Here’s the lowdown on everything that you can expect at the IndianOil Grand Prix, or MotoGP Bharat, to be held at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida from September 22-24, 2023.
Free Practice 1 will happen on Friday, followed by Free Practice 2, Qualifying 1 and 2, and the MotoGP sprint race on Saturday. The main race will take place on Sunday.
BIC is about an hour-long drive from Central Delhi and on the three days that there will be action on the track, traffic is expected to be rather heavy, especially on the roads that lead to BIC. So take a cab/taxi to the venue and back. There is metro connectivity till Pari Chowk, Greater Noida as well. But one will have to take a cab or a rickshaw till the venue.
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The weekend will see all three classes of the series, Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP, take place in India for the very first time. The main MotoGP race will span 24 laps, pitting litre-class (1,000 cc) prototype bikes with peak power of over 250 bhp against each other
Racers to look out for at MotoGP Bharat are reigning champion Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia of Ducati Corse, Jorge Martin of Pramac Ducati racing team, Marco Bezecchi of the Mooney VR46 Racing Ducati team, Marc Marquez of Repsol Honda Team, Fabio Quartararo of Monster Energy Yamaha, as well as Brad Binder and Jack Miller of Red Bull KTM.
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Organisers of the MotoGP Bharat event are expecting the race to shatter speed records in the series’ history. In the current MotoGP season, factory KTM rider Brad Binder has become the fastest rider ever by clocking a top speed of 366.1 kmph at the Italian Grand Prix in Mugello.
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