for young drivers. We need a touring car championship for manufacturers here. Without building the foundations, F1 will be a castle in the sky. If even a middle class, urban Indian cannot aspire to be a race driver, what's the point??
Another few things to keep in mind though; India is a VERY BIG country; New Delhi is in the north of India, so the track is not cheaply accessible to the people in the south; generally involves $150-300 in travel costs in addition to the ticket costs. Secondly Uttar Pradesh is a very high risk state, ruled by a hardcore right wing party and F1 will have a lot of security risks there; e.g. if the right wing mobs get offended by anything they go on a destructive rampage. If F1 were to come back, it would be better to relocate to south India, more secure, more open to business and has historically been the centre of motorsports in India.
India never fails to make it as hard as possible for anyone to do business there. Which would be fine if they didn't have a billion people in poverty and constantly complain about never having money there.
Last week Indian formula Student event -SAE Supra took place on BIC in which our team participated. It was very wonderful experience to explore the circuit & watch our car running in the endurance event on an actual F1 track.
Indian government has a lendency to raise tax after investment is made, this is why alot of company refuse to invest in india and why India did not attact the same kind of explosive growth and investment like China.
I wish F1 returns to India again... I'd definitely go for it then When it came to India in 2011, I was 9 years old and had only just started watching F1. Now I'd be more than excited to go for the race
F1's present dependence upon the Arabian peninsula because of 💰💰💰 is relatively unsustainable; sooner or...sooner they will have to go where the fans are. That means India would have to be high on the list. They should not require subsidy from local governments to do it, either; the amount of sponsorship potential in a rising India with dozens of multinational/aspiring multi- banks and corps is massive. If FIA *doesn't* have plans laid to return to India in the next 3 years, in fact; they're making a huge mistake. Trying to duck a few taxes is penny-wise and lakh- foolish.
If the Indian GP were to return, the attendance would be way higher than the previous stint. India's social media boom of 2016 and the huge audience of Drive to Survive will reflect in a massive increase in attendance. As for the fans, we are still hopeful as the JayPee group is in process of acquiring the track and should result in the Indian GP being back on the calendar ❤️
Being an Indian you would expect me to praise the track but honestly, the race was a snooze fest and imo VERY similar to china in terms of racing. I hope there will be a race in India but not at Buddh int. circuit
Imagine being Indian and a die hard f1 fan since 2001 and then see my the BIC get wiped away from the F1 calendar. 2011-2013 was special. An amazing track! Hermann. ❤️✨
If it happens. Would love to get it scheduled earlier in the season like 3-4th race of after summer break. After autumn it gets really smoggy here in Delhi. Or better if we could find F1 grade circuit in South India. Maybe even a street circuit. Imagine F1 in Mumbai rain. 😂
What I hate about sports in india is that it is only cricket focused, like you can't find any other sport being played on the sports channels. I really want f1 to come back to India and Indian drivers in f1 teams
I used to work for the same company that owned the track, Had one medical Van for the race parked up in our units' hospital, made me feel very sad whenever i got to look at it, All came down so fast as the company had too much debt and had to sell most of its business in order to survive, i think they still own the track though.
Indian bigger market great joke buddy. India was never a market. For f1. A country where its people are not interested about its own national motorsports events won't buy f1 tickets. Success of indian f1 can happen in only fools paradise. US has a market but. They have already got nascars and indy car to complete with the rural regions fond of monster truck racing and bull riding. To make event successful u need a culture.
Internet revolution happened in 2016 in India , now everyone is on social media . F1 could have a huge market in India but it's just not feasible due to covid and all.
UP is one of the most backward states in India, it's a shame that such an amazing race track is located in that state where the local government ain't friendly. I hope some other state's government decide to host the f1 race in their state and start plans on constructing a new race track as soon as possible.
As a pretty recent F1 and Motorsport fan from India, I can assure overflowing audience and grandeur when F1 returns to its Indian venue. Can't wait for it!
Just waiting for Mukesh ambani to buy the Jaypee sportscity if it's really being auctioned or build a new circuit in gujarat or maharashtra all together. Reliance Jio Indian Grand Prix 2025
Amabanis don't invest where its all about passion and hv appetite to take a loss for it. They ll buy the circuit in cheapest price and convert it to something else.
