#indian grand prix 2013

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Sir Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg at Indian Grand Prix (2013)

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“Amazing lover…”

Seb being rather flirty while being interviewed by Lee McKenzie for the BBC.

- 2013 Indian GP

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Sebastian Vettel on Michael Schumacher: "This is God, you know, you actually met God!" ↳ 2013 Indian Grand Prix

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MotoGP and the KTM Situation

So...KTM's parent company, Pierer Mobility Group, is in a bit of a mess.

A $3 billion in the red kind of mess.

How did this happen? Well, the short answer is that Pierer Mobility Group and KTM expanded too fast, too quickly, and now their debt is catching up with them. As for the long story, well...

Stefan Pierer, an Austrian businessman, founded an investment company called Cross Industries (what is now Pierer Mobility Group) in 1987, and in 1992, he took over KTM Motorrad in his native Austria. In 1994, KTM launched the Duke line, which took the traditionally dirt-bike focused KTM brand into the road bike business for the first time.

Dirt bikes remained a key element of KTM's business - and racing dirt bikes in things like Motocross and the Dakar Rally is a huge part of KTM's identity - but the allure of road bikes is what we'll be focusing on for this story.

A series of adventure and supermoto bikes followed, before in 2003, KTM entered Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing for the first time. While Ducati entered into the 4-stroke 990cc top class that same year, KTM instead focused their efforts on the 2-stroke 125cc class, as well as the 250cc class from 2005 onwards.

They took their first win at the 2004 Malaysian Grand Prix when Casey Stoner won the 125cc during his only season on KTM machinery, followed by a championship challenge the very next year. Mika Kallio won at Estoril, the Sachsenring, Motegi, and Valencia, whilst teammate Gabor Talmacsi won at Mugello, Assen, and Qatar. Qatar and Valencia were 1-2 finishes for KTM, and ultimately, Kallio finished second in the 125cc standings while Talmacsi finished third. Julian Simon on a third bike would win in the wet at Donington Park and finish eighth, putting three KTMs in the top ten in 125s in 2005 - a very respectable showing in just their third season competing.

Kallio would again finish second in 125 in 2006, with three wins to his name, whilst in 250cc, Hiroshi Aoyama won at Turkey and Japan, finishing third in those standings.

Aoyama and Kallio would both compete in 250cc in 2007, with Aoyama winning at the Sachsenring and Malaysia, while Kallio won in the wet at Motegi and then again at the season finale in Valencia. Aoyama would finish sixth while Kallio was seventh.

2008 would mark a full barreled 250 effort with Aoyama and Kallio joined by returning third bike man Julian Simon. Kallio would perform well, winning at Jerez, a wet Shanghai, and at a dry Donington Park, but Aoyama and Simon would go winless. The 125cc effort had also atrophied by now, with the most notable result being some rookie called Marc Marquez taking a third place at Donington.

KTM's attention was fading by this point, and their road bike efforts turned from Grand Prix racing and towards their new RC 1190 superbike. Additionally, the X-Bow track car gave KTM an exciting new toy to play with.

Their Grand Prix efforts were winding down.

KTM only competed in the 125cc class in 2009, and with Marc Marquez only managing a single podium at Jerez, they decided not to continue for 2010.

Marc Marquez in 2010 would move to the Red Bull Ajo team riding a Derbi/Aprilia RSA-125 and would win 10 races to dominate the championship.

So yeah...it wasn't a rider problem, their bike just kinda sucked by that point.

Meanwhile, KTM continued to expand their company. In 1995, they acquired Husaberg AB, a manufacturer established to keep dirt bike production in Sweden after Husqvarna's parent company Cagiva moved their production to Varese, Italy. KTM would in 2003 move Husaberg production to Mattighofen, Austria, making the whole thing rather pointless. Next, in 2007, came ventures with Indian giant Bajaj, who began distributing KTMs in India in exchange for a 14.5% stake.

In 2011 a similar collaboration would begin with CFMoto in China, which in 2017, became a downright joint venture between them and KTM.

Then in 2013, Husqvarna - now in BMW's hands - was sold to the Pierer Mobility Group, who promptly merged it and Husaberg, so instead of being produced in Sweden or Italy, it was all now in Austria.

In 2012, KTM would reenter GP racing with the introduction of the 4-stroke 250cc Moto3 class. They'd win the championship with Sandro Cortese, while in 2013...they won everything. Maverick Vinales in first, Alex Rins in second, Luis Salom in third, and Alex Marquez in fourth were all on KTM RC250GPs.

