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The race weekend
2011 Indian Grand Prix preview – New track, different winner? F1 arrives in India
Liuzzi to stand down for Karthikeyan in India – Narain Karthikeyan will get to race in his home Grand Prix as HRT take Vitantonio Liuzzi out of the car for this race
Chandhok will not race in Indian Grand Prix – Lotus will stick with their usual driver line-up
Two DRS zones for the Indian Grand Prix – Drivers will get two opportunities per lap to use their Drag Reduction Systems
2011 F1 championship points – Full drivers and teams points standings heading into this weekend’s race.
Reserve drivers
The following changes to the usual driver line-up will be made for first practice only:
Jean-Eric Vergne will drive Sebastien Buemi’s car at Toro Rosso
Karun Chandhok will drive Heikki Kovalainen’s car at Lotus
Tyres
Pirelli have brought the hardest tyre in their range, the hard tyre, for this race. The tyre can be identified by the silver colouring on the sidewalls. As usual, the soft tyre will also be available, with its yellow colouring.
In Friday practice the teams will have an extra set of soft tyres plus a further set of development tyres for next year.
Pirelli’s Paul Hembery explains the reasoning behind the choice of tyres for the Indian Grand Prix:
The track
Buddh International Circuit
The Buddh International Circuit is holding its first ever F1 race.
The track, designed by Hermann Tilke, is 5.137km (3.192 miles) long and includes a mixture of long straights with slow corners, and some faster bends later in the lap.
Buddh International Circuit – track information – Lap time estimates and more data
India’s F1 track: Another cookie-cutter circuit? – Does the Buddh International Circuit offer anything to distinguish itself on F1′s increasingly homogeneous calendar?
Neel Jani drives the first laps of India’s F1 track – Video of the Red Bull show car lapping the new circuit
A lap of India’s F1 track with Sebastian Vettel – Video preview of the new circuit
The weather
Hot and dry conditions are expected for the race.
2011 Indian Grand Prix weather forecast – No rain but plenty of dust for first Indian race
Following the race live
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Join us for every lap of the race, qualifying and practice at these times:
Friday 28th October 2011
Indian Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 10:00-11:30 (UK time: 5:30-7:00)
Indian Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 14:00-15:30 (UK time: 9:30-11:00)
Saturday 29th October 2011
Indian Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 11:00-12:00 (UK time: 6:30-7:30)
Indian Grand Prix Qualifying: 14:00 (UK time: 9:30)
Sunday 30th October 2011
Indian Grand Prix: 15:00 (UK time: 9:30)
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