The track has basically 3 different layouts. The Grand Prix layout, Motorbike layout with 2 different corners to the grand prix layout and a shortened layout where you take a right turn after turn 4 taking you to the short straight before the final corner.
Reading all the comments, I will add the opinion that if Jehan Daruvala makes the grid within a year or two, there may definitely be a renewed interest in the Indian GP, especially if he winds up having success.
What needs to be done is beautifying the track in an Indian style like fine artwork, new iconic buildings. Apart from that with internet age, F1 and other racing events like NASCAR, Indycar, Formula E, Moto GP, etc have become popular. The circuit could do great. This even has potential to make it as good as Abu Dhabi track. Yes advertising and pricing strategies also matter. They could do Indian GP in the calender just before Saudi GP or just after Beijing GP.
It's sad that they constructed the track in the terrible state of UP of all places instead of Madras/Chennai, which would've been much more appropriate. Not surprised that a big blocker for this was political reasons. I'd love to see the track return to the schedule but I'd never travel to UP to watch this live. Cheers for the video, Pers.
As an Indian 🇮🇳 I really hope they bring back F1 back to our Country. I think if Daruwala gets an F1 contract, the crowds would throng back. Who would not love to see their own countrymen drive in its own home circuit
F1 can easily be brought back again to India cause the last time India hosted a grand prix was in 2013 and it has been almost 9 years (2022 is nearing).....there's a massive boom in f1 fans in India and the government now belongs to other political party, which really supports sports and definitely will promote f1 racing! It's upto FIA to reach out to Indian government in order to host events in India and not let sucha a world classtrack to go in waste
@@MadeByPerspective I doubt so. Our country honestly isn't suited to it. Will need international sponsors and govt disputes to be settled. I honestly wish the track was in a different country just because it's such a good one.
Been following F1 since 1998 and when i heard there was going to be an Indian Grand Prix i was so excited, to be able to have the chance to watch a live race.....I really wish i had attended the event in one of the three years that it was held...missed an easy chance to watch a F1 grand prix live 😏
One thing F1 needs to make sure they do is adjust their ticket prices to the countries economy. You can't charge the same ticket prices in India that you would charge in the US or Europe.
Naah, people can watch on TV but physically spending too much money and time is a real challenge. Its location is really odd. And there isn't much nearby for miles.
I think till 2024 f1 will come back in India Cuz indian government has passed many acts and laws related to sports and it will come into effect in 2024 . In which every type of racing is also going to be considered as sports
I am waiting for f1 to return India asap for many years now, we have a huge population that might bring pretty big viewership for f1 ...hope it happens soon.
For those asking!
The original video I made over a year ago contained some photos which I had to blur out for copyright reasons. The quality of my content has come a long way since then too and I have had many people ask me to re upload it. So here is the re mastered version without blurred out sections which had a lot of people frustrated 😅
Name of intro music/song please...
Even though you straight up stole plagued moths intro song for this lolol
Our government should appreciate F1 and moto go like sport now it's the time to grow and learn
Whats the music in the background
I think f1 is really popular in India now. If f1 comes back, I’m sure we’d sell out the grandstands
Definitely!!
but I think most are not rich and f1 tickets are not cheap
@@Smishra457 it was 1500 for the Sunday and 2000 for the whole week ( not on main grand stand )
@@sravans5100 Is this USD or INR? Because if it’s INR, it’s like 4000-5000 PKR which is pretty cheap for us Pakistanis
@@hashamali83 inr mate
As an Indian I really hope one day we'll get to see this track in good use in the future again
Let’s hope so! 🙏🏽
@MIZ is GAY lmao I hope you are saying this as an Indian and not some foreign assumer
❤️
@MIZ is GAY oh cool
@@goodmorningkay even if they said as a "foreign assumer", they wouldn't be wrong
Formula 1 needs to return to India. The track is fantastic, the number of fans have increased dramatically and it would help diversify sport in India which is cricket dominated. Great video.
Totally agree. Also gonna watch ur video now looks very interesting.
