Every new event on the calendar is an exciting prospect for the teams and drivers, but when the paddock arrives in a city as bustling and buzzing as Delhi then the collective excitement goes into overdrive. Sampling the delicious food and sightseeing seemed to dominate the days leading up to the race weekend for most, but some found time to meet the locals.

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa was the guest of honour, along with a fiery red 458 Italia, at a dinner organised by Ferrari India at the Leela Palace Hotel. Team mate Fernando Alonso, meanwhile, in his role as a UNICEF ambassador, visited a paediatric hospital in the Indian capital, bringing gifts for the children who are being treated there, to celebrate the Diwali festival.

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