The race might nonetheless return to India as two dates in February have been marked as ‘TBD’.
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Hyderabad, which hosted India’s first Formula E (totally electrical single-seater championship) race earlier this 12 months, does not characteristic in the provisional calendar launched for the 2023-24 season unveiled on Tuesday. However, there is nonetheless an opportunity the race might return to India as two dates in February have been marked as ‘TBD’ (To be decided).
A top-level motorsport occasion returned to India earlier this 12 months with the Hyderabad E-Prix, a spherical of the FIA Formula E championship.
The race was held on February 11 this 12 months, and a slot is out there on February 10, 2024. It is the place Hyderabad will almost definitely slot in, with the opposite possibility being February 24.
Before this, India final hosted an FIA occasion ten in 2013 with the third and last Indian Grand Prix Formula One race.
The 2023-24 Formula E season will begin on January 13 in Mexico City earlier than heading to Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, for a double-header weekend.
For the 2022-23 season, the Hyderabad spherical was the third cease on the calendar after Saudi Arabia.
Alberto Longo, co-founder and chief championship officer, in a chat with a choose group of Indian media, together with The Hindu, through the Jakarta EPrix earlier this month, expressed confidence in returning to India subsequent 12 months.
When requested whether or not the race shall be on the calendar, Longo stated, “At the moment, it is not. We are still having some discussions and working on it even though everything was a massive success. Formula E is passionate about coming back, and that is a fact. But some work is still going on, and we need to finalise it.”
“For the June announcement (calendar), I am not confident, but for the October announcement, we will be fine to do the race for many years, hopefully,” he added.
Speaking in regards to the inaugural race, Longo stated, “It was a massive success. We had our challenges, obviously, on the way, and it always happened the first time we visited any location. But, in the level of attendance, the level of media interaction, the level of social media attention we got, the TV coverage; I mean, name whatever angle you can think of, it was a big success.”
“Having the support of the minister KTR (K.T. Rama Rao) and all his government and having a promoter like Grencko was also fantastic. Obviously, we would want to and will improve, but I would say, for a first year, it would be probably a 9 out of 10,” he added.