It should but it never will, I mean why would they when you can host races in fancy oil rich countries why would they want to come back to india, indian govt can do better for sure but FIA can too, giving up on a 1.4 billion people market for what 40million $ seems like a very bad deal to me
It doesn't. Qatar Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have a far better market.
@@naveenbattula a 1.4 billion population where everyone only cares about cricket and a few handful care to look at F1.
Add to that, a government that keeps looting money in the name of tax from any foreign organization.
Makes complete sense why FIA skipped India. It was india that left no choice.
@@arrenworden6226 look the government of india is no saint but even a 1% population interested in f1 in India would be a market orders of magnitude higher than say Bahrain and to generate interest there has to be a f1 indian gp, after drive to survive f1 is pretty big in india of the people I know, over 10% are watching f1 right now that's massive for not having a gp
The Jaypee group has got the circuit back now from the govt and the govt now regards motorsport as a sport. Plus the UP govt is building Asia's largest airport just near the circuit, so that area will become quite a hot piece in the near future. So we can hope that F1 will get back there as soon as possible.
Fingers crossed 🤞
Let's hope
F1 races only for money. So nope, F1 is not returning any time soon. They'd rather host a race in Kuwait than in india.
@@darkemperor9006 India will become a big market for F1 in the near future , so we will see a race in 2-3 years time.
@DarkEmperor Well, they've been racing in China for a number of years and added Saudi Arabia this year. What's next? Afghanistan or Iran?
There are a lot more fans here now they really need to come back
Hopefully 🙏🏽
The main problem is who is willing to organise
@MIZ is GAY Vijay Mallya was useful in that respect....
@@avinashanish3350 Yeah, keeping his economic and financial offences aside, he was helpful to Indian motorsport. Buying an F1 team and one in a billion program which discovered jehan daruvala and arjun maini
Its never going back to BIC. If they would hv brought some other international racing event like moto gp or sbk..there was a slim chance. However, it has potential in west and south. Lot of corporate now understand the sports.
If only the Indian GP started post Drive to Survive, as much as many old school F1 fans like me loathe the Netflix series for being too dramatic this track would have pulled in so many casual fans and not had a drop in attendance. Lets hope one day Jehan Daruvala gets the Alpha Tauri seat to give enough reasons for F1 to come back to India.
In 2023 hopefully?
Man 2020 was an F1 booooom in India.
I know so many people, including me, who started watching F1 in 2020.
And I've got at least 5-6 people into the sport this yr, just like the other previous fans.
Fanbase has increased a lot, there's not gonna be a huge ticket income deficit for sure.
Same here. I started following Formula 1 this year (2021) after IPL got postponed mid way in May and Formula 1 season was ongoing
First go and pray that the current govt state and centre stays in power....
If it's the corrupt tax Hungry btches like in 2011, they'll kill f1 again by double taxing it...
@@amalkallarackal9293 every govt have it's pro and cons . Let's not bring politics to this comment section as it's not something you and I can control.
@@lordwiz6653 it is something you and I and everyone here can control together....
Through votes.
@@amalkallarackal9293 I'm pretty sure both the central and state govt will maintain the power and win the upcoming elections quite convincingly. I'm guessing that by 2025, we will see a race being held here .
Motorsport in India has itself grown alot even without F1, The new generation is alot more into racing, would be awesome to see the difference If F1 came back. Love seeing F1 Fans adore the Buddh Circuit. South India has MMRT Circuit, Races happen frequently there.
yes
F1 will never comeback till BCCI is alive.
@@ayubshaik2907 local formulas like indian f3 and f4 are already here
F1 pretty soon as well
@@darshilshah6329 hope it returns soo, but bcci wont allow that to happen as it don't want to lose cricket fans which will reduce their income through ipl and others.
@@ayubshaik2907 it's not hard to follow multiple sports bro
And personally only 5 people I know irl watch ipl it's viewership is falling a lot since almost everyone knows it's fixed
Imagine Vettel winning in India in this Turbo - hybrid era ❤️
Shut up and take my money!
With Aston I highly doubt it. Given there are like of Ferrari, McLaren & Alpine
@@subarnosinha8042 give
Vettle is history 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂max Lewis rule now
Why vettel? There are fans of different teams/drivers in india
A little known fact is that a brand new grade 2 track has been constructed in India and looks VERY promising
Where ?
