F1 at Laguna Seca
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And who wouldnt want to see an F1 car negotiating the corkscrew at Laguna Seca, 22 would be better.
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megy said:
And who wouldnt want to see an F1 car negotiating the corkscrew at Laguna Seca, 22 would be better.
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Dont think a full race would happen, there still needs to be a lot of safety work for the superbikes never mind F1 cars
Nowhere for F1's to overtake either. The slow last corner onto the start/finish straight followed by the turn 1 hairpin corner would be the only place but I don't think the straight is long enough and the first car to accelerate out of the last corner will get a good advantage down the straight.
Road America however, they could really stretch their legs there.
Road America however, they could really stretch their legs there.
killer2005 said:
megy said:
And who wouldnt want to see an F1 car negotiating the corkscrew at Laguna Seca, 22 would be better.
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Dont think a full race would happen, there still needs to be a lot of safety work for the superbikes never mind F1 cars
Well, once Max has slowed them down that shouldn't be a problem ...
FourWheelDrift said:
Nowhere for F1's to overtake either. The slow last corner onto the start/finish straight followed by the turn 1 hairpin corner would be the only place but I don't think the straight is long enough and the first car to accelerate out of the last corner will get a good advantage down the straight.
Didn't the last race in Hungary show that the 'nowehere to overtake' line was utter bollox?
They were passing each other everywhere, the drivers just need to have their balls attached when they leave the pit-lane before the start if the race.
Every race track has places to overtake, they wouldn't be racetracks if they didn't. Its down to the drivers to pull off the passes, not the track designers.
racefan_uk said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Nowhere for F1's to overtake either. The slow last corner onto the start/finish straight followed by the turn 1 hairpin corner would be the only place but I don't think the straight is long enough and the first car to accelerate out of the last corner will get a good advantage down the straight.
Didn't the last race in Hungary show that the 'nowehere to overtake' line was utter bollox?
They were passing each other everywhere, the drivers just need to have their balls attached when they leave the pit-lane before the start if the race.
Every race track has places to overtake, they wouldn't be racetracks if they didn't. Its down to the drivers to pull off the passes, not the track designers.
no the last race showed that give a driver something to prove, put two contenders in the middle of the grid, throw in some changeable weather and eventually even at a circuit reknowned for its lack of overtaking, something will happen...
i go back to a race in canada a few years ago where teh top four were covered by about two seconds with about eight laps to go, what happened, nothing....... and autosport had the guts to make a huge play of the fact that they were so close at the finish....
Was watching Nascar at Watkins Glen last night and whilst I am not normally a fan of the series, they were pretty entertaining on what is a pretty good "old school" circuit. F1 at the Glen would be awesome, but lets face it the most likely choice for another F1 venue in the US has to be Long Beach, or Las Vegas!
pablo said:
racefan_uk said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Nowhere for F1's to overtake either. The slow last corner onto the start/finish straight followed by the turn 1 hairpin corner would be the only place but I don't think the straight is long enough and the first car to accelerate out of the last corner will get a good advantage down the straight.
Didn't the last race in Hungary show that the 'nowehere to overtake' line was utter bollox?
They were passing each other everywhere, the drivers just need to have their balls attached when they leave the pit-lane before the start if the race.
Every race track has places to overtake, they wouldn't be racetracks if they didn't. Its down to the drivers to pull off the passes, not the track designers.
no the last race showed that give a driver something to prove, put two contenders in the middle of the grid, throw in some changeable weather and eventually even at a circuit reknowned for its lack of overtaking, something will happen...
i go back to a race in canada a few years ago where teh top four were covered by about two seconds with about eight laps to go, what happened, nothing....... and autosport had the guts to make a huge play of the fact that they were so close at the finish....
the problem most of the time is that the drivers tend to err on the side of caution because
either
a) they need the points
b) they don't want to crash the car
c) they don't want a reputation as a crasher
d) the team manager tells them 'if they bend it one more time they're out..'
if you want overtaking in f1, you have to incentivise the teams to encourage it, forget engine rules and other concorde agreement bollox, pay the teams £100k for every over- taking manouvre they make on a car other than their team mate. that'll get people racing.
additonally to appease ron d - pay the team 10k for every lap they remain in the lead
Edited by stockhatcher on Wednesday 16th August 20:22
Edited by stockhatcher on Wednesday 16th August 20:26
racefan_uk said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Nowhere for F1's to overtake either. The slow last corner onto the start/finish straight followed by the turn 1 hairpin corner would be the only place but I don't think the straight is long enough and the first car to accelerate out of the last corner will get a good advantage down the straight.
Didn't the last race in Hungary show that the 'nowehere to overtake' line was utter bollox?
As already mentioned a wet track alters things, cars with different setups, tyres and fuel. If the Hungaroring was dry it would have been a very different race.
combemarshal said:
If A1 and Champ car can race there so can F1, And they manage to over take in bigger (Champ car) and less powerfull (both) cars then so can F1 cars.
That's not the point. The rules specify the maximum incline and altitude change, so you'd have to change the F1 rules. And those rules are there for a reason - to make F1 circuits more boring. 
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