The Buddh International circuit has passed FIM homologation

The Buddh International circuit, where the Bharat GP will be held this weekend, has passed the approval of the International Motorcycle Federation (FIM) after an inspection conducted on Thursday at the Indian track by the Grand Prix Safety Commission.

Both the changes requested in curves 12 and 13 of the layout, where the wall was restored and the gravel added, were carried out, generally complying with all the requests requested in the previous inspection of the Indian layout, which was just over five kilometers. (5,002) and thirteen curves, eight of them on the right and five on the left, with a maximum width of twelve meters.

MotoGP riders, fully assembled in Budhh after the hassle of visa approval, continued to inspect the circuit on foot or by sidecar, as in the case of Marc Márquez, and gave the go -ahead. The anecdote is the torture that did not last long and fell upon them when they were doing reconnaissance.

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Marc Márquez, who arrived at 1:30 pm local time after his odyssey arrived, pointed out that “it seems like a lot of fun. It is true that there are some points where there will be no problem in the dry, but if it is in the wet the escapes are quite up at the limit. But apart from that that’s why we hope to start riding the bike to understand where we are in this circuit.” He points out that “there is a long curve on the right hand (turn 8) with many angles that will make it difficult to understand the line and do it well, others seem interesting with a good long straight back. “

Alex Marquez is focused on identifying critical safety issues: “There were some walls too close, like the one at turn 4, but the situation is better than I expected. I think after FP1 we have to talk each other, because at that moment we will have a clearer idea of ​​the speeds and other details. However, as a circuit it is very good, I thought there would be more braking, but it requires very -fluid driving and turn 8 will be amazing and difficult because it’s parabolic.”

For Pol Espargaro “It made a very good impression on me. It might be one of the most fun circuits in the championship, because it has slow parts and fast turns and slope changes. To figure it out I used a simulator that my brother had, but it was made It didn’t seem very realistic to me, then I watched some onboard videos to get an idea. There were some points where we wanted to have a wider run-off, but this is the case with many other circuit, like Barcelona for example. However. , the circuit is better than we expected, “There are no critical problems, but there is room for improvement for the future.”