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#51 ronsingapore

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Posted 02 September 2015 - 03:39

Does anybody know what is the current status of the Fuji Speedway? (and great photos; i tried uploading photoes but failed everytime!)



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#52 Victor_RO

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Posted 02 September 2015 - 04:54

Does anybody know what is the current status of the Fuji Speedway? (and great photos; i tried uploading photoes but failed everytime!)


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#53 Jimisgod

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Posted 02 September 2015 - 07:48

Didn't Lewis start destroying the Korean track one year?  ;)

 

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#54 August

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Posted 02 September 2015 - 07:59

Bring back the Glen.


I'd like to see IndyCar at the Glen but definitely not F1. It should be neutered for F1 like Mexico City.

#55 ronsingapore

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Posted 03 September 2015 - 07:12

Active. Hosting a round of the WEC, Super Formula (ex-FNippon) and two Super GT races each season, along with other national-level championships.

 

I have heard that Super GT race at had stronger attendance than F1 at Japan GP; also that laps times of the Audi R18 LMP1 cars and DTM are slower than Nissan GTR Cars cars but I have not been able to verify that independently.



#56 Victor_RO

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Posted 03 September 2015 - 07:22

I have heard that Super GT race at had stronger attendance than F1 at Japan GP; also that laps times of the Audi R18 LMP1 cars and DTM are slower than Nissan GTR Cars cars but I have not been able to verify that independently.

 

Super GT attendance - maybe. LMP1 laptime comparison is invalid if you're comparing 2015 Super GT times to 2014 LMP1, a proper comparison must wait until this year's WEC round, considering the fact that LMP1 cars have made a quantum leap in speed this year. DTM cars are slower due to junk Hankook spec tires compared to tire-war-development Bridgestone/Michelin/Yokohama tires on GT500 cars.



#57 Dan333SP

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Posted 03 September 2015 - 13:03

I have heard that Super GT race at had stronger attendance than F1 at Japan GP; also that laps times of the Audi R18 LMP1 cars and DTM are slower than Nissan GTR Cars cars but I have not been able to verify that independently.

 

Pole time for the 1nd Fuji GT500 race this year was 1:27.5 by a Nissan GTR, the pole for the WEC race last year was one of the Toyotas at 1:26.9, with the fastest lap of the weekend being a 1:26.4 during the race.

 

To be honest, I'm amazed how close they are. Yes, this year the LMP cars will most likely be at least 3 seconds per lap faster when they visit Fuji because of the progress with the hybrid powertrains, but the GT500 cars really are the fastest GT machines on the planet by some margin.



#58 Myrvold

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Posted 03 September 2015 - 13:45

But then again, the Super GT's are as much GT as DTM are Touring Car?



#59 Dan333SP

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Posted 03 September 2015 - 14:23

That's true, there's really nothing about them that has any relation to a road car other than the name. At least GTE cars are largely the same dimensions and layout as their road-going counterpart.



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#60 Victor_RO

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Posted 03 September 2015 - 14:49

Topic please. :)



#61 Nathan

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Posted 03 September 2015 - 15:34

Bernie gets blamed because governments made poor financial decisions? Ridiculous..  Everyone knew what the reoccurring costs would be.

 

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Posted 03 September 2015 - 15:55

That picture of Rio made me sad.

Walt Disney World and Texas World speedway are soon to be demolished

Texas World Speedway finally to be demolished? Now that was a ghost track to me. Was there serious business at this MIS clone the last 30 years?



#63 SR388

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Posted 03 September 2015 - 16:14

North wilkesboro.

#64 Volcano70

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Posted 03 September 2015 - 20:05

Texas World Speedway finally to be demolished? Now that was a ghost track to me. Was there serious business at this MIS clone the last 30 years?

Nothing top tier in the last 35 years, some Nascar feeder series did a race or two in the early 90's.

It has been used for club racing (at least the road courses) but it is pretty much done.

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North Carolina/Rockingham has been up and down in the last few years, a bank was trying to get it shut down the last i've heard.



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Posted 03 September 2015 - 20:29

Bernie gets blamed because governments made poor financial decisions? Ridiculous..  Everyone knew what the reoccurring costs would be.

 

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Poor financial decisions based on the bullshit he always tells them about F1 bringing prosperity to the areas around race tracks. He had the Koreans thinking luxury yachts would be coming from Monaco to dock at some swamp in the middle of nowhere.

