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25 Aug 2010, 17:43 (Ref:2750080) | #1 | ||
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All things considered, what would your practical calendar be?
After several threads on scheduling and the calendar, perhaps it's time for us to say how we'd do it. As I said, these should be realistic calendars, not ones proposing bringing back the Nordschleife or whatever ...
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25 Aug 2010, 19:19 (Ref:2750135) | #2 | ||
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Mine would consist of 20 rounds.
Austrailian GP - Melbourne Malaysian GP - Sepang Brazilian GP - Interlagos Spanish GP - Catalunya Monaco GP - Monte Carlo (obviously ) Turkish GP - Istanbul European GP (or named Luxembourg GP again?) - Nurburgring GP Curcuit Canadian GP - Montreal Hungarian GP - Budapest German GP - Hockenheim British GP - Silverstone Belgian GP - Spa Francorchamps Itailan GP - Monza Bahrain GP - Sakhir Abu Dhabi - Yas Marina Singapore GP - Singapore Chinese GP - Shanghai South Korea - Yeongam Japanese GP - Suzuka Asian GP - Adelaide |
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25 Aug 2010, 20:46 (Ref:2750207) | #3 | ||
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Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, Monte Carlo, Magny-Cours, Hockenheim or Nurburgring, Silverstone, Catalunya, Budapest I guess
Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur, Suzuka, Singapore, Interlagos, Montreal and a USGP somewhere, I guess Laguna Seca The remaining 3 races I'd have rotating between different countries. 1 year you have 3 countries host (no double hosting amongst countries), the next year 3 different ones host. |
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25 Aug 2010, 21:16 (Ref:2750220) | #4 | ||
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Eighteen races here.
Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park - A great first race to have on the calendar Singapore Grand Prix - Marina Bay - I do have a penchant for street circuits. Malaysian Grand Prix - Sepang - A high quality circuit that produces good races, although attendances might need a bit of work. French Grand Prix - Paul Ricard - There has to be a French GP, this is the least worst venue. Temporary stands will be needed, but the French GP is essential. Portugese Grand Prix - Algarve Autodrome - A high quality new circuit that has elevation changes. Also returning a race to Portugal Monaco Grand Prix - Monte Carlo - A classic race that needs no explanation. Spanish Grand Prix - Motorland Aragon - After boring races in Valencia and Barcelona, I think this circuit should provide better races. Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - A excellent circuit in a great location. Polish Grand Prix - Poznan - This would need building, so it is pushing the practical. It would need time. However, Poland is actually a logical venue for a Grand Prix. A recent demo there (in Poznan) could have filled out Bahrain or Abu Dhabi's circuits twice. It also has a good location in the centre of Europe. British Grand Prix - Silverstone - Needs no introduction. German Grand Prix - Hockenheim - OK, the old one isn't coming back but the current circuit isn't too bad. There has to be a German race on the calendar. Finnish Grand Prix - Helsinki Street Circuit - There may be local opposition to such a thing happening, but the Scandinavia region needs a Grand Prix. Finland is logical due to its motorsport history. Belgian Grand Prix - Spa-Francorchamps - Needs no justification, the UK August Bank Holiday is a good weekend. Italian Grand Prix - Monza - One of the great races, the (recent) traditional lowering of the curtain on the European season Korean Grand Prix - Yeongam - I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt here. The track doesn't look too bad, and I think Korea could be a good country for F1. A Korean manufacturer and/or driver would obviously help. Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka - It's the Spa of the East; an excellent circuit in a country with a passionate motorsport fanbase. Brazilian Grand Prix - Interlagos - An excellent circuit, a toss-up on which would get the last slot on the calendar. USA Grand Prix - Austin - Austin should be a good fit for the US GP, although we don't know what circuit they will come up with. A slightly later than normal race time would guarantee a good television time for what could be the season decider in both the US and Europe. |
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26 Aug 2010, 13:23 (Ref:2750567) | #5 | |
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1 Melbourne, 2 Sepang, 3 Sakhir, 4 Spanish GP, 5 Mugello, 6 Monte Carlo, 7 Montreal, 8 Indianapolis, 9 Silverstone, 10 Nürburgring, 11 A1-Ring, 12 Hungaroring, 13 Spa Francorchamps, 14 Monza, 15 Singapore Night Race, 17 Portimao, 18 Kurtkoy, 19 Interlagos, 20 Potrero De Los Funes, 21 Suzuka, 22 Macao (widened)
Oh, that's too many. Edit out A1-Ring and Mugello and you have 20. |
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27 Aug 2010, 07:48 (Ref:2750940) | #6 | |
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Practical:
1. Australia: Albert Park, Adelaide or Bathurst (if Macao is valid so is this) 2. Malaysia: Sepang 3. Abu Dhabi: Yas Marina (Alternate with Bahrain/Qatar?) 4. Spain: Jerez or Motorland Aragon 5. Monaco: Monte Carlo. Always a classic 6. Portugal: Algarve 7. Austria: A1 Ring (alternate with Brno?) 8. USA: Austin.....? 9. Canada: Montreal 10. Britain: Silverstone 11. Germany: Nurburgring/Hockenheim alt. 12. Belgium: Spa Another classic? 13. Hungary: Still the Eastern European Standard. 14. Italy: Monza A classic circuit (Imola and Mugello not as good) 15. Singapore: A night race once a year is a feature in a brilliant Asian crossroads. 16. Japan: Suzuka. Where else? 17. Brazil: Interlagos (I always preferred Rio but that may no longer be practical) 18. Mexico: A revamped (No Mr Tilke, not you.) Mexico City track-classic venue I am sympathetic to Brno, Kyalami, Bahrain, Ricard, Argentina (Potrero de Los Funes), Korea as fillers or alternates/next in line but China is out. I could happily drop Malaysia and replace it with Singapore followed by a revamped Kyalami.....or Capetown I have also wondered if having a race in relatively small adjacent markets might be better served by alternating the venues annually. (Bahrain/Abu Dhabi or Abu Dhabi/Qatar or Budapest/Brno, A1 Ring/Brno) |
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28 Aug 2010, 13:47 (Ref:2751400) | #7 | ||
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First group: European classics
Monaco - Monte Carlo, May Britain - Silverstone, July Germany - Hockenheim (better track) / Nürburgring (better kept history), July Belgium - Spa, September Italy - Monza, September Second group: non-European classics Australia - Melbourne, March Canada - Montreal, June Japan - Suzuka, October Brazil - Interlagos, November Third group: recent great places Malaysia - Sepang, April Singapore - Marina Bay, October Abu Dhabi - Yas Marina, November Fourth group: good countries, bad or unrealistic circuits Spain - ???, May (no track is good enough for current cars) United States - ???, June (but where? I hope that Austin works) France - ???, June (Paul Ricard? Le Mans?) That's 15. You can add others. But please no Bahrain, Valencia or Hungaroring. |
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28 Aug 2010, 14:17 (Ref:2751403) | #8 | ||
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NaBUru38s calender is pretty much what I would do. I would like to see Brazil back as the season ender but that won't happen for a while.
