RE: Mario Andretti opens Austin GP track
Discussion
carinaman said:
Porti Mao looks better. Well done them for not paying over the odds to host F1.
The country is too poor to pay for anything these days :-(. The circuit itself couldn't afford the fee and I doubt Bernie would want to go there anyhow. Wish they could attract more testing and get some money that way though.t1grm said:
Is it just the audio on my PC or does Andretti's Lotus 79 sound rough as hell on that lap? Also bags of wheelspin when pulling away to the extent that it almost bogged down and stopped...
The engine was flatter than a pancake - it really needed to be properly recommissioned & tested to do that lap. It was like Mario was nursing the car home after suffering a mid race problem, rather than driving one of the all-time Formula One great cars in anger to christen a new circuit properly.I don't think this is a Tilke circuit. This article tells an interesting story - http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2012...
TonyHetherington said:
Has there been a new circuit design in the past 10 years that hasn't tried to ape Silverstone's Beckets?
Or "seek inspiration from Europe's classic tracks" ?!
Good comment, why do they not just use the classic European circuits rather than make a revised version in the middle of no where ina country that does not enjoy F1.......Or "seek inspiration from Europe's classic tracks" ?!
Looks promising, let's hope Romaine can contain himself at the first corner again.
I still think Oulton Park would be a great F1 race venue, if it had modern F1 standard facilities...
Ample concrete runoff looks just too easy to recover from, whereas grasscrete or astroturf style stuff they have at the 'Ring, and maybe harsher curbs would spice it up without risks of certain death?
Just my 2p...
I still think Oulton Park would be a great F1 race venue, if it had modern F1 standard facilities...
Ample concrete runoff looks just too easy to recover from, whereas grasscrete or astroturf style stuff they have at the 'Ring, and maybe harsher curbs would spice it up without risks of certain death?
Just my 2p...
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