 

They're idiots for believing it though, you'd only need to take a quick glance at the areas around tracks like Malaysia, Shanghai, Bahrain, etc... to realise F1 doesn't have any great economic impact beyond the race weekend.



#66 blkirk

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Posted 03 September 2015 - 22:40

Nothing top tier in the last 35 years, some Nascar feeder series did a race or two in the early 90's.

It has been used for club racing (at least the road courses) but it is pretty much done.

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North Carolina/Rockingham has been up and down in the last few years, a bank was trying to get it shut down the last i've heard.

IMSA ran at TWS as late as 1996.  After that, it was pretty much just SCCA and car clubs.



#67 Wuzak

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Posted 04 September 2015 - 01:39

Yes, probably the last Italian GP this weekend.  :(

 

The contract finishes at the end of next year. So one more after this one.



#68 chunder27

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Posted 04 September 2015 - 08:22

Bernie could sell bush to Aussies, so you cant blame him for that. It is his job.

What saddens me is these great facilities are often hardly used as they cost a fortune to run and there is no legacy in place, no stream of Jim Russell type cars rolling round every day, that is something the FIA should be doing more of when they go to new places like Turkey, Korea and China. But no, take the money.

These new tracks are basically a countries tourism board throwing their budget away, they are not thought through or planned long term.

Azerbaijan are throwing money at international sports events currently, so no surprise we might be going there. But where is the end game, once the deal runs out and they realise they are losing money it becomes a white elephant.

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Posted 04 September 2015 - 15:05

 

Poor financial decisions based on the bullshit he always tells them about F1 bringing prosperity to the areas around race tracks. He had the Koreans thinking luxury yachts would be coming from Monaco to dock at some swamp in the middle of nowhere.

 

They're idiots for believing it though

 

I don't think Bernie needs to do much bullshitting to get these countries to sign up.  There is a reason all these new host nations are similar in economic profile.  It's a general theme with other sports.  Either way it still falls on the politicians for going along with - what to a layman - looks questionable.  They are after all the ones that selected a swamp hours and hours away from large population centers.



#70 Lotusseven

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Posted 10 September 2015 - 07:55

Ecclestone meets to discuss F1 future for Turkey

Sep.10 (GMM/Inautonews.com) Turkey could be set to return to the formula one calendar.

Last week, Istanbul Park – having hosted seven grands prix until 2011 – returned to the headlines when reports emerged that new operator Intercity planned to turn the Hermann Tilke-penned circuit into a used car dealership.

It turned out the reports were wide of the mark, when Intercity’s chief said the track “still has a grade 1 FIA licence” and could therefore return to the calendar “in the future”.

The future could now be close. Anadolu, the state-run Turkish news agency, said Intercity chairman Vural Ak has travelled to London for talks with Bernie Ecclestone.

He said only one hurdle now remained.

“The Turkish government should approve the race because it’s an international activity,” said Ak. “For this reason, we are waiting for the election” on 1 November.

If the race gets the green light, Turkey could return to the calendar as soon as 2016.

“I can say that the only thing we need is the final signature to enter the official calendar,” Ak added.

F1’s provisional calendar for 2016 already features an unprecedented 21 races, with recent reports saying Ecclestone could extend it until December.

But the F1 supremo told Reuters: “I think we can escape going into December, otherwise it’s getting a bit too near Christmas.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



#71 ed24f1

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Posted 10 September 2015 - 14:26

I think whoever did the work at Silverstone should be embarassed, the wing is a total disaster.

 

I know, lets design a complex with no acces to it from the circuit entrance other than by bus? Lets NOT build a bridge or tunnel so we can keep those idiots who paid 200 quid a ticket away from our lives.

That was probably the exact intention of the design? Lots of tracks don't allow open access to the paddock area.

 

It's also possible to walk around the back to get to the back of the Wing, I did it when I was there in 2012.



#72 chunder27

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Posted 10 September 2015 - 15:10

Oh I have been there, but from the normal track areas you can access it took a good half hour.

 

Perhaps one of the reasons too that most bike racing people do not use it.  Unless Silverstone looks down on them to the extent that theya re tld theya re not allowed to go there!

 

It looks ugly in my opinion, serves little purpose for the vast majority of the racing there and even on the inside is pretty uninspiring and drab. From what i remember just concrete!



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Posted 10 September 2015 - 16:10

Didn't Lewis start destroying the Korean track one year?  ;)

 

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Korean carpet munching?



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Posted 10 September 2015 - 16:14

Kermit.  :cry: