I know but I doubt they fit the Bernie F1 standard, which is asking for two large garages for all the equipment etc. I doubt they are that big. As I said, it is a small venue.
Totally. And the tifosi. But that was when F1 teams put all their gear onto one or two trucks. Today they need that just to setup their motorhome for the VIP guests. And the track really is narrow and has little run off areas. Passing today would be close to impossible and the safety wussies would have a heart attack.
Andreas, Everything you have said just goes to show how F1 has lost it's way and IMO is a sad situation. How many years can Bernie keeping sncking this sport dry before it folds ... and I say I told you so! Pete
Globalization and commercialization. The side effects of big business. Happens in all big sports. The genie is out of the bottle, Bernie or not
True. At least you realize that Bernie is not the second coming . Still unfortunate. There's many ways F1 could be run to give back to the tracks and the countries that host them than the current, IMO, mess ... but we've talked about this before. Pete
I agree with you completely that F1 has lost a lot. That's true for its tracks, access of the fans to the teams, the diversity of the cars and other things. But you can't turn time back. To me it still is the best/only form of Motorsport I follow. Yes it is contrived but which big racing isn't (always makes me laugh when people mention Le Mans as a pure form, one of the most artificial of them all). If you want racing pure, go to your local gokart track. But don't expect to be able to talk about it on here
Soooo, Now you can see why old tracks are awesome and much better then all those boring new ones. Loved the race at Silverstone! Thijs
Not really. This race was fascinating because of all the incidents (without trying to give away the results in this thread), which jumbled the field around and took some people out. Otherwise it would have been the procession that it has been in the past. What Silverstone has in its favor is a wide track with long straights, hence allowing for good use of DRS. But you have that too in e.g. China or Bahrain. DRS wouldn't save Imola as it has no straight long and wide enough to be effective. Modern tracks can be exciting as we have seen in Turkey or Austin. Just as old tracks can be totally boring. And vice versa. Has nothing to do with that.
first F1 GP: 1950 British Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Winner: Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo) from Italy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_British_Grand_Prix#Race
No, he's talking about the first ever Grand Prix, pre-F1. The winner was an Hungarian, Ferenc Szisz. BTW, there was already an Hungarian Grand Prix in the pre-war era.
Not sure how many years a contract is signed for, but some emerging countries may not have the long term capability to host it. Not much point in setting up shop for a couple of years and then loosing it. Maybe monza could use a renovation?
Good news! Monza will live! Ecclestone tells race organiser Monza future safe Italian grand prix organiser ACI on Friday insisted Monza will not be dropped from the formula one calendar. F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone told an Italian magazine earlier this week that the historic circuit could be the victim of the sport needing to push into more "emerging markets". But Automobile Club of Italy president Angelo Sticci Damiani met with Ecclestone on Friday at Goodwood, where a World Motor Sport Council meeting is taking place. He said Ecclestone "told me that he had never said there were problems with Monza and, above all, that the future of the Italian grand prix is at risk". Damiani added that the F1 supremo had given him "specific assurances" about Monza's future.
