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Old 15 Jan 2010, 09:59 (Ref:2613742)   #26
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Brings back that "Race of a Millions Years" debacle... I remember they cut the race short an hour of two from New Years Day or 12 a.m.(Midnight). Organizers in Australia would need to get their act together(Hospitality, Profitability, Making sure the event goes off with minimal glitches). Believe me, I would love to watch a Sports Car Race at Phillip Island, Sounds mouth watering already or better yet, going to a Asian LM Series Event at Eastern Creek Raceway.
Eastern Creek!? Phillip Island is fast, spectacular and marketable...If there was a LMP/GT race in Australia it would have to be PI!
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Old 16 Jan 2010, 01:27 (Ref:2614065)   #27
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Eastern Creek!? Phillip Island is fast, spectacular and marketable...If there was a LMP/GT race in Australia it would have to be PI!
You know, you're right. Most of the V8 Supercars teams are based in Victoria anyway so it would give teams Sports Car teams from the state a chance to race against the big names in GT/Prototypes. Plus, as you said, Phillip Island is fast, flowing and frenetic in nature which means it is perfectly set for either Open Wheel or Prototype/GT Racing.
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Old 17 Jan 2010, 03:15 (Ref:2614496)   #28
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Neither FIA GT nor AsLMS can expect to get paid by the govt to race in Zhuhai, nor anywhere else in China for that matter, but the management at Zhuhai is not exactly crap.
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Old 20 Jan 2010, 10:05 (Ref:2616181)   #29
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Phillip Island would be a great circuit as would Eastern Creek. An Australian round would fit into the AsianLMS pretty well. I'd prefer Bathurst but I cant see it happening, just imagine a full field flying down out of Forest's Elbow onto Conrod straight. There's nothing wrong with dreaming though......

Realistically I can see PI or Eastern Creek getting the nod IF there was a round in Australia. Its a shame that you could fit all the Aussie sportscar/gt fans down here into a phone booth.
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Old 21 Jan 2010, 04:48 (Ref:2616733)   #31
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As has been gone over a million times before in this context, for Eastern Creek to get an appropriate certification, the requisite changes would eviscerate it to the degree where it's no longer recognizable. There was a proposal floating around a while ago which was faintly nauseating. Even the direction of circulation was reversed.
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Old 22 Jan 2010, 02:38 (Ref:2617289)   #32
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The Eastern Creek mods were NOT about bringing it up to Grade 2 standard, which I would have to think it meets already, but to bring it up to Grade 1/F1 standard.
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Phillip Island would be a great circuit as would Eastern Creek. An Australian round would fit into the AsianLMS pretty well. I'd prefer Bathurst but I cant see it happening, just imagine a full field flying down out of Forest's Elbow onto Conrod straight. There's nothing wrong with dreaming though......

Realistically I can see PI or Eastern Creek getting the nod IF there was a round in Australia. Its a shame that you could fit all the Aussie sportscar/gt fans down here into a phone booth.
This is where Marketing and Promotion steps in my friend. Thrown in a couple pre-race events: A V8 Supercars or V8 Utes Shoot-Out, some Australian Formula 3's and interest will boom. By the way, is Phillip Island a FIA Grade 1 circuit and if so can Grade 1 circuits only host International Sports Car Events???
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The Eastern Creek mods were NOT about bringing it up to Grade 2 standard, which I would have to think it meets already, but to bring it up to Grade 1/F1 standard.
You are correct, I checked around and those mods were indeed intended to meet Grade 1 standard. I'm not sure about its Grade 2 status at present, though since it hosted A1 GP not that long ago, you are probably correct in your supposition that it still meets, or could meet, that classification.
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can Grade 1 circuits only host International Sports Car Events???
Silverstone, Montmeló and Monza host every little race they can, so no.
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What ..... Monza wont even host a LMS race , last time they wanted to , it was cancelled cuz of noise polution !!!
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Old 23 Jan 2010, 15:51 (Ref:2618099)   #37
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What ..... Monza wont even host a LMS race , last time they wanted to , it was cancelled cuz of noise polution !!!
And that's down to the Noise restrictions at the circuit, not the Grade of the Circuit.
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Old 22 Feb 2010, 17:57 (Ref:2638425)   #38
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Looks like one of the rounds will be in Shanghai ..... Pugs 2010 racing programe mentions it .

Wonder if Pug let one of the cats outta the baggy !!!
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The Shanghai race has failed two times. Will this third attempt be succesful? I hope so.
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3rd time lucky !!!

One would expect that everything is sorted out by now , guess we will have to wait and see .

I'd like a personal preferance of Mount Fuji & Suzuka too , with a round in the land of Oz too .
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I don't know why they never mention Suzuka. That is the king of Endurance circuits in Asia.
Negotiation problems, perhaps? Such a shame to not have that circuit. Did it not fall off the scale for a while following Daijiro Kato's death?
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If they make into Shanghai, it's a miracle! Better ACO do it safely in Japan instead of canceling events all the time. You can't be at the oven and in the mill.
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To save me searching - why is there such a problem with going to Shanghai?
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A teasing race was to be held at Shanghai, China on November 1–2, 2008 but was later cancelled. [...] The second [2009] event at Shanghai to be held one week later was officially cancelled in August.
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Too bad, Mal.
That doesn't explain why
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i would hope lessons have been learnt & asian le mans in shanghai would mean pairing up with dtm, but aren't they racing on a street track?

Why would they both run risky events in a far flung land seperarely?
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Two cancelled races in the last two years is a poor background.

With "too bad" I meant that the quote above was very easy to find.
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Two cancelled races in the last two years is a poor background.

With "too bad" I meant that the quote above was very easy to find.
That may be so - but it doesnt answer my question therefore I had no reason to find it.
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Shanghai is a problem because you can't expect the government to back your race, and the F1 circuit charges a heinous amount for anyone else to use the place because they have to try to recoup the expenses of the F1 sanction fee somehow.

Just wondering, but how would people feel about an AsLMS race at Sentul? Also, would people consider Hampton Downs a real option once the 3.8km loop is complete?
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I believe that LMPs should only race in fast, long circuits. No Okayama, no Cheste, no Adria, no Hungaroring. The ALMS is an exception which I can't explain .But there are plenty of fast circuits in Europe and quite a few in Asia, so there's no need of using twistier ones.
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