Description
Ameet Gadhoke is a well-known name in India’s motorsport community, especially since he started Mumbai Falcons in 2019. Today, Mumbai Falcons is the only Indian racing team to have won an FIA-accredited championship. As of today, the team has won 6 drivers and 5 constructors championships in F4 and Formula Regional. The team has fielded drivers like Kimi Antonelli, Oliver Bearman, Arvid Lindblad, Kush Maini, Rafael Camara, and more.
Ameet is also actively working on finding India’s next Formula 1 driver. For that purpose he has brought the F1 Sim Racing to India and hopes to elevate drivers from there. In conversation with Principal Correspondent, Prashant Agrawal, Ameet shares his vision and plans around F1 sim racing and why he feels this is the more prudent way to find India’s next F1 driver. He also discusses plans to host an F1 Grand Prix in India again in Mumbai and why F1 has not yet come back to India.
0:00 Precap
0:22 Introduction
0:58 Kimi Antonelli: F1 World Champion who raced for the Mumbai Falcons
2.41 Current F1 drivers who raced for Mumbai Falcons
4.57 Approach to making an Indian driver reach F1
7:58 Gap between European and Indian driver development
9:21 F1 Sim Racing India Open
14:27 F1 Sim Racing India Open format
17:18 F1 Sim Racing Cup of Nations
17:50 Sim Racing Coaches
18:32 Who is eligible for the F1 Sim Racing India Open
20:22 Cost to develop a sim racer into real racing
22:50 Mumbai Falcons Racing team
25:10 Learnings of motorsports as a team owner
26:55 Can you manufacture an F1 driver?
28:00 Formula 1 race in India
28:33 How can F1 come back to India
30:25 Commercial viability and how it can work in India
32:28 Is there progress, or do things still need work?
33:51 Does it need a manufacturer's backing?
34:42 10-year target goal to achieve?
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