No Formula 1 Race for the US in 2008 - Page 3

Jul 20, 2007 | 10:03 PM

#51

Paul_in_DC

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Originally Posted by Icemark

Because the average attendence for a F1 is 100,000... that is almost as many people as the nearest city has in population.

no way to support that many people coming into the area, well alone all the teams and media people as well.

just Nascar at infinion pushes it too capacity.

That's why they can't do it at VIR either. Hell, the closest city is Danville, population 45,000. And the track has almost no spectator stands to speak of.

Jul 28, 2007 | 09:52 AM

#52

nu2rx8

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Originally Posted by MazdaMonkey

...I am still kicking myself for being lazy and not making it up to Spa though. I really hope F1 makes it back there.

No worreis man. Spa (my favorite by far) is on the schedule for 2007 & 2008. The revisions to the track seem to be positively received too.

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpa...s_art_id=32096

Speaking of 2008, Bernie found room in the provisional calendar to include Magny Cour, which never packs a crowd and which none of the manufactures (except maybe Renault) could give a crap about. Seems the French government ponied up the required Euros to keep the date. No provisional dates for Laguna, Vegas, or Indy (of course).

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpa...s_art_id=32268

Jul 30, 2007 | 11:29 AM

#53

MazdaMonkey

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Originally Posted by nu2rx8

No worreis man. Spa (my favorite by far) is on the schedule for 2007 & 2008. The revisions to the track seem to be positively received too.
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Awesome! I must have missed that they are coming back this year. Even if they don't, I definitely got my fill of wet-weather antics at the Nurbergring at least.

Apr 30, 2008 | 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MazdaMonkey

maybe you should post that picture...

I would, but it is 1MB. I am not sure how to make it small enough to post.

Apr 30, 2008 | 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Guisslapp

I would, but it is 1MB. I am not sure how to make it small enough to post.

Just resize it in Paint, and post it here.

May 1, 2008 | 01:31 PM

#56

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Here ya go:

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May 2, 2008 | 03:22 PM

#57

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Just come up to Montreal for your F1 fix

It is the only NorthAmerican GP race left. We may even lose it due to tobacco advertising restrictions so come and see it while you still can.
The teams absolutely Montreal as a F1 city. The parties are legendary and the track is actually pretty cool. The race runs on a man-made island.