Little known fact. Grade 1 is required to be an f1 circuit. What good is grade 2? In other words.....who cares? That is until it gets a grade 1
@@N.E.W.I.D In Andhra Pradesh, it's called Marque One
@@liamandxaviersrandomthings9084 The circuit speaks for itself, it is India's longest circuit and is already approved (not confirmed) to host f2. So there is very high chance it can be upgraded to grade 1 if F2 is held and is successful.
Also, Jehan Daruvala is in F2 and will most likely make it to F1 in the next few years and if you know us Indians you know that we love to support our sportsmen so that makes it A BIG opportunity for advertisement.
Hope this helped:-)
Are we talking about the hyderabad st. Circuit??
India really deserves another shot at hosting an F1 race again, especially after the recent announcement of Formula Regional India, and the new Grade 2 street track in Hyderabad
I'm and Indian and have started following F1 since last year. Thanks partly to Netflix and partly to Reddit. I would definitely want F1 in India to come back man. It's such an amazing sport with all the masala and drama that Indians might come to expect
"masala" classic indian ❤️❤️
Indian NRI her
I have also started watching it last year it's so much fun, i think now we have a fanbase that can support f1 race in India also the Yogi Adityanath government will definitely support this event, it will boost the tourism industry of India.
@@neelpatel4406 Yeah but there are many countries who are in line or have already secured their chance to host F1 so It is going to be a long while before there is an Indian GP. But I am hoping there will be one eventually.
@@allwindsouza9595 Shuddh desi hu bhai
“Even Christian sounded happy then” my self made quote missing anything before Masi
💯😂
First mistake, bringing it to Delhi. Chennai(madras) has been home of motorsports in India for decades.
Second, lack of backing for an Indian driver. Just look at Checo and what Mexico does for him.
Would your state govt would've even greenlit this project if they decided to build it near Chennai 😂😂😂
OMG!! When you said the Checo thing I was stunned😯
But there aren't any good Indian drivers
But there is one guy, Mahaveer Raganuthan but he sucks😂
@@amartechs9267 Have you heard of Daruvala?
@@priyasamagod nope
There's also the piss poor air quality in Noida (and that dirty Delhi area in general). You can literally see how shit the air is. Chennai or anywhere in the south would've been much better.
We Indians are crazy about F1!
Would definitely love to see the Indian GP return some day in the future and also a great vid as always Sam!
Same here in Pakistan. Honestly having a GP in India gave us peace of mind that atleast it’s come to the South
@@hashamali83 respect mate!
@@hashamali83 lmao yes South asia needs a race
India is not crazy about F1
India is crazy about cricket!!
@@amartechs9267 *And....?* 👀
The 2013 indian grand prix was the first race i've watched when i was only 9 years old. Seb bowing to his red bull made him my hero
As an Indian and practical neighbour to the Buddh International Circuit it pains me to see what politics and greed for money has done to F1's prospects in India.
Nevertheless, apart from the Govt. not backing the event, there is also a lack of knowledge and information in India about F1, of course avid viewers will watch the races by any means necessary or get updates but it is the new audiences which suffer a bit.
No broadcasting for the races on TV, not many news channels cover F1 and I think there are very few or negligible Indian F1 content creators out there.
So, that's why I decided to start creating such content.
Have been inspired by You, Josh, Tommo and Aldas..
Thank you for creating the superb content that you do.
Looking forward for more.
Peace✌🏽
I personally think that F1 should come back to India because the number of fans has certainly increased. In my own personal sphere, alot of my friends have started watching F1 religiously. The market for F1 has certainly grown since they left.
Religiously?
Wdym by religiously here?
Religiously in this context means regularity or consistency.
@@xenonentity713 ah I see
@@vyasponnuri3375 it means seriously & consistently
If Indian were to host today, I think the attandance might be in full capacity. There has been a lot of interest in F1 in India lately. The Netflix's "Drive to Survive" has accelerated this growth. If there were Indian representation in F1 now, it would grately help, and that's why many are counting on drivers like Jehan Daruvala, who could become a great brand ambassador for the sport. Now that F3 will be conducting its Regional Championship, let's hope we could have more representation from India in F1, and hopefully bring F1 back to India
Absolutely right mate
MotoGP is now doing the Grand Prix of India since Buddha International Circuit got cleaned up and upgraded
I wished the same for Korea International Circuit and more
Now this track is back and bought motogp in 2023. The next year 2024 is also included in the calender. Even India hosted Formula E for the first time.
I am a indian and I think cricket is kind too much here....I mean even see the channel which forcast F1..They have like 8 channel and like on 6 of them shows cricket and like 4 of them the same exact game....they just care about cricket and that's why we are soo bad at Olympics...they just don't promote other games
As a felllow Indian I absolutely agree with you. I really want to see F1 from the stands which will remain a dream unless we get back the Indian GP.
Star sports earns shitloads of money by broadcasting cricket. A 15 sec ad in between an IPL match costs lakhs.
@@Anushka-qd3rs well but yeah why do they have 8-10 channels if they wanted to show a single match
@@Anushka-qd3rs well ya showing same match on different language is acceptable. But see star sports First, SS 2 AND SS3. When there is a Cricket match they just broadcast the same thing on all 3 channels. And before ISL even highlights and shows like circket coundown was also broadcasting the same episode in the above mentioned channels
@@aadithsdev2025 I do agree with you, they have a lot of channels. I think they do this because some viewers have subscribed to HD channels and some haven't. Maybe BCCI or somebody else pays them for cricket countdown and follow the blues.
with the change in govt of Uttar Pradesh and it being progressive enough if some stones are turned definitely we can see this track back in action. As an Indian F1 fan it would be so great to see F1 race in India again.
yeah uttar pradesh govt....They will start building mandir in those race track too🤣.No hate
I heard there was a budha temple below that track, that's how the track was named,
Temple should be restored to it's original shape, dig out the track
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@@rehan9746 lol
@@rehan9746 lmao
The good thing about social media is now we do not need classical advertising methods to sell out the grand stands. F1 is really popular in India and if the Grand Prix was to return to the calendar, the fans will advertise the hell out of it themselves. Would love to see Vettel back on top of the podium here.
This track and Sepang truly deserve to be raced on by F1 again
Social Media here in India has grown significantly in the past decade and I can surely say tens of millions of people in India follow Formula 1 regularly. Its just the mentality of the UP government and their lack of interest for the sport. India is a country where if people like something the government will milk it as long as it can and put everything aside. Like Cricket. A lot of people love cricket and the government is just milking it. A new government away from the dumb and kinda racist current UP government would be really good for not just the sport but also for the state.
The current UP government sucks as well. So did the 2013 government. Mamta Banerjee ftw😂. If there is a suitable circuit with financially stable host and sponsorships, our PM will advertise it just like the covid vaccine donations 😂😂
Yeah, if they could, they would build a temple in there
@@madhavisingh9046 Ram mandir idhari banega 💀💀
@@madhavisingh9046 lmao
@@madhavisingh9046 temple isn't built by ur dads mo ey neither its built by government money.
im also from india and there are a ton of fans here.(currently)
Good news: Grand prix MotoGP 2023 to be hosted in Buddh International Circuit.
👍🏽 Great video as always (and great collab)! The indian GP was really special to me, partly due to being British Indian, but also as it was the first GP I watched with my dad where he was so excited and proud for India. We talked about going there to watch it live but sadly he passed away the next year :( Still happy memories of watching it together in 2011.
Well I hope Jehan makes it to F1 in future that'll greatly help F1 become more popular in India
They should've gone for the Madras circuit instead.
I watched the first F1 race live at the buddh circuit. Really nice venue. Sebs pure dominance in that red bull made me a huuuuge fan of his till date. Hope they bring it back some day. I'd love to nab a grandstand seat
I am an Indian and I aspire to be an engineer in F1 team. So it would be phenomenal to see F1 returning India.
Good aspirations I really appreciate you, but if u want that please get out of india ASAP . India lack basic culture of motorsports, all people involved are privateers no automotive company has a racing team. And the ones which have teams are all stationed in Europe.
