Buddh International Circuit

Buddh International Circuit in Uttar Pradesh, India, has held 3 Formula 1 races, from 2011 to 2013. Sebastian Vettel has the most wins here with 3. The lap record is 1:27.249, set by Sebastian Vettel in 2011.

Latest race here: 2013 Indian Grand Prix. Explained: how often pole wins, by circuit · safety cars by circuit · where places change hands.

What is a lap of Buddh International Circuit like?

Designed by Hermann Tilke, the circuit was shaped with more than four million cubic tonnes of moved soil to create gradients, with the track rising 14 metres between Turns 1 and 3. Its signature section is the banked multi-apex right-hander at Turns 10-12, likened to Turn 8 at Istanbul Park; the back straight of about 1.2 km from Turn 3 to Turn 4 and the start/finish straight held the two DRS zones. Sebastian Vettel won all three Indian Grands Prix from pole position and clinched his fourth world title there in 2013. The race was dropped after 2013 because of a tax dispute with the Uttar Pradesh government, which treated Formula 1 as entertainment rather than sport; the circuit later hosted MotoGP once, in 2023, and otherwise mostly national championships.

Lap length

5.125 km

Turns

16

Direction

clockwise

Downforce

High

Longest straight

1,200 m

Layout described

Grand Prix Circuit (2011 onwards), 16 turns, 5.125 km; used for all three Indian Grands Prix, 2011-2013

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Does pole position win at Buddh International Circuit?

The pole sitter has won 3 of 3 races here (100%). Across all circuits since 1950 the pole sitter wins 44% of races. The winner started from the front row (P1 or P2) in 3 of 3 races (100%) and from the top three in 3 (100%). Lowest grid position to win: 1st, Sebastian Vettel in 2011.

Where the winner started, every race at this circuit. Pole sitter means the driver who set the fastest qualifying time (first on the grid where no qualifying data exists); a grid penalty can move the pole sitter back, and that race still counts for them. Compare every circuit.

How are races at Buddh International Circuit won?

Since 2010

3 races; winners made 1 stop in 1, 2 stops in 2; first stop at a median lap 19 (32% of the race)

Lap times over the years

All races at Buddh International Circuit