Chennai could correctly earn the sobriquet of the sportiest host throughout the nation. After the Chess Olympiad, the IPL 2024 cricket final, the city is gearing up for a motorsports extravaganza as a result of it performs host to the Indian Racing Competitors 2024.
It’s going to kick off with the Indian Racing League (IRL) on the Madras Worldwide Circuit at Irungattukottai on August 24-25 adopted by India’s first-ever night race on August 30-September 1. Six teams will zip spherical a 3.5-km stretch with 19 turns and corners starting from the Island Grounds and passing the Marina Seashore, Napier Bridge, Flagstaff Freeway and looping once more to Island Grounds.
The six teams throughout the fray are Kolkata Royal Tigers, Tempo Demons Delhi, Goa Aces JA Racing, Hyderabad Blackbirds, Bangalore Speedsters and Chennai Turbo Riders. With famous person backers like Sourav Ganguly, John Abraham, and Arjun Kapoor behind a couple of of the teams, the franchises are already making a buzz.
Each of the employees will attribute two Indian and two worldwide racers, along with one women making it a gender-inclusive event. Followers can stay up for seeing Indian aces Akhil Rabindra and Nikhil Bohra alongside Swiss sensation Neel Jani and British-South African driver Raoul Hyman.
Indian Racer Akhil Rabindra and Swiss racer Neel Jani
Boosting infra
Among the many many six women racers whizzing spherical of their speedy Wold Thunder GB08s, the one seater automobiles that will rev as a lot as 240 kmph, will in all probability be Fabienne Wolhwend, Gabriel Jilkova and Laura Camps.
The Tamil Nadu authorities, which is supporting the event, is dashing ahead with the infrastructure laying the observe for the System 4 avenue circuit. VIP lounges and grandstands are being put up alongside the observe for spherical 9,000 spectators to learn from the spectacle. There’ll in all probability be fan zones, interactive experiences and a carnival-like ambiance promise the organisers.
Tickets start at ₹1,199 for the MIC event and at ₹1,699 for the street circuit and are already on sale on Paytm Insider, whereas keep broadcasting provides have been completed with Star Sports activities actions and Fancode.
Putting behind the heartache of ultimate 12 months when the races wanted to be cancelled, Akhilesh Reddy , Director of Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd and the co-founder of Racing Promotions Pvt Ltd, which is behind the event, is throwing all his energies into stitching up the logistics to host a memorable event.
And these are massive when you consider that a complete lot of the engineers, mechanics and technical employees so integral to motosports are being flown in from the Netherlands and Italy.
“Our technical companions are MD Motor Sports activities actions and JDA Motor Sports activities actions and almost 80 people will come from the Netherlands and one different 70 odd from Italy,” says Reddy.
Although Chennai is the cradle of motosports, there are some speed-breakers inside the kind of opposition to the event over the attainable inconvenience and the costs. Nevertheless with the Tamil Nadu authorities throwing its weight behind the event, the bumps have to be overcome.