Fifth place was Jonas Folger on a KTM-engined Kalex.

Complete and utter domination.

On the back of this, KTM planned to enter the top class for the first time. With a V4 engine, a steel trellis frame, and Red Bull sponsorship, KTM entered the RC16 in the 2016 Valencian GP ahead of a full debut in 2017.

Who rode the RC16 at Valencia? None other than Mika Kallio, the Finn returning to KTM as their test and development rider after stints with Ducati in MotoGP and Marc VDS in Moto2.

Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith would be their full-time riders for 2017 and 2018, with Pol scoring KTM's first podium at the 2018 Valencian GP - KTM sure does have a weird affinity with Valencia, eh?

2019 would mark two big changes: first is that Johann Zarco replaced Bradley Smith, second is that KTM gained a satellite team for the first time. Yup, after competing as Monster Energy Yamaha for ten years, Tech3 became Red Bull KTM Tech3, with Hafizh Syahrin and Miguel Oliveira riding for them.

Zarco would force his way out of KTM before the year was even over, forcing Kallio to fill in for him at the final six races, but other than that...KTM's 2019 was more of a building year. They collected some points while, in the background, KTM began to move away from the steel trellis, aluminum swingarm, and old school screamer engine.

The frame became a more typical steel/aluminum hybrid, the swingarm a radical carbon fiber, and the engine conformed to the now ubiquitous big bang firing order.

The results? Rookie Brad Binder wins the 2020 Czech Grand Prix in just his third start, while on the Tech3 bike, Miguel Oliveira wins at Styria and Portimao.

KTM also took the opportunity to buy out the struggling GasGas brand in 2019, giving Pierer Mobility Group its third brand.

KTM was winning in MotoGP, it was expanding its business, but it was also already signing its own death warrant.

With the purchase of GasGas, Pierer Mobility Group now had three different brands that were predominantly in the dirt bike business. They tried to position GasGas as the entry level brand, KTM in the middle, and the Husqvarna as a premium brand, sort of trying to be the General Motors of motorcycles, there's just two problems with that:

One: Bikes are so much more niche compared to cars.

Two: even in cars the multi-brand thing doesn't work so well, with GM killing off storied brands like Oldsmobile and Pontiac in recent memory, along with more recent ventures like Saturn and Hummer failing to carve out a niche.

Nevertheless, with COVID giving a lot of people a lot of time on their hands, KTM initially had very strong sales. Lots of people were trying out their motorcycles for the first time, and with KTM giving variety between dirt bikes, road bikes, and even teasing a return to the superbike market with the RC 990, maybe things would work out.

They did not.

KTM banked on the COVID bubble.

They spent money acquiring the likes of GasGas, Husqvarna, and now a 50.1% stake in MV Agusta as well, they banked on joint ventures with Bajaj and CFMoto giving them access to the eastern markets only to develop a reputation in India for being overpriced and having bad build quality. On top of this, KTM began the scummy business practice of hiding riding software behind a paywall, most notably with their cruise control.

(For no reason at all, I'm also going to point out that Stefan Pierer has a seat on the Mercedes-Benz supervisory board.)

The end result of all this? KTM sits on 265,000 unsold bikes. Unsold bikes which only meet Euro 5 emissions standards, meaning that when the Euro 5+ standards come into effect in March, KTM will not be able to sell those bikes in Europe, where, with 11.8% market share, KTM is the largest motorcycle manufacturer.

Furthermore, KTM was not able to pay its workers their December salaries until last Friday, the 27th. November salaries remain unpaid, and Christmas bonuses have been cut entirely.

300 jobs at KTM are expected to be cut in January.

So...with all this going on, there are some big, big question marks about whether KTM will be able to continue racing in MotoGP.

They have released a statement confirming they will race in 2025 and with KTM having already sending two of their three factory rally raid riders to Dakar - the third is out with a leg injury - that seems reasonably secure.

Beyond that? It's unclear.

It's unclear how much development KTM will be doing to stay competitive as well. Initial reports suggested that KTM has already paused development, but KTM disputes this.

Now, a recent Austrian report says that KTM plans to withdraw in 2026, citing contracts and not wanting the PR disaster of early termination. What does that mean.

Well, KTM is contracted with Dorna through 2026, the end of the current regulation cycle.

Brad Binder has two years left on his contract, while Acosta, Vinales, and Bastianini are all on multiyear deals - traditional wisdom in racing says that multiyear deals typically translate to 2 years + a 1 year optional extension.