I would run: Spain - Jerez France - Le Castellet US - I too hope the Austin track works out good, Austin really seems like a good fit for Formula 1 Additional ones: Argentina - Potrero de Los Funes (I would do horrible things to see this happen) Portugal - Portimao Finland(+Sweden?) - Helsinki street race, maybe alternating with Gotland Ring if they get the full circuit built. Hungary - Budapest, great crowd but dull circuit, therefor a serious look at what can be made to improve it. Poland - Poznan, needs work but could be great. |
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28 Aug 2010, 16:25 (Ref:2751456) | #9 | ||
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1. Brazil - Interlagos
2. Argentina - Portero de los Funes 3. South Africa - Kyalami 4. Spain - Aragon 5. San Marino - Imola 6. Germany - Nurburgring 7. Holland - Zandvoort 8. Monaco 9. Canada - Montreal 10. USA - Indianapolis (the MotoGP course but with the speedway T1) 11. Mexico - Mexico City 12. Britain - Silverstone 13. France - Paul Ricard 14. Czech Republic - Brno 15. Belgium - Spa 16. italy - Monza 17. Portugal - Algarve 18. Japan - Suzuka 19. New Zealand - Hampton Downs 20. Australia - Adelaide *Night Race* Last edited by johntt; 28 Aug 2010 at 16:31. |
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28 Aug 2010, 20:06 (Ref:2751522) | #10 | ||
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Alright, here goes:
1. Australia- Melbourne 2. Brazil- Interlagos 3. Argentina- Potrero de los Funes 4. Malaysia- Sepang 5. Spain- Motorland Aragon 6. Monaco- Monte Carlo 7. Turkey- Istanbul 8. Canada- Montreal 9. USA- Austin 10. France- Paul Ricard 11. Britain- Silverstone 12. Germany- Hockenheim 13. Czech Republic- Brno 14. Belgium- Spa-Francorchamps 15. Italy- Monza 16. Portugal- Algarve 17. Japan- Suzuka 18. Singapore- Marina Bay 19. South Korea- Yeongam 20. UAE- Abu Dhabi Here are my reserves, if needed, or if Bernie forces a larger calendar on the series. 1. South Africa- Kyalami 2. Mexico- Mexico City 3. Europe- Nurburgring/Mugello 4. Sweden- Gotland Ring (once the GP loop is completed) 5. Asia- Dubai, Shanghai (DTM), or Jaypee Group Circuit (India) |
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28 Aug 2010, 20:32 (Ref:2751537) | #11 | |
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1. Australia - Melbourne Park
2. South Africa - Kyalami 3. Dubai / Bahrain (alternating each year) 4. Malaysia - Sepang 5. Portugal - Portimao 6. Monaco 7. Czech Republic - Brno 8. Canada - Montreal 9. US - Indianapolis (Moto GP circuit) 10. France - Magny-Cours 11. Britain - Silverstone 12. Germany - Nurburgring / Hockenheim (alternating) 13. Belgium - Spa 14. Italy - Monza 15. Spain - Jerez / Aragon (alternating) 16. Singapore - Marina Bay 17. Japan - Suzuka 18. Abu Dhabi / Qatar (alternating) 19. Mexico - Mexico City 20. Brazil - Interlagos |
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28 Aug 2010, 21:30 (Ref:2751565) | #12 | ||
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Why so little love for Imola? I always thought it was a great flowing track but is challenging and un-forgiving, similar to Montreal.
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28 Aug 2010, 23:19 (Ref:2751586) | #13 | |
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if we're being serious (to a point), take off brno. for the same reason no-one wants the british gp at brands hatch. they'd ruin a really good circuit.
and don't include motorland aragon either - they need to build something in the region of about 10 hotels before they could even consider holding a proper race and that's just not possible. it's an obscure in the middle of nowhere little town that couldn't support 10 hotels the whole year round. i'd go (in no particular order) hungaroring monaco monza silverstone a grand prix in france - venue unimportant singapore abu dhabi melbourne/adelaide montreal nurburgring/hockenheim interlagos spa suzuka algarve i'm sure i've forgotten some. |
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29 Aug 2010, 03:33 (Ref:2751618) | #14 | ||
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All right, here's what I got (in order):
Brazil - Interlagos Argentina - Potrero de los Funes South Africa - venue TBD Spain - Catalunya Portugal - Algarve San Marino - Imola Monaco - Monte Carlo Canada - Montreal Britain - Silverstone France - venue TBD (leaning Paul Ricard but open for debate) Germany - Nürburgring Hungary - Hungaroring Belgium - Spa Italy - Monza USA - Austin, TX Japan - Suzuka Malaysia - Sepang Australia - venue TBD (I hate Albert Park, but Australia needs a race.. new venue?) Abu Dhabi - Yas Marina For the record, the following were intentionally left off: Bahrain (boring), China (no fanbase), Korea (does it even happen this year?), Istanbul (see China), Singapore (Bernie-the-troll money grab), Valencia (AWFUL circuit design) |
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Bella, it would hardly be the first time a GP was held in an obscure location, if they held it at Aragon, and this includes the modern era of F1. Anyway, Motorland Aragon is hosting MotoGP this year, so it's good enough in my book.
