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Project Management F1 Circuit

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1. Formula 1 As a Sport………………………………………………………………2

2. History of Formula 1 Race in India…...…………………………………………..3

3. Buddh International Circuit & Purpose of Project………………………………5

4. Project Plan…………………………………………………………………………6

5. Project Execution and Benefits…………………………………………………….9

6. Cost Estimate and Cost Benefit …show more content…

The talks of starting a Grand Prix therefore started in the private sector which needed the backing up of some industrialists and businessmen who could organise the costly sports event and also get the required sponsors for the event. The TV broadcasting rights was another issue to be resolved. Wallace Sports and Research Foundation convinced Bernie Ecclestane, the man behind the Formula 1 races in the world to grant free Television rights to the Doordarshan in 1994 for the telecast of the race in India. However Doordarshan did not accept the offer perhaps it did not want the sports telecast to interfere its most popular epics like Ramayana beingi aired to the Indian public in the prime time at that time.
There was a talk of starting the Indian Grand Prix at Kolkata in 1997. But there were hardly any race tracks in India. There were no drivers of consequence to make the sport popular in India. There were only two permanent race tracks in India towards the end of last century. The one was at Irungattukotai in Chennai and the other was the Kari Motor speedway at Coimbatore both situated in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Perhaps this is the reason that almost all of the motor sports enthusiasts and drivers for races belong to the southern regions of the country especially Tamil Nadu.
There was once again a discussion between various Indian parties about starting of Formula One in India when Bernie Ecclestane came to

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