Furthermore, an engine freeze is coming into MotoGP in 2026, which will reduce development costs.

So...I believe that this means that KTM will see out their contracts, racing through 2025 and 2026 with their current set of riders. 2025 is already budgeted and we know that's secure, while seeing out the 2026 season and leaving at the end of 2026 seems to match up with these Austrian reports.

This is still a developing story, so I may well be wrong here.

It's also important to remember that this is about more than racing, it's about the people. Many, many, many people work at KTM, both on the production bike side and on the race team. These people are going through a tough time right now with this KTM bankruptcy drama, and you have to hope things turn out well for them.

I'm not much of a KTM fan - I don't oppose them either, I suppose I'm more of a neutral then - but I'd hate to lose them in MotoGP. I'd hate even more to see people lose their jobs because the ownership chased unsustainable growth.

That COVID bubble has been vicious to the business world.

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☆ 2013 Indian Grand Prix ☆

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2013 Indian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg arrive in Parc Ferme. Photo: Charles Coates.

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🏎️🇮🇳The Departure of Formula 1 from India- Case Study

Introduction: A High-Speed Entry, a Sudden Exit The Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit (2011-2013) was expected to be a game-changer for Indian motorsport. With Formula 1’s global prestige, India made a bold entry into the racing world, marking a milestone in the country’s sporting history. However, the Grand Prix’s stay in India was short-lived, leaving many wondering what…

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RED BULL RACING HERE TO SET STREETS ON FIRE!

Excitement is in the air as Red Bull Racing Showrun is all set to come to Mumbai after a gap of eight years. The high-octane event will take place on 12th March 2023 at the MMRC Grounds, Bandra-Kurla Complex. The showrun will feature the Red Bull Racing Formula One team, which will showcase their amazing speed and precision on a specially designed track.

The Red Bull Racing team, one of the most successful teams in Formula One history, will give fans a chance to witness the thrilling speed and agility of their cars. The team has won four consecutive Formula One World Championships from 2010 to 2013, and their cars have set numerous lap records on some of the most challenging circuits in the world.

The Red Bull Racing Showrun will feature two cars – the RB7 and the RB8, driven by Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen. David Coulthard will be seen driving the RB7 that won the Indian Grand Prix held at Buddh International Circuit in 2011. The cars will showcase their speed and agility with high-speed runs, donuts, and burnouts, which will leave the fans spellbound. Fans can expect to see these high-performance cars being pushed to their limits, with the drivers showing off their skills in a safe and controlled environment.

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ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO!!!!

Formula One (F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, which became the FIA Formula One World Championship in 1981, has been one of the premier forms of racing around the world since its inaugural season in 1950.. A Formula One season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held on purpose-built circuits and public roads. The results of each race are combined to determine two annual World Championships, one for drivers and one for constructors. Grand Prix is a French term meaning "great prize". It is used in motorsport to refer to a major race, typically one that is part of a championship. The term is most commonly used in Formula One, where each race is called a Grand Prix. Formula One cars are the fastest regulated road-course racing cars in the world, owing to very high cornering speeds achieved through generating large amounts of aerodynamic downforce. The cars are also incredibly complex and technologically advanced, and teams spend millions of dollars each year developing their cars.

The paddock came down to India to race for the very first time in 2011, at the Buddh International Circuit, after signing a five-year deal. However, the association ended after just three races.The Buddh International cost nearly $400 Million to construct and was developed by Jaypee Sports Limited, an affiliate of Jaypee Group. Formula 1 raced on the circuit thrice - 2011, 2012, and 2013. All the races were won by Sebastian Vettel, who also won his fourth and final world championship in 2013. Vettel, along with Red Bull as a constructor, are naturally the only winners of the Indian Grand Prix. The Buddh International Circuit is in the National Capital Region of the country and came under the constituency of the Uttar Pradesh state government. Akhilesh Yadav was then the Chief Minister of the State, who believed Formula 1 was not a sport but entertainment, and taxed it accordingly. The tax exemptions that were given to sports in the country were hence not made available for F1, and the customs fees for engines and tires were not canceled.

These issues led to a pause in the contract. Although F1 announced that the sport would return in 2015 after a break in 2014, which was later changed to 2016, the event was eventually canceled. The cheapest Grand Prix ticket was priced four times more than that of an average cricket match. At the time, Formula One's Indian audience was not considerable and the 2012 season saw declining audience due to greater costs. But, now, India has a massive F1 following owing to it huge population and the impact that social media engagement and Drive to Survive have had on the sport. The Indian Grand Prix has the potential to generate around $170 million in revenue and employ as many as 10,000 people. There is also an extended opportunity in advertising tie-ups between teams and Indian brands.

