2017 F1 Random Discussion Thread

Speedworx · PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 7:49 pm

IceMan wrote:

Chase Carey wants a German Grand Prix. If it wasn't at Hockenheim or Nurburgring, where else might suit? http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns36263.html

The ones that stand out in my mind would be Lausitzring, Oschersleben or Sachsenring. Wild card Norisring haha that'd be messy...

Doesn't Sachsenring have a limited under of days it can be used, since it's on an industrial estate?

webbsy · PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:01 pm

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Carlos Sainz says Lance Stroll showed his inexperience in Bahrain clash

http://www.espn.com.au/f1/story/_/id/19209448/carlos-sainz-says-lance-stroll-showed-inexperience-bahrain-clash

Yeah...sorry Carlos, you clean drove straight into the side of him there. Stroll was giving the corner entry a wide berth and Sainz just plain well drove into him. In my view the driver exiting the pits and onto the racing line HAS to take most of the blame for these incidents. They are after all coming into the corner from a much shallower angle and will naturally pinch the apex.

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:05 pm

Speedworx wrote:

IceMan wrote:

Chase Carey wants a German Grand Prix. If it wasn't at Hockenheim or Nurburgring, where else might suit? http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns36263.html

The ones that stand out in my mind would be Lausitzring, Oschersleben or Sachsenring. Wild card Norisring haha that'd be messy...

Doesn't Sachsenring have a limited under of days it can be used, since it's on an industrial estate?

Yep and that's why it can't host DTM

Mattzel89 · PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:22 pm

Bilster Berg would need some major upgrades, but the layout looks interesting

http://www.bilster-berg.de/

Matthiasw · PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:27 pm

Mattzel89 wrote:

Bilster Berg would need some major upgrades, but the layout looks interesting

http://www.bilster-berg.de/

Bilster Berg is nothin more then a Test and presentation Track. Sadly..

I live like 20 min from it and was on the Open House Day back then.

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:39 pm

Awesome track that is, but nowhere to pass

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 8:53 pm

no passing? suits perfectly for F1

JJ · PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 11:16 pm

LucasWheldon wrote:

no passing? suits perfectly for F1

I know you're joking, but seriously, I dislike that F1 constantly rejects awesome or perfectly good tracks just because
A) people say that overtaking will be impossible (how can you know for sure in advance?)
B) the ease of overtaking is no 1 determinant (if the track is challenging and exciting, who cares about overtaking)
C) FIA says that the track is unsafe and requires 30m € tilketization, otherwise it receives class 2 or 3 (at the same time they allow Baku to happen)
D) the track facilities don't meet Abu Dhabi standards (fans don't care if they had to stay on muddy hills, so why should teams care)

In my world, F1 gathers the best drivers, the best cars AND the best tracks together.

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 11:36 pm

for me a suitable track must only be wide enough for 2 cars and having the runoff enough for a car not to bounce back to the track

trout · PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:00 am

bring back avus

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 4:42 pm

nah race at Nardò, last surviving car wins

Jan Larsen · PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 6:24 pm

Isle of Man, an entire island of run-off area in some places...

Bleu · PostPosted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 2:55 pm

Sporcle quiz on F1 circuit lengths, lowest and highest points
https://www.sporcle.com/games/Bleu/f1-c ... est-points

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:01 am

https://www.motorsport.com/all/article/?id=898082

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India’s Supreme Court has ruled that Formula 1 World Championship Limited (FOWC) has a permanent establishment in India and as such income accruing from it should be taxable.

That's pretty much the end of the Indian GP. Another magnificent racing facility consigned to the white elephant list.

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:18 pm

There been an Indian GP?

Soul Reaver · PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:33 pm

Yeah, nice layout, ugly run-offs, and even worse surroundings.

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 1:23 pm

empty seats too

kals · PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:01 pm

Merely a copy of Istanbul Park, in parts of circuit design and empty grandstands. It's still a GP i have never watched live or highlights of. Shitty and needless. A triumph of Bernie's greed over common sense.

aerogi · PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:09 pm

Can't remember anything about this one tbh

aerogi · PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:12 pm

Found this on wiki:

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From 2011 to 2013, the race was sponsored by telecom major Airtel.[29][30]

The Indian Grand Prix had the potential to generate around $170 million in revenue and employ as many as 10,000 people.[

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Tax issues and absence (2014–2017)[edit]

The Indian Grand Prix was set to have a one-year hiatus and then return on the 2015 Formula One season calendar as confirmed by the FIA. Bernie Ecclestone later cast doubt on this, suggesting the race would be delayed until 2016,[35] and this doubt was later confirmed by Ecclestone in August 2014 in Belgium. The Indian Grand Prix was cancelled for the second consecutive year following tax disputes between the FIA and the Uttar Pradesh government.[36][37][38] The circuit, despite the placards saying "New Delhi"[39] is not located in the union territory of Delhi, but in the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh.[34] The government of UP now says that F1 is not a sport, but entertainment and wants to levy taxes on the event.[

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