Why is the US GP not held at Daytona? It seems obvious to me

[DOCG]

The road course version of Daytona as used for the 24 hours of Daytona, a much better track than that dump in Texas.

[Evangelion]

What's wrong with Road America and Laguna Seca?

[DOCG]

Evangelion said:

What's wrong with Road America and Laguna Seca?

Good tracks but lack of facilities for a major event.

[thegreenhell]

None of them have the required FIA licence grade 1 needed to host F1. Only COTA and Indy meet this standard in the US.

Laguna Seca and Road America in particular are more like club circuits compared to what F1 expects in terms of facilities and safety. Both would be completely destroyed in getting them to F1 standard. Laguna is also too short, and massively overrated.

[kambites]

Would the current tyres survive that much high-speed banking? Eventhe "road" circuit uses both ends of the ovel doesn't it?

[DOCG]

kambites said:

Would the current tyres survive that much high-speed banking? Eventhe "road" circuit uses both ends of the ovel doesn't it?

Yes but at much lower speeds than if you are just running oval due to slower down greatly twice in the lap.

[nikaiyo2]

kambites said:

Would the current tyres survive that much high-speed banking? Eventhe "road" circuit uses both ends of the ovel doesn't it?

Just run them at 50psi like NASCAR

[Europa1]

OP, what is it about COTA that makes it "a dump" in your opinion?

[DOCG]

Europa1 said:

OP, what is it about COTA that makes it "a dump" in your opinion?

A boring track with no character, all the corners are just copied from other circuits like Silverstone or Instanbul

[DanielSan]

DOCG said:

A boring track with no character, all the corners are just copied from other circuits like Silverstone or Instanbul

So corners taken from 2 of the greatest tracks F1 has been to/goes to combined make it a terrible track? Can I have some of what you're smoking? Especially as the Daytona infield circuit is utter gash. It's short straights into tight hairpins that's it, people just get caught up on the banking being so steep.

[Evangelion]

thegreenhell said:

... Laguna Seca and Road America in particular are more like club circuits compared to what F1 expects in terms of facilities and safety. Both would be completely destroyed in getting them to F1 standard. Laguna is also too short, and massively overrated.

Fair enough then. I'd never want to see a perfectly good track butchered (like Spa, Hockenheim, Silverstone etc) just so they can hold a F1 race there.. That's why I'm glad they don't go to Brands any more.

[HustleRussell]

I like COTA and people seem to be positive about it as a spectator experience.

[HardtopManual]

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I'm not sure what you expect to get at Daytona that COTA doesn't provide, other than a pointlessly steep banking that isn't taken at particularly high speed.

Daytona is also flat as a pancake.

Edited by HardtopManual on Friday 14th August 10:40

[Mark-C]

DOCG said:

Europa1 said:

OP, what is it about COTA that makes it "a dump" in your opinion?

A boring track with no character, all the corners are just copied from other circuits like Silverstone or Instanbul

You should go - it's a great experience with good viewing points. I haven't been to Daytona for many (20ish) years but it was just a soulless concrete mess with beer and hotdog stands dotted around it ...

[leef44]

I like COTA, it offers elevation and wide track into sharp bends which allow different lines to be taken which make it challenging for the drivers to defend.

[StevieBee]

DOCG said:

a much better track than that dump in Texas.

I'm really not having a go at you but your belief that Daytona would be better than Austin and that Austin is a dump really seals the deal on the fact that F1 isn't for you and probably, neither is motor sport.

[Europa1]

I have to say, OP, it doesn't seem obvious at all to me.

[LukeBrown66]

I get this, but it surely was the same question linked to indy, and that track was fairly tame featureless, yet provided us the odd good race even before DRS because of that long corner and straight. The elephant int he room obviously being the 6 car race.

But the infield was horrible surely!

Daytona has enough big events, two Nascar races, the 24. Supercross

[DOCG]

HardtopManual said:

VS



I'm not sure what you expect to get at Daytona that COTA doesn't provide, other than a pointlessly steep banking that isn't taken at particularly high speed.

Daytona is also flat as a pancake.

Edited by HardtopManual on Friday 14th August 10:40

Two great long high-speed "straights", unlike anything else in F1. And hopefully they would go through the banked sections with DRS open.

[kambites]

I guess the question would be whether the banking is "straight" enough for the to follow closely on. If they ended up stuck 5 cars lengths back on the banking, there's few other obvious oportunities to overtake.