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{{Infobox automobile
|image =
|name = Formula LGB Hyundai
|manufacturer = [[Super Speeds]] (Pvt) Ltd, India
|class = [[Open wheel car|Open Wheeled]] Formula [[Racing Car]]
|production = 2007
|engine = 1400cc [[Hyundai Accent]],Rear Mounted,Longitudinal
|chassis = Spaceframe
}}

'''Formula LGB Hyundai''' is a single seater, [[open wheel]] class of motorsport in India launched in 2006 by LGB with Hyundai the engine supplier. The cars are powered by 1.4 liter Indian built [[Hyundai Accent]] engines in the entry level JK Road Racing National Championship series. This car along with [[Formula LGB Swift]] can be considered as an Indian equivalent of Europe's [[Formula Ford]] series, where it is void of [[aerodynamic]] aids like wings. This series is one of the starter formula series to enable [[karting]] drivers step into a formula car.


==Name==
[[File:Formula LGB Hyundai Rams Valvoline 02.JPG|thumb|right|320px|A formula Rolon Hyundai of Rams Racing leaving the pits during the 2009 JK Tyres endurance single seater race.]]
LGB (L.G. Balakrishnan Brothers) is named for the manufacturers of Rolon chains and sprockets, which is also the parent company of [[Super Speeds]] which designs and constructs the cars. [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]] is named as the engine supplier.

==Engine==
The [[engine]] is supplied by Hyundai India Ltd. The engine was the stock version of the 1.5 L 16-valve DOHC Alpha I4, 101 hp (75 kW) used in Indian-built [[Hyundai Accent]] Viva. The engine and [[gearbox]] are mounted in a [[Longitudinal engine|longitudinal]] layout. This was also [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]]’s first involvement into [[Formula One|formula car]] racing as an engine supplier.

==Chassis==
[[File:Formula LGB Hyundai Rams Valvoline 01.jpg|thumb|right|320px|A Valvoline sponsored Formula LGB Hyundai of Rams Racing during 2008 sprint series race]]
The [[chassis]] is a steel [[space frame]] [[monocoque]] using square seamless steel tubes. The chassis frame design is very similar to the [[Formula LGB Swift]] frame but longer by 100 mm to improve straightline stability. Tyres are grooved racing slicks supplied by JK Tyres' motorsports division.

The exterior panels are made out of composite fire retardant [[fibre-reinforced plastic]]. The wingless front nosecone is raised at the front tip as in the new formula cars while accommodating a splitter beneath. This is to re-route the front air into the side pods while preventing under tray flow.

==Costs==
It is one of the cheapest formula cars in the world to race, with rental for Friday practice, Saturday qualifying and a double race on Sunday (15 laps each), costing only $800 (as of 2005). That includes [[tire]]s and [[fuel]].

==Races==
[[File:Formula LGB Hyundai Rams Valvoline 03.JPG|thumb|right|320px|A Formula LGB Hyundai in foreground parked kerbside and another passing on track in background 2008]]
Races for the national championship are held at [[Coimbatore]]'s [[Kari Motor Speedway]] and at [[Chennai]]'s MMSC Irrugatukottai track.

The car is designed and built by [[Coimbatore]] based Super Speeds Pvt. Ltd. for LG Sports, makers of ROLON chains and sprockets, [[Coimbatore]]. The car was designed by ex-racer B. Viji (also known as B. Vijaykumar). Also JK Tyres play a major role in the series championships in tyre and driver support, while ex-formula 3 champ Akbar Ebrahim, also the boss of Team India's [[A1 Grand Prix]], conducts a racing school to train the new drivers. The very first champion (in 2006) to emerge from this series was former karting and 2005 [[Formula LGB]] champion Reo Banajee after a closely contested season.

==Endurance race class==
From 2008 season the Formula LGB Hyundai races were changed to endurance format with two drivers for 50 laps including pit stop.

==Champions==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
! Year
! Driver
! Team
! Chassis/Engine
|-
!colspan=4|JK Tyre National Racing Championship
|-
! 2006
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rayomand Banajee]]
| Prime Sports
| [[Super Speeds]] - [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]] DOHC 1.5L [[MPFI]]
|-
! 2007
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ashwin Sundar]]
| Rams Racing
| [[Super Speeds]] - [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]] DOHC 1.5L [[MPFI]]
|-
! 2008
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Prithveen Rajan/Sudanand Rajan]](two driver endurance championship in 2008)
| Team WSRF with Leela
| [[Super Speeds]] - [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]] DOHC 1.5L [[MPFI]]
|-
! 2009
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Akhil Devrag]](one driver endurance championship)
|
| Team Rams Racing| [[Super Speeds]] - [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]] DOHC 1.SL [[MPFI]]
|}
* * Short Sprint Race

==See also==
*[[Formula LGB Swift]]
*[[Formula Maruti]]
*[[Formula Rolon]]
*[[JK Tyre National Racing Championship]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721162705/http://www.madrasmotorsports.in/home.htm Madras Motor Sports Club]
*[http://www.thehinduimages.com:8080/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=8929244 Formula LGB Hyundai of Gaurav Gill]

{{Class of Auto racing}}

[[Category:Formula racing series|Lgb Hyundai]]
[[Category:Indian racing cars]]
[[Category:Hyundai Motor Company]]
[[Category:One-make series]]

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>MB at 05:56, 26 September 2021