Future F1 Grands Prix

[Greenlantern101]

Seb trying to get a bit of practice in was he. Trying to get a jump on everyone else.
Won't work, Dan will still beat him

 

[FB]

Another installation rather than a racing circuit, at least there aren't many run off areas. I'm always amazed when a designer is given a completely blank piece of paper to work with and still comes up with something naff.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Clearly got a good deal on concrete walls and chain fences
Rather featureless other than the occasional stadium. Not much imagination gone into that.
Almost makes Valencia look interesting.

 

[teabagyokel]

FB - I don't think he was given anything resembling a blank piece of paper. Closer to "here's our Olympic Park, build us a circuit using the roads around it. You'll have to build the pits outside the Olympic Park, though, and you're still using our old roads."

 

[FB]

Ah, I see. Still crap though, nearly as featureless as the one in the Caesars Palace car park.

 

[teabagyokel]

Aye, it appears to be an absolute steaming turd, but I think it is conceptually flawed, rather than a design failure.

 

[Jos the Boss]

There seems to be no big braking zones which won't do wonders for overtaking

 

[F1Yorkshire]

DRAFT 2015 CALENDAR dates subject to change.

March 15 - Australia (Melbourne)
March 29 - Malaysia (Sepang)
April 5 - Bahrain (Sakhir)
April 19 - China (Shanghai)
May 10 - Spain (Barcelona)
May 24 - Monaco (Monte Carlo)
June 7 - Canada (Montreal)
June 21 - Austria (Red Bull Ring)
July 5 - Britain (Silverstone)
July 19 - Germany (Nurburgring)
July 26 - Hungary (Budapest)
August 23 - Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps)
September 6 - Italy (Monza)
September 20 - Singapore (Singapore)
September 27 or October 4 - Japan (Suzuka)
October 11 - Russia (Sochi)
October 25 - Mexico (Mexico City)
November 1 - United States (Austin)
November 15 - Brazil (Interlagos)
November 22 or November 29 - Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)

 

[Bill Boddy]

Spa is supposed to be the last Sunday in August with Italy two weeks later. It has been for several years before this and is much more convenient for me.

 

[LifeW12]

terrible track: straight, 90 degree corner, straight 90 degree corner, straight 90 degree corner

 

[Bill Boddy]

Where's the swing bridge that they have to go over?

 

[Bill Boddy]

On the BBC Red Button F1 headlines this morning the German GP was being shown as Hockenheim next season. Is this just a BBC typing error (of which there are many), or is it really Bye-Bye Nurburgring? At the moment the page has been truncated so the list has disappeared.

 

[olegg]

Grand Prix in Sochi will be at least as interesting than in Singapore.
We need only 3 weeks waiting.

 

[Bill Boddy]

To be honest I don't think that could be too difficult ; Singapore is awful imo.

 

[FB]

The cars do look pretty under the lights though!

 

[ATL11]

terrible track: straight, 90 degree corner, straight 90 degree corner, straight 90 degree corner

Looks like they are going for all the Action into turn 2, but must admit does look like a slight upgrade on the track that was in the Car Park at Las Vegas in the early 80's. Not sure it's what to make of the track, I reckon we need to wait until at least lap 10 to see if F1 is being strangeled by corporation & the chase of the $ or in this case rubel:

 

[LifeW12]

There is no challenge at Sochi, its just a bunch of contant radius corners joined by straights.

 

[Brogan]

The Baku circuit has been unveiled.

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/317274/azerbaijan-f1-track-layout-unveiled/

 

[FB]

What is Bernie's obsession with street circuits? I know he wanted to have the one in New York "so the ladies could go shopping" (sexist old git). So now we have a choice between Tilke dromes in the middle of nowhere or point and squirt street circuits.

Big up F1, Brap! I'm off to watch sports cars and touring cars.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Did this.

https://goo.gl/maps/HeBqq