Chennai Formula Racing Circuit is a Formula Racing street circuit in Chennai, India.

Background

Racing Promotions Private Limited, the organisers of Indian Racing League and F4 Indian Championship, conceived a street circuit in Chennai and in collaboration with the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT), formally launched the Circuit on August 16. It is the second street circuit in India after Hyderabad, which hosted the Formula E race in 2023. The Circuit is scheduled to host the first-ever night street race. The track will host the IRL round and the F4 Indian Championship round on 9 and 10 December 2023.[1] The circuit will be 3.5km (2.17 mile) long around the Island grounds and will run through Victory War Memorial and Napier Bridge in Chennai, with significant elevation changes, and about 450 metres[2] from the Bay of Bengal, within the view of Marina Beach.[3]

Tamil Nadu government partnership

As part of the Memorandum of Understanding, signed between Youth Welfare and Sports Development Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on behalf of the Tamil Nadu state government and the IRL promoters Racing Promotions Private Limited (RPPL) for a period of three years, the TN government will fund Indian rupees 42 crores, while RPPL will invest Indian rupees 200 crores.[4] SDAT, has also tied up with the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) and the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA), to take up the work.[5]

The president of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) Akbar Ebrahim, Akhilesh Reddy, Chairman and MD of RPPL and Armaan Ebrahim, one of the Directors of RPPL, were present during the signing of the MoU in Chennai.[4]

Track

The street circuit will run in an anti-clockwise direction and has 19 corners with multiple chicanes.[6] The pitlane and paddock will be on the Island Ground. It is designed by Driven , the group which built the Hyderabad street circuit that hosted India's first Formula E race.[2] FIA (International Automobile Federation), the international governing body for motorsport is expected to homologate the track and give green signal before the first race in December.[7]

References

  1. ^ Ragav, S. Dipak (2023-08-16). "Chennai Formula Racing Circuit launched". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  2. ^ a b Wood, Ida (2023-08-18). "New Indian F4 series to race on street circuit in Chennai this December". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  3. ^ "F4 street circuit to come up around Island Grounds". The Times of India. 2023-08-17. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  4. ^ a b Mathur, Sahil (2023-08-16). "Chennai Formula Racing Circuit launched, to host India's first-night street races". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  5. ^ www.autotrack.ind.in https://www.autotrack.ind.in/post/chennai-formula-racing-circuit-to-host-india-s-first-night-race. Retrieved 2023-11-13. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Press Trust of India (2023-08-15). "TN govt launches India's first-ever night street racing circuit in Chennai". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 2023-11-13.((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Chennai Formula Street Racing Circuit". www.topgearmag.in. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
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