Your task, as the representatives of the Jaypee Group, is to draft an action plan to restart the Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru

Deliverables:

Action plan to restart the Indian Grand Prix

Strategies to convince the UP Government and FIA to restart the race in India

Marketing Strategies to attract Indian audience (can include potential tie-ups)

Pricing Strategy for tickets and basic cost allocation for the event .Prepare a presentation that contains the above of not more than 7-8 slides.

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Former Force India deputy team principal Robert Fernley dies aged 70 | 2023 Austrian Grand Prix

Tributes have been paid to former Force India deputy team principal Robert Fernley, who has passed away at the age of 70. Although his job title named him as deputy, in reality Fernley was Force India co-owner Vijay Mallya’s key appointee in charge of the team throughout much of its 15-year existence, until it was taken over by its current owners which eventually rebranded it as Aston Martin. Under Fernley the lean operation regularly produced results which outstripped its comparatively meagre resources. It rose to finish fourth in the championship behind the powerhouse trio Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari in 2016 and 2017, notwithstanding a major aerodynamics rules change across the two seasons. However Mallya’s financial empire was in trouble by then, and by 2018 the situation had become dire. A consortium headed by Lawrence Stroll purchased Force India’s assets and Fernley’s time in charge was over. In the years leading up to then, Fernley was an outspoken and trenchant critic of those he considered responsible for worsening the financial plight faced by teams such as his. In 2013 he launched a scathing attack on F1’s then-owners CVC Capital Partners, accusing them of “raping the sport” and calling them “the worst thing that ever happened to Formula 1.” He also turned his ire on Red Bull, claiming in 2015 they triggered the collapse of the Formula One Teams Association – which was working to obtain better financial deals for the competitors – by striking their own arrangement with Bernie Ecclestone, who was running F1 at the time for CVC. Before heading up Force India, Fernley worked in America’s IndyCar and CanAm series. He ran Ensign F1 cars engineered by Mo Nunn for Mallya in a non-championship Indian Grand Prix, forging the contact which would lead to his F1 return many years later. After Force India’s demise, McLaren hired Fernley to run its Indianapolis 500 entry for Fernando Alonso in 2019. This ended ignominiously, however, as Alonso failed to make the cut for the 33-car field after suffering set-up problems through practice. McLaren and Fernley parted ways soon afterwards. He took charge of the FIA’s Single Seater Commission in 2020, a role he held until last year. Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, also a former head of the commission and Fernley’s opposite number during his time in charge of Ferrari, said he was “saddened” by the news of his death. “He was such an important part of Formula 1 and his love and passion for the sport will live forever,” Domenicali said. “My thoughts are with his family and friends at this very sad time.” The FIA, Aston Martin and many others paid tribute to him. Among those who drove for him, Esteban Ocon said he was “sad to hear about the passing of Bob Fernley today.” “He was a great person and leader and I was lucky enough to work and learn from him during my days at Force India. Sending my thoughts and condolences to his family and friends.” Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free 2023 Austrian Grand Prix Browse all 2023 Austrian Grand Prix articles via RaceFans - Independent Motorsport Coverage https://www.racefans.net/

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Yo if anyone (like me) wants to re-live the 2013 Indian Grand Prix on it’s sixth anniversary, then here’s a link :)

(I’m watching it for Romain P17 - P3) (and maybe also for a tiny bit of Seb absolutely destroying everyone)

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I’m not crying, you are!!!! 🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭

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Sebastian Vettel on kids looking up to him: "Yeah, that's weird because I'm still a kid somehow!" ↳ 2013 Indian Grand Prix

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Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in animated discussion, Indian Grand Prix, Greater Noida, October 26, 2013

pov: ur my teammate and im gonna gently touch ur jaw have an animated discussion

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Sebastian Vettel - 2013 Indian Grand Prix

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Sebastian Vettel - MASTER-PIECES ↓↓↓↓ (2009 – 2014 RED BULL RACING)

→ 2010 THE CROWN • Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Youngest world champion of all time.

→ 2011 DEMANDS INCREASE • Brazilian Grand Prix World Championship title and still not entirely satisfied.

→ 2012 SV: »YEEEEEES« • Brazilian Grand Prix Last race, last chance, chasing the title – DONE!

→ 2013 TRUE DOMINANCE • Indian Grand Prix Sebastian drove at the highest level.

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