RE: Mario Andretti opens Austin GP track

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miln0039 said:

Sorry its been a long day. Romain Grosjean was the intended person!

[Forbes82]

One of very few 'new' f1 tracks that i'd really like to drive. Looks like great fun to me.

[kiteless]

With the exception of the blind approach to T1, and the "Becketts / Maggots / Chapel" complex shortly afterwards, it looks like just another featureless track with nadgery corners.

Hopefully, I'm proved wrong.

[RockDoctor]

LotusOmega375D said:

Where's all the mud gone?

Also does this track appear on the recent X-Box game for the 2012 F1 season?

Haven't seen anyone answer this, so yeah, it's in the game

[RINGMEISTER]

"Its all gone to custard for D'ambrosio" A classic one liner by Martin Brundle after D'ambrosio crashed during a race last year!!

[J4SON88]

It looks great until the hairpin at the end of the back straight. I think it could have done with a little more elevation change in that following section.

It does seem a little more interesting than some of the recent GP circuits though. I think it could make for a great race.

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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.

[Yoshiwaan]

Looks like a few decent overtaking spots actually. I think that should be compulsory on all new F1 tracks.

[t1grm]

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...

[GavinPearson]

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.

[XJSJohn]

Is this another Tilke circuit ?

[Stu R]

XJSJohn said:

Is this another Tilke circuit ?

'fraid so.

[RGILL]

I don't think this is a Tilke circuit. This article tells an interesting story - http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2012...

[kikiturbo]

carinaman said:

Porti Mao looks better. Well done them for not paying over the odds to host F1.

Portimao is an unbelievable circuit.. the elevation changes are such that you do not see the braking points in some corners..

[garypotter]

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.......

[garypotter]

Forgot to add, please can the ozzie government raise the funding to host an f1 race at the circuit they race the Bathurst - undulating, long straights, hair pins and no massive run offs, i would love to see that one day.

[ian_touring]

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...