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A date with motor sports.

Till last Sunday, I had only two connections with F-1 or anyone/anything remotely associated with F-1.  The first was the name “Michael Schumacher”. Not that I am a big fan of the champion driver, but because we have nicknamed one of our friends in office as “Schumacher” out of sheer respect for his ability to drive as fast as his 2nd hand Maruti 800 engine could deliver and that too without a record of hurting any living being. The second, was a phone call I had received; when Jaypee Group was in the process of sourcing Bitumen for the track in 2010. I still don’t know finally who supplied the bitumen for the track. Otherwise, whenever I hear the word “F-1”, a question pops in mind….. Is it 13-F-1 or 308-F-1 or 5-F-1? This is of course in reference to the furnaces in Bitumen, NHT and Sulphur Recovery Units. Last Sunday changed all the above and genuinely connected me to the world of motor sports. The roads leading to the Buddha International Circuit, from Mathura, ...