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How about voting for the four worst Tilkedromes, plenty of controversy there.
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They also have one called Pointless Celebrities. The most appropriately named show on television.
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Yeah, as Adam says just a bit of fun by livery.
However, if I was to go for the F1 quad, it would be the old Spa, the old Monza, the old Nurburgring, and Rheims (or maybe the old Silverstone!!). I believe Suzuka is regarded as a bit special. In sports cars much as I like the Le Mans 24 hours, I'd put the old Nurburgring 1000kms above it. In fact, I'm just old, but not as old as Bob. |
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Good point Mike. Totally true. If F1 went back to Imola permanently, it would never be the same as after 1994.
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[The first Japanese Grand Prix was run as a non-championship Formula 1 race at the Suzuka Circuit 80 kilometres (50 mi) south west of Nagoya in May 1963. This marked the beginning of motor racing in earnest in Japan. For the next 11 years, however; the non-championship Grand Prix was run at the Fuji Speedway, 40 miles (64 km) west of Yokohama and 66 miles (106 km) west of the Japanese capital of Tokyo. The circuit had a banked corner called Daiichi and was the scene of many fatal accidents. It was then run as a number of disciplines of motorsports, particularly Formula 2, sports cars and Can-Am-type sprint racing. Formula One Fuji Speedway The first Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, in 1976, was held at the very fast 2.7 mile Fuji Speedway, minus the banking. The race was to become famous for the title decider between James Hunt and Niki Lauda as it was held during monsoon conditions.] Courtesy of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japane..._redevelopment |
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True and true, but I was merely responding to a previous point that Le Mans was one of the Big Three.
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Silverstone the same as it was before the big remake(in the 2010)? Nowdays, I'd say it's a bit too clinical and technical. It's lost a lot of flow from the high speed corners of old.
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I'd say the long straight leading into a left right is just the same as it was 87-90
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Sorry but for me, completing a quad is jumping over a 4 jump series on a motocross bike!! IN one jump!
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Prost really didn't win Monza in 1995.
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I must confess that I've never come across this idea of the "Quad" before, and it seems a bit random. What about Suzuka, for example? Very challenging, very prestigious.
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Grand Prix History 101 Monza - 66 Grand Prix Monaco - 63 Grand Prix Silverstone - 50 Grand Prix Spa - 49 Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - 37 Grand Prix Interlagos - 34 Grand Prix Hockenheim - 31 Grand Prix Argue about configuration and better tracks (Suzuka), but the general racing fan looks at these 4 as the "Upper Class" or "Most Prestigious" |
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Hamilton could make it a third Quad this year. He needs Monaco and Spa.
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I don't think the drivers are actually impressed about winning the "Quad". I think they probably do want to win at Monaco - because that is so difficult to do. Elsewhere - I think they probably want to win their home race(if they have one). They probably think that Monaco, Spa and Suzuka are the most challenging to try and race and actually win at.
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Is Monaco really that challenging? Sure, it's prestigious and glamorous, but if you qualify on pole you're pretty much set. Not much actual racing. Once manual gear changes were dropped, it lost a lot of the challenge.
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Of course it's still a challenge, going through places like Massanet, the Tunnel and Tabac, with the wall right by the track and you can't fail to be impressed. Would ove to see it in the flesh one day
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Yeah, it is a real challenge. Even if you get pole - you still have to race around there. Make a mistake at Monaco and you're more than likely to crash out and lose the race - other circuits don't punish the mistakes as harshly. Little things can really hurt you, just take a look at Mansell : sliding off in the wet in 1984 in the Lotus, his engine going bang on him because Honda changed the size of the intercooler or something and didn't tell Williams and 1992 losing the lead because one of the strings on the wheelcovers used in parc fermé had loosened a wheelnut the night beforehand, and he was forced to pit. Monaco in the wet is a completely different thing as well.
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