@@Kem____paalty16 There is only a trash suzuki cars with 0 star safety rating that everyone buy . Tata got some future because they own jaguar and land rover
One of my favourite tracks, shame it vanished off the calendar. Hopefully sometime in the near future it'll come back.
And this coming sunday the moto gp is helding on this same track. A challenging track and Can't wait to see.. 🥰
A new f3 street circuit is ready in hyderabad hosting Formula Regional Indian Championship mostly next year .Budh track was good hope it makes back in calendar .
wait what, in hyd? Im going there for college mate, would love to visit it
I’m not from Hyderabad but there’s a street circuit over a bridge named as durgama cheruvu and nearby areas .It’s only an f3 track not an f1 , it will be hosting formula regional Indian championship and budh too will be one of the tracks in the calendar in this event which is planned to be held next year .
aged well xD
Superb video. One of the few great Tilke tracks. I suppose India has higher priorities than hosting Formula 1 and paying through the nose for it, which is totally understandable.
Well made video! Of course, it pains the multitude of F1 fans in India that we missed an opportunity to host F1 races. On one hand, I think it's correct for the government not to subsidize these things as at the end of the day an F1 race should not be funded from the tax payers' pockets. On the other hand, Indian taxation policies make it incredibly difficult for foreign businesses to operate. Hopefully, new government policies will help ease the financial operability in the future. We also need more grassroots racing. Cricket is popular because it's accessible and realistic to succeed in. F1 is so far above the point of accessibility for most that it feels out of sync with reality. Indians love their automobiles. We need F3 and F2 races here on a regular basis and we need to build motorsport teams here competing at that level. We need a street race in the south for something like Formula E. We need motorsport academies for young drivers. We need a touring car championship for manufacturers here. Without building the foundations, F1 will be a castle in the sky. If even a middle class, urban Indian cannot aspire to be a race driver, what's the point??
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I attended Indian GP in 2013, as a F & B volunteer at the Main grand stand. It was an experience of a life time!
WE WANT INDIA BACK IN F1
It is a shame....India has great F1 fans.....
Finally!! The remastered video is great. And this really had to be put out there 🔥🔥
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India Finished Construction two weeks before the Grand Prix.
Saudi Arabia Finished construction two days before the Grand Prix!
Another few things to keep in mind though; India is a VERY BIG country; New Delhi is in the north of India, so the track is not cheaply accessible to the people in the south; generally involves $150-300 in travel costs in addition to the ticket costs.
Secondly Uttar Pradesh is a very high risk state, ruled by a hardcore right wing party and F1 will have a lot of security risks there; e.g. if the right wing mobs get offended by anything they go on a destructive rampage. If F1 were to come back, it would be better to relocate to south India, more secure, more open to business and has historically been the centre of motorsports in India.
Yeah that Idiot Yogi needs to go.
@@thewebheadgt Up was much more hostile before why everything has to be political. Real reason was it didn't make any sense financially
South India 🤣🤣🤣. Highest recruits in ISIS is safe according to you 🤣
@@aben3278 ok whatsapp University student
@@thewebheadgt Madarsa University students can't even use Google 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
India never fails to make it as hard as possible for anyone to do business there.
Which would be fine if they didn't have a billion people in poverty and constantly complain about never having money there.
Do a video on the Korea GP! Loved this video concept and i would’ve enjoyed a version with Korea
Last week Indian formula Student event -SAE Supra took place on BIC in which our team participated. It was very wonderful experience to explore the circuit & watch our car running in the endurance event on an actual F1 track.
I would want the Indian GP to come back, atleast before Seb retires so that I can see him racing there again!!
I recently just got really interested in F1 and being a teenager in India , I would love to see F1 races in India’s future
I didn’t realize the track was so well liked! Awesome ❤️ hope to see it back one day, hello to all from United States
The most important thing is to make sure the race takes place in summer. The winter is despicable in the NCR.
Day 14 of asking for the Daniel ricchardo cut out
I hope in the near future more and more people will give importance to Motorsports in India
I was about 8 when I saw the race live in 2011 I can only remember the cars farting loudly in the first breaking zone 😉
India can work if they pick a better location
Probably will be better if it's by the sea? Maybe Mumbai but they have fuckall space near the airport
@@pixelboujee please don't need another street circuit on f1 calendar. Worst place to race on.
