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Worst tracks of all time
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I'm pretty sure the main Grandstands are in the process of being replaced by offices, and the council wants the others pulled down.
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Not going with Bathurst. Main races (Supercars + 12h) are very good and support races are often absolutely amazing. If I'll ever have a chance visiting Australia a (rental car or - fingers crossed - trackday) lap of Bathurst + afterwards getting knocked out in those vinyards around (even if I'm not really into wine) is on my bucket list.
Can't understand the critics racing game wise. Maybe I'm too old but I had to wait quiet long for this track to appear in a good form in racing games and I'm absolutely fine with Bathurst, Nordschleife and Spa beeing in every single track based racing game to release eve from now on.
Can't understand the critics racing game wise. Maybe I'm too old but I had to wait quiet long for this track to appear in a good form in racing games and I'm absolutely fine with Bathurst, Nordschleife and Spa beeing in every single track based racing game to release eve from now on.
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Going against the grain it seems here but I like Snetterton, excellent for spectators and generally good racing, like any track in BTCC at the moment, it has suffered with the switch to hybrid rather than ballast penalties but I like it.
Oulton Park for me is the worst one to watch from a racing perspective.
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Another too-narrow circuit which they've altered over the years to make safer, but ended up making it a bit start-stop. The main overtaking spots now require a street-circuit style brake-late-and-jam-it-down-the-inside block-pass.
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Wasn't sure which thread was more appropriate.
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Looks even worse than the F1 version.
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That is the F1 version.
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The repetitive hairpins somehow didn't appear in the original attachment.
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The image doesn't work in dark mode, so only the pitlane and perimeter links roads show.
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Yes they should've ran Turn 1 to 6 and 6 to 10 skipping the infieldturns 2 to 5 and 7 to 9.
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Willemstad, Curacao, hosted a non-Championship International F3000 race in 1985.
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Curacao Grand Prix 1985: Revisiting the Caribbean F3000 adventure
36 years ago, the stars of Formula 1's primary feeder series headed off to the Caribbean to race. Here's what happened
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The article sounds like the whole event went over reasonably well. Not having marshal access to the track would obviously be a non-starter now, but it sounds like the thing that stopped future races was well outside of the hands of the event organisers.
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The Le Mans Bugatti circuit.
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What makes you say that? MotoGP fans would probably disagree
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The Montjuïc Park circuit has to be a contender.
Especially after what happened in 1975.
GPDA drivers going on strike over improperly secured crash barriers, the Fittipaldi brothers and Arturo Merzario withdrawing in protest, then Rolf Stommelen's rear wing broke and his car launched over the barrier and killed 4 spectators.
If a circuit is considered too dangerous for F1 by 1970s standards....
(This was a year before Lauda's crash at the Nordschleife....)
Especially after what happened in 1975.
GPDA drivers going on strike over improperly secured crash barriers, the Fittipaldi brothers and Arturo Merzario withdrawing in protest, then Rolf Stommelen's rear wing broke and his car launched over the barrier and killed 4 spectators.
If a circuit is considered too dangerous for F1 by 1970s standards....
(This was a year before Lauda's crash at the Nordschleife....)
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First of all, I don't follow MotoGP or two-wheeled motorsports in general. MotoGP and and motorcycling fans are just going have to accept that other motorsport fans, such as myself, are not as passionate about 2 wheeled Motorsports as they are.
I have spectated at the Le Mans 24 Hours three times, nothing the Bugatti circuit could offer could ever compete with that.
I am entitled my preferences and I would explain these things sooner but I need time to think about how I am going to do it. I need time to process information before putting it into words, otherwise it all comes out wrong. Sometimes, this can take awhile.
My feelings are:
The Bugatti circuit feels very featureless.
The Bugatti Circuit wouldn't be good for F1 (The 1967 French GP proved as such). Very short track, hard to overtake and extremely thin in the last sector.
On paper its not a Grade 1 circuit.
Getting back to the subject of the 1967 French GP. The one time F1 has been there, it produced on of the worst races in the sport's history and the track was almost unanimously disliked by the drivers. That was in 1967, so of course it is not the same is it would be today, but if anything it makes it very likely that current cars would really struggle to overtake even with DRS.
They had the World Series cars race there once and let me say the track is far too short (especially since Formula 1 would be much quicker) and overtaking isn't really possible.
I am sorry for not explaining sooner but I have already explained why this is but I do rather feel the Sir-Patrick-Stewart's-character-in-The-Emoji-Movie was a tad rude and uncalled for, and not exactly what I would perceive as becoming of people who often preach about being cordial.
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