The Chennai Street Circuit for the upcoming Formula 4 Street Car Race was granted a G3 circuit licence by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile on Saturday. (More Sports News)
The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) licence landed just hours after the Madras High Court on Saturday had g🦩ranted time to the organisers till 8 pm toda🍎y to obtain the federation's approval for the conduct of the event in Chennai.
"The granting of this licence is a prerequisite for the submission of an application to organise on the circuit an event for the category covered by the said licence, but is not in itself sufficient to allo🧸w the registration of such an event within the framework of an FIA championship," read FIA's licence statement. FIA is the governing body for world motorsport.
"Although this licence, issued by 𓆏the FI✱A in accordance with the most recent safety standards, is obligatory, it cannot be considered as procuring absolute safety in motorsport events, which by their nature are not devoid of risk, regardless of the precautions taken in accordance with the most appropriate criteria.
"The conditions for issuing a circuit licence may only be consiꦚdered as procuring a minimum level of safety; this licence cannot constitute an absolute guarantee of the safety of the c🔴ircuit or of an event.
"Responsibility for safety rests 𓆉with the circuit owners a🉐nd the organisers or promoters of events who use this circuit under the aegis of the national authorities and laws.
"The liability of the FIA in this matter is excluded, its mission co🥃nsisting only in indicating the minimum safety rules, which must be observed."
Earlier 💜on Saturday, the Madras High Court granted time to the organisers of the Formula 4 Street Car Race time till 8 pm today to obtain the FIA approval for the conduct of the event in Chennai.
The order by a bench of Justices R Suresh Kumar and P B Balaji came on a꧟ plea from Racing Promotion Private Ltd.
It said the FIA had suggested some changes to a particular corner of the track, and 🐲work was going on, and it was expected to be completed by 6 pm. Some work got d🐼elayed due to rain that lashed the city late on Friday.
The petitioner has spent ab🐽out Rs 200 crore, and 5,000 tickets have been sold.
On Friday, the first bench of the HC, comprising Acting Chief Justice D Kr𒈔ishnakumar and Justice PB Balaji, passed interim orders allowing the Formu🍃la 4 car race to be held without disrupting traffic.
The Formula 4 Stಞreet Car Race will be the first-ever night race in the country, set to be held in the 3.5 km circuit.
Eight city-based franchise teams -- Chennai Turbo Chargers, Goa Aces𝔉 JA Racing, Speed Demons Delhi, Bangalore Speedsters, Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers, Hyderabad Blackbirds, Ahmedabad Apex Racers and Godspeed Kochi - will be participating in the event.