@@pixelboujee even bangalore is a pretty good place to host a race
@@reubenashok937 oh hell yes
Indian government has a lendency to raise tax after investment is made, this is why alot of company refuse to invest in india and why India did not attact the same kind of explosive growth and investment like China.
I wish F1 returns to India again... I'd definitely go for it then
When it came to India in 2011, I was 9 years old and had only just started watching F1. Now I'd be more than excited to go for the race
Moto Gp is coming back to Budh International circuit 2023 ❤❤
F1's present dependence upon the Arabian peninsula because of 💰💰💰 is relatively unsustainable; sooner or...sooner they will have to go where the fans are. That means India would have to be high on the list. They should not require subsidy from local governments to do it, either; the amount of sponsorship potential in a rising India with dozens of multinational/aspiring multi- banks and corps is massive.
If FIA *doesn't* have plans laid to return to India in the next 3 years, in fact; they're making a huge mistake.
Trying to duck a few taxes is penny-wise and lakh- foolish.
India love only cricket.
Vietnam was going to host a race in 2020 for which they even constructed a circuit but due to COVID that plan has permanently been on hold
If the Indian GP were to return, the attendance would be way higher than the previous stint. India's social media boom of 2016 and the huge audience of Drive to Survive will reflect in a massive increase in attendance. As for the fans, we are still hopeful as the JayPee group is in process of acquiring the track and should result in the Indian GP being back on the calendar ❤️
Being an Indian you would expect me to praise the track but honestly, the race was a snooze fest and imo VERY similar to china in terms of racing. I hope there will be a race in India but not at Buddh int. circuit
actually i would say its worse like on spain and abudhabi level
Imagine being Indian and a die hard f1 fan since 2001 and then see my the BIC get wiped away from the F1 calendar. 2011-2013 was special. An amazing track! Hermann. ❤️✨
If it happens. Would love to get it scheduled earlier in the season like 3-4th race of after summer break. After autumn it gets really smoggy here in Delhi. Or better if we could find F1 grade circuit in South India. Maybe even a street circuit. Imagine F1 in Mumbai rain. 😂
Mumbai street circuit xD
What I hate about sports in india is that it is only cricket focused, like you can't find any other sport being played on the sports channels. I really want f1 to come back to India and Indian drivers in f1 teams
Use me as a 'dil se bura lagta hai' button
Sam please pin this comment.
pin this lol
I used to work for the same company that owned the track, Had one medical Van for the race parked up in our units' hospital, made me feel very sad whenever i got to look at it, All came down so fast as the company had too much debt and had to sell most of its business in order to survive, i think they still own the track though.
We r seeing the extent of efforts f1 is putting to break into the usa market.. india is a bigger market imo
Indian bigger market great joke buddy. India was never a market. For f1. A country where its people are not interested about its own national motorsports events won't buy f1 tickets. Success of indian f1 can happen in only fools paradise. US has a market but. They have already got nascars and indy car to complete with the rural regions fond of monster truck racing and bull riding. To make event successful u need a culture.
How was it possible to abandon such a beautiful circuit, and have in its place horrendous circuits like that of Saudi Arabia we’ve seen last week…
Deja Vu, I've been in this place before.
Internet revolution happened in 2016 in India , now everyone is on social media . F1 could have a huge market in India but it's just not feasible due to covid and all.
UP is one of the most backward states in India, it's a shame that such an amazing race track is located in that state where the local government ain't friendly. I hope some other state's government decide to host the f1 race in their state and start plans on constructing a new race track as soon as possible.
Where the state government wasn't friendly I hope our Indian Vin Diesel could get F1 back on track.
Btw Noida is much different than the rest of UP.
As a pretty recent F1 and Motorsport fan from India, I can assure overflowing audience and grandeur when F1 returns to its Indian venue. Can't wait for it!
Just waiting for Mukesh ambani to buy the Jaypee sportscity if it's really being auctioned or build a new circuit in gujarat or maharashtra all together. Reliance Jio Indian Grand Prix 2025
Amabanis don't invest where its all about passion and hv appetite to take a loss for it. They ll buy the circuit in cheapest price and convert it to something else.