Also, unlike Brands Hatch, Brno has no ultra-fast corners, and has no lack of run-off either. Not to mention, none of the straights are even close to long enough to warrant adding chicanes. And tightening existing corners would only serve to reduce run-off areas, which would be unacceptable, therefore, they won't do that either. Duff, okay, I don't understand how you say you hate Melbourne. Can you help me out here? BTW, you do realize that any new venue done by Tilke will be far worse than either Melbourne or Adelaide. Also, you should realize that Adelaide is a bit unrealistic as the GP layout has been unused for 10 years, and anyway, F1 would insist on a longer, wider pit straight, a 2nd gear Senna Chicane, and having EVERY bump ground out of those streets (so no more twitchy cars on the Brabham Straight, and no more spark showers for the fans). |
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31 Aug 2010, 01:51 (Ref:2752532) | #16 | ||
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For what it's worth:
1. Australia - Melbourne Park 2. South Africa - Kyalami 3. Bahrain - Bahrain 4. Malaysia - Sai Pang 5. Portugal - Estoril 6. San Marino - Imola 7. Monaco 8. Canada - Montreal 9. USA - Laguna Seca 10. France - Magny-Cours/Le Castellet (alternating) 11. GB - Silverstone (old and new layout alternating) 12. Germany - Nurburgring / Hockenheim (alternating) 13. Belgium - Spa 14. Italy - Monza 15. Spain - Jerez / Aragon (alternating) 16. Singapore - Marina Bay 17. Japan - Suzuka/Motegi (alternating) 18. Mexico - Mexico City 19. Argentina - Buenos Aires 20. Brazil - Interlagos |
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it was fine with me - there were about 3 routes from my hotel in a small town to the circuit and every single one of them was an absolute BLAST. i'm just saying it simply wouldn't be able to cope and the area doesn't have the capital waiting to be invested - the road improvement projects funded by both the country and the region in the area have ground to a halt. don't get me wrong i absolutely love the place and the area is pretty untouched by tourism, it just really really isn't a good idea to even think about holding a top line race there yet! /tl;dr as for brno... the drivers seem to love it. which makes it a dead cert for being mugged by the fia for improvements it's amazing to spectate at though. |
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Suzuka Singapore Jaypee Bahrain Algarve Jerez Imola Monaco Spa Silverstone Monza Paul Ricard Nurb/Hock Hungaroring Canada USGP Mexico City Interlagos Kyalami |
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Hmmm ok, I'll bite:
1: Australia, Gold Coast (since everyone hates Albert Park) 2: Malaysia, Sepang 3: Abu Dhabi, Yas Marina 4: South Africa, Kyalami 5: San Marino, Imola 6: Monaco, Monte Carlo 7: Portugal, Portimao (I skip Spain) 8: Great Britain, Silverstone 9: Canada, Montreal 10: USA, Austin (but really Laguna Seca if possible ) 11: Netherlands, Zandvoort 12: Germany, Hockenheim 13: Luxemburg, Nürburgring 14: Belgium, Spa-Francorchamps 15: Italy, Monza 16: Japan, Suzuka 17: Argentina, Buenos Aires 18: Brazil, Interlagos No rich oil states here, nor any new countries.. Just proven venues that actually draw crowds at the grandstands |
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Practical calendars aren't anywhere near as much fun...
