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i was there over the weekend at the wsr event. great fans, beautiful countryside, interesting country. it's a real highlight of the wsr calendar, let alone the f1 one. the circuit itself is full of gradient changes, some really fascinating corners and a great little paddock space.
i guess it's one of those circuits and races you actually have to go to instead of watch on tv. and unlike bernie, i don't mean that in a political or commercial sense either. it's really important venues like that stay on the calendar. |
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i watch all the races,but very few live.Most are too early in the morning,and until very recently,I worked most weekends.
The PVR gets used a lot in our house.I added a 1TB hard drive ,so I could record all our favourite TV programs. I think the number of races is about right. |
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I thought 17 was a perfectly good number of races. However, what also adds to the longevity of the season is the August hiatus, which artificially extends it by a month.
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Twenty races is not too many. And a positive evolution is that we will have four races on the American continent next year.
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Maybe one way around it would be to have a calendar like they had with the WRC, where they rotate rounds every year? That way we'd get to see different tracks every year, organisers would keep costs down with only having to host a round every two years, and there wouldn't be as many rounds any more. Personally I think more is better, but just my opinion, of course.
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Another one to possibly add to the list and I find this quite bizarre!
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102997 Why would a country in the deep financial mire and with very little Motorsport history want to build a GP Circuit? It might keep a few workers employed but not for long... |
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classic Greece!
the one thing they have going for them is tourism. this might just be an attempt to bring in more tourists....which probably means building a race track right through the middle of the Acropolis. |
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Well it isn't like America has much money either and they have a new track.
But yeah. Greece really should not be allowed to do that surely? |
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If they built the most epic racetrack ever, then it would become a mecca-like destination for race fans and might actually do some good for the country. However it will probably be another dull cut&paste tilkedrome, so you can forget that.
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Yep, very true. The track was better than most he has designed. I just think its a massive shame when tracks get built or altered to cater for "F1's needs" then after 5 years the country or the track promoter gets the boot, leaving a track to ruin. The A1 Ring, Mt Fuji, Donington Park. Now whilst all these tracks are still in existence they were left in various states once F1 had discarded them. The A1 Ring is the cruelest "knife in the side" of them all. A magnificent track (previously the Osterriechring), altered in 1996 to F1's specifications, destroying what was for me, the best racing track in the world. I know Red Bull have recently renovated the track, however its still a shadow of its former self.
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In the past there were much more races that were depicted in the original stats. Drivers like Clark, Stewart, Hill drove about 20-25 races per year and only counting the use of their F1 cars in official champ and non-championship races. They lasted in the past even racing in winter, why not now?
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I must admit, whilst I don't have a sense of saturation, I have less of a sense of anticipation than before when they set off on the warm-up lap once again and when those lights come on. It feels a bit less "special".
And yet, 20 is not a crazy amount; it's still far from every weekend of the year, so a few more should be good. Basically, I prefer 20 to 16 even if it does have a bit less novelty value for me. I suspect being almost 30 years old reduces the sense of novelty and kid at Christmas feel. |
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Personally I'd like to see fewer races if it produces better racing. What are GPs like Bahrain and Korea doing on the schedule and they produce lacklustre racing? Their souls purpose, as far as i can see, is to line Bernie's pockets.
If there must be 20 GPs, expand where the racing will be better and better appreciated, i.e. Europe but European tracks either don't want to, or can't afford Bernie's fee, so we have a Catch 22. Therefore, I'd rather see fewer GPs on the calendar. |
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