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Old 6 Jul 2011, 15:33 (Ref:2922900)   #1
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Cape Town - Within two years... Maybe!
Once again rumours of a race in Cape Town in South Africa, there are currently 3 "bids" with the newest one being a street circuit in the suburbs near (and through) the SOCCER stadium...



Read more here... http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/f1-gra...ound-1.1016256

But as Ive said in previous threads about F1 in SA, every 2 years these rumours crop up but nothing much ever omes of them...
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Old 6 Jul 2011, 16:27 (Ref:2922924)   #2
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I think that other picture shows the earlier plan for a circuit which predated the rebuilding of the stadium. They just laid the old circuit on top of the current photo.
The coastal curved straightaway reminds me of Shoreline Drive a lot.
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Old 6 Jul 2011, 18:02 (Ref:2922965)   #3
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Yeah, talk about spectator opportunities, that would be something else. Have to make it a good corner though - the thing that runs through it now looks a bit sharp.
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Old 6 Jul 2011, 19:25 (Ref:2923007)   #6
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Yeah, talk about spectator opportunities, that would be something else. Have to make it a good corner though - the thing that runs through it now looks a bit sharp.
Tight yes, but it would offer a couple chances for someone to attempt a repass on someone who passed them coming into the stadium.
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Old 6 Jul 2011, 19:35 (Ref:2923012)   #7
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That second layout reminds me a little of Long Beach, anyone else seeing that?
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They are a pox on society. We even had some little sh1theads blowing the bloody things at the V8 after concert in Darwin.
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That's what I was thinkng.
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At least F1 cars should be fast enough to avoid carjacking, although pit stops could be a problem.
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Doesn't Cape Town have a high crime rate?
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Doesn't Cape Town have a high crime rate?
Like Sao Paulo you mean?


I like this idea, I like it alot. F1 definatly should have a presence in Africa, with the only real option being South Africa.
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I like this idea, I like it alot. F1 definatly should have a presence in Africa, with the only real option being South Africa.
I thought it was worse than Sao Paulo.
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I thought it was worse than Sao Paulo.
They held the Soccer world cup there without too many problems.
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They held the Soccer world cup there without too many problems.
exactly. I'm not sure of crime figures, but at the end of the day if they've been holding a GP in the centre of SP for 20 years not to mention all those Mexican Grands Prix in the centre of Mexico City, I'm sure they could manage.
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Doesn't Cape Town have a high crime rate?
WWE's on tour there this week and arriving there half their wrestlers had their luggage stolen at the Cape Town airport.
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I thought it was worse than Sao Paulo.
The only place worse than São Paulo is Rio, the host of olympics in 2016 and World Cup in Brazil in 2014, and they're proud of it !
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WWE's on tour there this week and arriving there half their wrestlers had their luggage stolen at the Cape Town airport.
Hmm, can't be a big market for capes and masks.....
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