Let's see: We have 12 circuits contracted to run to at least 2014 - so those are staying... (in order of contract length: Silverstone, Austin, Monaco, India, Rome Street Circuit, Monza, Hungaroring, Bahrain, Barcelona, Melbourne, Sepang & Valencia) Of the current Grand Prix on the calendar, five are no brainer must-keeps... (Spa, Suzuka, Montreal, at least one of the German Circuits & Interlagos) So that fills up 17 spots of my calendar without really thinking about it... Beyond that, of the current crop, I'd like to keep Istanbul Park on the calendar - but can't see it happening really - the promoters don't look like they've been making money off it and I'm not sure the Turkish gov't would put up the cash for it - so it looks like I'll have three new circuits to add... There are 6 non championship circuits which hold a FIA Grade 1 licence, & could host a GP straight away are: Fuji, Imola, Indianapolis, Mangy-Cours, Mugello, and Paul Ricard. On that basis a French Grand Prix would definately be back on my calender at one of the two circuits. Imola/Mugello is definately out, as there are already 2 italian based GPs on long term contracts. A second US Grand Prix would probably please the sponsors. And if the sponsors and teams push for it, perhaps it's a possibility, even though they won't pay the 'going rate' for new GPs. We won't go straight from none to two straight away, but if Austin is a success while the current tracks are winding down their existing contracts, then why not? There are a further 9 circuits which hold a Grade 1T licence (suitable for F1 testing) which could reasonably be upgraded to Grade 1 without too much trouble/expense (presumably mostly relating to facilities). These are: Algarve, Estoril, Eurospeedway Lausitz, Jerez, Misano Adriatico, Monteblanco, Nogaro, Vallelunga & Zandvoort. An upgrade of any other circuit would be reasonable if it's in a country with a government likely to spend significant funds on the upgrading/building of/hosting fees. Of the latter, I'd like to see Kyalami back and make it a proper world championship - the government did start making noises about it after the sucessful world cup (can't remember if they were talking about using Kyalami, or building a new track in South Africa) - and Bernie was positive (suits the European TV times) but realistically, I can't see the finances satisfying both parties unless the calendar is expanded significantly. So I'll put Zandvoort in as my final calendar spot. It's a classic F1 circuit, and it's current owners seem to be trying to restore it to it's former glory. So my practical calendar would be: Melbourne Jaypee (India) Bahrain Barcelona Monaco Zandvoort Rome Street Circuit Paul Ricard/Mangy Cours (rotating) Montreal Austin Montreal Silverstone Hockenheim/Nurburgring (rotating) Hungaroring Spa Monza Valencia Interlagos Indianapolis Suzuka Which is a bit dissapointing really - dream calanders are way better than practical ones... |
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All things considered, what would your practical calendar be?
A Pirelli calender. (Please) |
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I'd love to Kylami back, but nearer its original form not the go kart like track it was in 1992 onwards. But I doubt it will happen, I am pretty sceptical about South Africa getting another F1 race again. The calendar for next year is already quite big!
Zandavoort would be interesting as it is a decent track, but unlikely to happen as there are already so many tracks in Europe. |
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their hosting the World Cup was a success right? i know i heard a lot of negative stuff prior to it starting but not much else after that...no stories means a success right that may create more interest on the governments part to host other international type events.
F1 needs a race in Africa. where else could be a potential African location? |
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With regards to TV times, one potential question : what would be better for F1, a race at 1pm (Western Europe time)/2pm (Central Europe Time) or a race at 8pm (Western Europe time)/9pm (Central Europe Time), slap bang in primetime? Obviously both are superior to early morning starts. I'm not seriously calling for night races in Europe, although perhaps the thought of later race starts for the last few in the season could be a thought - done by having Brazil and the US at the end of the year. Last edited by duke_toaster; 13 Sep 2010 at 19:12. |
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