The scenes if that happens 😂
The track has basically 3 different layouts. The Grand Prix layout, Motorbike layout with 2 different corners to the grand prix layout and a shortened layout where you take a right turn after turn 4 taking you to the short straight before the final corner.
Reading all the comments, I will add the opinion that if Jehan Daruvala makes the grid within a year or two, there may definitely be a renewed interest in the Indian GP, especially if he winds up having success.
Seems unlikely at Red Bull though. Hopefully at other teams.
What needs to be done is beautifying the track in an Indian style like fine artwork, new iconic buildings. Apart from that with internet age, F1 and other racing events like NASCAR, Indycar, Formula E, Moto GP, etc have become popular. The circuit could do great. This even has potential to make it as good as Abu Dhabi track.
Yes advertising and pricing strategies also matter. They could do Indian GP in the calender just before Saudi GP or just after Beijing GP.
LET'S GO
I hope if Indonesia actually gets into F1 calendar, it would last long
It's sad that they constructed the track in the terrible state of UP of all places instead of Madras/Chennai, which would've been much more appropriate. Not surprised that a big blocker for this was political reasons. I'd love to see the track return to the schedule but I'd never travel to UP to watch this live. Cheers for the video, Pers.
I had a great time. I attended the Indian Grand Prix 2 times and it was fun. Hope F1 comes back in India in the next 5 years.
Aah yes UP government, why was i even surprised 😂
Fyi your papa akhilesh Yadav was the cm of the state back then
Its now been one year for your video and now MOTOGP has announced indian MOTOGP in budh international pretty good to see the track is been used again
As an Indian 🇮🇳 I really hope they bring back F1 back to our Country.
I think if Daruwala gets an F1 contract, the crowds would throng back. Who would not love to see their own countrymen drive in its own home circuit
F1 can easily be brought back again to India cause the last time India hosted a grand prix was in 2013 and it has been almost 9 years (2022 is nearing).....there's a massive boom in f1 fans in India and the government now belongs to other political party, which really supports sports and definitely will promote f1 racing! It's upto FIA to reach out to Indian government in order to host events in India and not let sucha a world classtrack to go in waste
Motogp 2023
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Well the air quality in especially the delhi area is o bad, you wouldn’t be able to see the track from the stands anyway
Good F1 isn't in India, it is a good sport and should be played with passion, rather than becoming a centre of politics.......
As if there was no politics in F1 or revolved around it. L 🤡
@@tsarbomba8361 I am not talking about the politics within F1, but pointing towards the use of F1 in national politics
With the increase in F1 fans all around the world, if they gave India a second chance it might work
As a F1 fan in India, it greatly disappointed me but, but I can't say it was unexpected. India is poor and corrupt
Hopefully F1 returns one day 🙏🏽
@@MadeByPerspective I doubt so. Our country honestly isn't suited to it. Will need international sponsors and govt disputes to be settled.
I honestly wish the track was in a different country just because it's such a good one.
The track is used regularly by supercar and superbike owners, and sometimes by normal car owners, car launches, advertisement, etc.
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Still waiting for the day when F1 comebacks in India
Been following F1 since 1998 and when i heard there was going to be an Indian Grand Prix i was so excited, to be able to have the chance to watch a live race.....I really wish i had attended the event in one of the three years that it was held...missed an easy chance to watch a F1 grand prix live 😏
I've been to this race in 2012 and 2013 and those were two of the best experiences of my life.
One thing F1 needs to make sure they do is adjust their ticket prices to the countries economy. You can't charge the same ticket prices in India that you would charge in the US or Europe.
2:35 Stop the cap.
Naah, people can watch on TV but physically spending too much money and time is a real challenge. Its location is really odd. And there isn't much nearby for miles.
I think till 2024 f1 will come back in India
Cuz indian government has passed many acts and laws related to sports and it will come into effect in 2024 .
In which every type of racing is also going to be considered as sports
I am waiting for f1 to return India asap for many years now, we have a huge population that might bring pretty big viewership for f1 ...hope it happens soon.
I think the Buddh international Circuit remind me of Kalami international Circuit