Hyderabad: Hapdening Hyderabad is ready to be Whiz to the Motorsports League series Big League by appearing as the first Indian city to host the Formula E championship for electric cars.
Formula E is the Singer-Seater Motorsport Championship organized by the Internationale de l’Automobile Federation (FIA) for electric cars.
It focuses on Hyderabad as part of its global hunt for new locations.
Other iconic cities to host sports include Monaco, Paris, Berlin, London, New York, Seoul, Tokyo and Rome for a few names.
If everything goes well, Hyderabad will order a slot as the host for the upcoming season of e-prix which will be held between December 2022 and March 2023.
The Championship 8 will begin at the end of this month starting with the Saudi Arabia and traveling to a dozen cities in five Continent, including Mexico City, Rome, Berlin, New York, London, Monaco, Cape Town and Vancouver before ending with Seoul.
The Telangana government has declared a 2.3-km shaped stretch near the secretariat and facing HussainSagar for Hyderabad e-Prix.
The race will see a number of EVS Zip formulas and their road zap on the streets of the city and under The Telugu Talli Flyover at a speed of up to 280 km per hour.
A team of Formula E, including the Co-Founder and Chief Championship Officer Alberto Longo and Track and Overlay Director Agus Zomano, namely on a two-day visit to the city, signing an intention letter on Monday with the Telangana government and Hyderabad promoter E-Prix Greenko Group.
Tripartite Agreement, signed the presence of the Telangana Industry & Minister of KT Rama Rao, made Hyderabad an official candidate for the host of the city for a championship that had quickly got Motorsports fans.
Formula E has accumulated cumulative audiences for around 500 million in the last seven years since its first race was marked in 2014.
Indicates that hosting a prestigious motorbike event was in line with the vision of Telangana to become ‘the most electric’ India in mobility, KT Rama Rao said: ” Hyderabad is always a place that occurs with the crowd of cosmopolitan that has awareness and appetite for the tent.
This will be one of the leading events for the country, put Hyderabad on a global map with 18 cities such as Paris, Rome, London, Hong Kong, New York , Berlin, Monaco.
“Alberto Longo said he was excited about entering the championship potential to India.
“Hyderabad really has the ingredients needed to become a possible host from the following season.
Always be our desire to come to India because this is the main automotive market quickly adopting an electric vehicle.
We hope Formula E can accelerate this change,” he said.
Sujai Karampuri, Director – Electronics & Ev, Telangana, showed that the formula matched the Gameplan Government of Telangana to place Hyderabad on the global map when the country also tried to throw himself as an Indian EV hub.
Indicates that someone needs to see a motorbike program from a 10-year perspective, Karampuri says that although the first few years will require investment by the state government and the promoter of e-prix, will eventually produce a large global buzz around the Hyderabad brand.
“Once we are on the calendar, we will rub the shoulders with iconic global cities, improve the brand Hyderabad and value of withdrawal.
Also because this is a big activity, it will also encourage many international motorsporing fans and tourist traffic to the city, benefit .
Sectors such as hospitality, among others, “he showed.