You know those events that practically guarantee tightness in the chest and brimming of the eyes?
Bahrain Grand Prix
A rare instance of the original following the clone. Two years after Vijay Mallya’s Force India began zooming on Formula One tracks, Richard Branson’s Virgin Racing will join him at the inaugural Bahrain Grand Prix. The 61st season of F1 will also see Campos Meta 1, the US F1 Team and Lotus F1 Racing hitting the circuits. Year 2009 was a bad one for the sport with the hugely publicised fall-out between the team owners and the F1 management, the Renault controversy following the Piquet crash and the withdrawal of Japanese giant Toyota. Here’s to a new season that focusses on the drivers and the cars, rather than the squabbles outside. March 14, Bahrain, UAE
(This story appears in the 08 January, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)