India's Second Gp Open. A Guide The Best F1 Ticket

By Author: Preeti Jagwani
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Three months closer to the BIG one, it's time to familiarize all of you (ticket-holders or not) with India's Grand Prix - the circuit, the seats, the vantage points, the spectacle and the experience so that your F1 ticket purchase is ideal.
16 corners, the second fastest circuit on the calendar, an average speed of 210 km/hr, a length of 5.14 kms and a strait that could see a high speed of 318 km/hr. The capacity is phenomenal and could hold upto 2 lakh keen spectators. That's the Buddh International Circuit at Greater Noida, UP in a nutshell.

Since as early as February. Here's a sneak peak at the experience you have purchased. After-all, the seating at an F1 venue remains a massive factor as far as the entire experience goes.

If you are spectators that get an inexplicable kick out of sheer speed and high chances of mortality then the Classic Stand North and the Star stand 1 East (between turns 3 and 4) is the place for you. Of course, you will see nothing but an extended blur at the longest strait of this circuit which will definitely see top speeds of 315 km/hr.

Picnic STAND NORTH (sector 1- maximum ...
... view) or the STAR STAND 2 EAST (at a hairpin). Same price, better vantage point. More importantly, the cars remain in view for a longer period.

The other high-speed straits lie diagonally opposite to eachother- with star stand 3 and classic stand 1 on the EAST, and the mother of all areas: The GRANDSTAND and the Premium Stand NORTH on the WEST. While the Grandstand might see the who's who of the Indian Glambrigade and bigwigs , the other stands mentioned here are a safer bet and let us in on an equal amount of action only if you're not desperate to watch the green lights go off (in Slater's words).

Ironically, the South stands (Picnic and Natural) might see the maximum amount of overtaking and even action due to the massive hairpin at between turns 10 and 11. The cheapest F1 ticket in the house, maybe, but the Premium Stand South is the place to be if you're a purist (12.5k looks expensive- but could be well worth it). The cars will be at their slowest (and hence, the driver skills and mechanical procedures at the highest), and there is a large scope for race-altering events to occur here. Put in a darker manner, make sure your insurance procedures are upto date if you decide to sit here and buy this F1 ticket. If you're lucky, you might even find Lewis Hamilton sitting in your lap after he crashes and burns once again. If you're a cricket fan, you are allowed to rip the Brit up to shreds. I understand your situation.

The classic stands at the West (1 and 2) probably have the best view in the house- for they might be able to catch a glimpse of the race lights go off, and also watch the best moments over the qualifying weekend just when the cars approach the finish line at desperate speeds racing against nothing but a clock.

(Twisted) Bone of Contention
So that's that, then. F1 tickets are still available, and are going fast. Don't let this one go even if you already have a confirmed World Champion (double) racing by then. It will be anything but boring- simply because this is alien territory to every single driver at the grid. Watch them get a feel of conditions (and hopefully wreck their cars) over the practice and qualifying sessions and then watch them fly inches off the ground and shatter your eardrums as they whizz past you in a flame of red, blue, yellow and green. Buy F1 ticket