India, Greater Noida
Buddh International Circuit - Short Course 2
A 2.137 km circuit in Greater Noida. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
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Track layouts
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Grand Prix Circuit (F1)
5.137 km
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Short Course 1
2.919 km
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Short Course 2
2.137 km
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Lap times only compare within one layout.
Going to Buddh International Circuit?
See which corner costs you the most time.
Record the session on your phone. Vetkuro splits the laps, times every sector and shows where the gap to your best lap opens.
Filming your laps?
Put speed, delta and lap time on your onboard video.
Overlay the data from the same session on the footage, synced automatically. One file to watch back, or to share.
Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
Overlay two laps from the same day and see exactly where the gap opens, not only the final number.
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Buddh International Circuit lap times
Timed from GPS on real track days, not typed in. Compare within one layout and one vehicle class, because a motorcycle lap and a car lap are not the same thing.
No recorded laps on Short Course 2 yet.
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Track day guide
Track day at Buddh International Circuit
Weather by month, who runs the days and what to put in the car. Written for a first visit.
Who runs track days here
What to bring
- Helmet that meets the organiser's standard
- Long sleeves, long trousers, closed shoes
- Tyre pressure gauge, since pressures rise fast on track
- Removable towing eye fitted or in the car
- An empty boot: loose items out before the first session
- Your phone in a rigid mount, recording with Vetkuro
Weather by month
Now, in November: 28°C by day, 13°C at night, rain on 1 day. Warmest in May, 42°C by day on average. Coldest in January, 7°C at night. Fewest days with rain: November to December.
Rain: days with rain per month. Climate: NASA POWER, daily data 2016–2025. Monthly averages, not a forecast. Check the organiser's calendar for open dates. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division.
Elevation profile
Buddh International Circuit elevation
Elevation change 9 m, steepest gradient 5.2%. The highest point, about 202 m above sea level, is 0.10 km from the start line; the lowest, about 194 m, 0.81 km.
Height above sea level, approximate. HoverTouch the profile for any point.
From a terrain model, sampled every 10 m along the track line and smoothed over 100 m. Heights above sea level are approximate: trees and buildings along the line read up to about 15 m high. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The organisations in charge of the Copernicus programme by law or by delegation do not incur any liability for any use of the Copernicus WorldDEM-30.
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About Buddh International Circuit
The Short Course 2 configuration is one of 3 layouts available at Buddh International Circuit - 2.137 km across 10 corners. Lap times and sessions on this layout are tracked separately from other configurations.
Overview
The Buddh International Circuit stands inside the Jaypee Sports City development in Greater Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, beside the Yamuna Expressway, about 60 km south-east of New Delhi's main airport. Its name refers both to Gautam Buddha and to the district. Built by the Jaypee Group and operated by Jaypee Sports International, it staged the Formula One Indian Grand Prix from 2011 to 2013 and MotoGP's Indian motorcycle Grand Prix in 2023. It has also hosted national racing, including the JK Tyre National Racing Championship, the Indian Racing League and the F4 Indian Championship.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
Hermann Tilke drew the circuit. The Grand Prix layout is 5.137 km long with 16 turns and has marked changes of level: the road rises 14 metres through the first three corners, and Sebastian Vettel spoke of gradients of up to 8% downhill and 10% uphill. The main straight, at 1.06 km, was among the longest in Formula One, and Jaime Alguersuari was timed at 324.2 km/h on it in 2011. A planned hairpin was removed and Turn 3 widened after feedback from teams, allowing more than one line. Turns 10, 11 and 12 form a banked corner with several apexes, often compared to Turn 8 at Istanbul Park. Motorcycles use a separate course, and several shorter configurations exist. Before the 2023 MotoGP round the FIM required resurfacing on the back straight, changes to run-off areas and gravel traps, air fences and a penalty loop.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The venue covers 874 acres within the wider Jaypee Greens Sports City, where a cricket stadium, a hockey stadium, a golf course and a sports academy were planned but never built. Seating was provided for about 110,000 spectators, with room to expand to 200,000. The pit lane is longer than 600 metres, and the asphalt and aggregate for the surface were shipped from England. The site was named Motorsport Facility of the Year at the Professional Motorsport World Expo in 2011. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic the grounds sheltered migrant workers leaving India's cities.
History
Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai were among the cities linked with an Indian Formula One race before the Indian Olympic Association agreed a deal with Bernie Ecclestone for Greater Noida. The 2008 financial crisis slowed construction, and the first race moved from 2009 to 2011. Known at first as the Jaypee Group Circuit, the track was renamed in April 2011 and inaugurated on 18 October 2011, with some buildings still unfinished when Formula One arrived. Vettel won all three Indian Grands Prix from pole and sealed his fourth straight title there in 2013. Disputes over entertainment tax, customs duties and whether Formula One owed tax in India ended the race after 2013; in 2017 the Supreme Court ruled that it did, and Liberty Media set aside 14.8 million dollars to settle. Weighed down by debt, the Jaypee Group handed ownership to the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority while keeping responsibility for upkeep. A planned 2024 MotoGP round was postponed and later dropped.
Address
Yamuna Expressway
203201 Greater Noida
India
Contact
buddhinternationalcircuit.in
