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Not im my opinion as a circuit, but everyone is overwhelmed by the glitz and the glamour and people like Ferrari have made a massive investment there, so it's here to stay.
Even Martin Brundle said on TV that it and Singapore had become the two special meetings for F1, but you saw how difficult it was to overtake today. |
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Yep, it's all about selling the brand and/or image these days. Bernie asks "show me the money" and by and large they do!!
Personally I couldn't care less if the cars just ran around an old airfield as long as there's a racing spectacle. But that aspect is just not as important anymore. |
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cant argue much with the claim that this track is all flash and no substance. yesterdays race took a wonderful season and boiled it down to a perfect case study of everything that is wrong with modern F1.
if there is a silver lining here it is that if changes to the track can make a difference then the owners would be willing to spend to make them. for them prestige matters and having everyone say that the track is bland will motivate them. this is a partnership that does not exist anywhere else. |
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i hope so. and if they don't at least our final round next year will be back in Brazil.
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I think we need to give credit where credit's due:
The location is truly spectacular; whether you're an avid or casual fan, there's no doubt that it's impressive. The track itself may not be. However, I applaud them being open to suggestions in regards to changing the layout. I think it has potential to be a good end of season circuit if the right changes are made. Selby |
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You know, I really wanna know why the back straight does that little juke to the left about halfway into it...
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I thought it was a late amendment due to a design cock up! I could've sworn that if it had run completely straight as we would have expected there would've been little room for run off and crash barriers because of buildings or something?
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Not telling Seb where Alonso was
What amazes me is this thing about Vettel not knowing where Alonso was during the race. Everything I've seen him say points out that he didn't know where Alonso was on the last lap, but you'd imagine that means they didn't even tell him he was in a world championship-winning position for most of the race.
I wonder at what point they decided they'd not tell him. After the strategy blunder, perhaps Red Bull had doubts and thought someone of Alonso's calibre would be capable of making the positions up, so they didn't tell him then. And then they kept going with that. Vettel would have quite naturally assumed during the race that he didn't have much of a hope of the championship, so only needed to know gaps to the people around him. Maybe they thought he'd have more issues keeping it on the island if he knew just what he stood to gain from winning the race. |
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What ever the reason was it certainly paid off.
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It seems like he didn't ask then. I'd be so curious though.
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He asked, they just didn't tell him.
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