Renault's travelling Formula One Roadshow initiative broke new ground at the weekend, as Nelson Piquet Jr and Lucas di Grassi demonstrated a range of cars on the streets🎐 of New Delhi in Indiꦡa.

Having already visited Johannesburg, Kiev and, most recently, Lisbon this season, the ING-backed operation followed up several weeks of prepara🦩tion in close collaboration with Renault India by taking to the streets of th🌊e Indian capital in front of an estimated 120,000 crowd.

Despite the inaugurꦇal Indian Grand Prix being put back to at least 2011, Piquet and di Grassi received a rapturous welcome as they put on the first contemporary Formula One demonstration on the subcontinent.

"It was my first trip to India and, even though I have not been able to see an awful lot of the country, I have to say that I've really enjoyed being here," di Grassi commente🅠d, "We have been really warmly welcomed and I hope that the public now have a better understanding of the true potential of a Formula One car."

Piquet, recently confirmed for a second season as Fernando Alonso's team-mate in 2009, and compatriot di Grass𓃲i - who was overlooked for a race role despite sterling service as the team's third driver and an impressive GP2 Series campaign in 2008 - demonstrated the R27 along a 1.2km circuit specially designed f🐲or the event and taking in the famous Rajpath Road through the heart of the Indian capital from the India Gate to the Janpath Road.

"I have to say that I have been really amazed," P💟iquet admitted at the end of the show, "I hope that our demonstration entertained the fans and that they enjoyed the day as much as I did. I'm re🉐ally happy to have been involved with this event, which was important for Renault, for ING and for India, which is becoming more and more interested in F1."