Sporty India Forum::Announcements::Wildcard round for Force India talent hunt

FLASH: BASKETBALL:....53rd P.D. Chidambara Sourya Naraynan Memorial Rolling Trophy All India Basketball Tournament 2012...live score....The Score will updated in the Evening IST Time Evening

Sporty India Forum

Board Index

Latest Posts

Welcome Guest [Register] [Login]

Sporty India Institutions:

by on 2009-10-31 01:19:04

Subject :Wildcard round for Force India talent hunt.. 2011-07-07 18:09:22

sportyin

Joined: 2009-06-16 00:07:19
Posts: 77
Location:

4294967149

Besides the wildcard trials, Force India Academy has also changed the upper and lower age limits to allow more participants to make their bid at being the next big name in Indian racing.

The hunt was initially open to those in the age group of 14 to 17 years and now two more groups - 12 to 14 years and 17 to 19 years - have been included for the wildcard round.

"In response to a number of requests received from F1 hopefuls, the reach of the Hunt has been widened by modifying the upper and lower limits. Contenders between 12-14 years of age and between 17-19 years of age will now get a chance to qualify for the national finals via a special wildcard," Force India Academy said in a release on Wednesday.

Two talented youngsters from the expanded age groups will be selected as wildcard entries and will go on to join the 98 other talented young Indians in the national finals of the Hunt.

Dr. Vijay Mallya, chairman & principal of Force India F1 team said: "With a view to broad-basing the programme in response to popular demand, we have tweaked the age-limits of the eligible categories for the Hunt and we hope that more talented young Indians will take advantage of this opportunity and give it their best shot."

The wildcard round will be held at Kart Cave, Lower Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad, from August 3 to 7. Contenders for the wildcard entry in both these age groups will need to better the lap time of 25.376 seconds which is the time set by the 14th fastest finalist from the recently concluded Hyderabad round of the regional trials.