Where would you hold a Street Race?

[EvilWhippet]

Where does the carchase in Bullit take place? Or is it bullet?

 

[RevMaxPower]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Wide, huge laps, fast = perfect...

M25 around London

 

[Brogan]

Where does the carchase in Bullit take place? Or is it bullet?

San Francisco

 

[landogeorgelewis1]

Rome - around the Trevi fountain area and also it'd make a great romantic weekend away to tie in with the GP .

Athens - in an area where you can get a good view of all the famous landmarks.

Also Lisbon aswell because it's a lovely city and i'd love to see a race held their.

 

[Speshal]

Athens - in an area where you can get a good view of all the famous landmarks.

The burning cars, the clouds of teargas and the jolly riot police

 

[ExtremeNinja]

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LONDON!!!

 

[tooncheese]

Also Lisbon aswell because it's a lovely city and i'd love to see a race held their.

Portugese GP in 1959 at Monstanto Park, in the heart of Lisbon won by Sir Stirling.

Personally I think that a race round Bern would be great. Elevations, historic buildings, unrivalled scenery, and in the centre of Europe. One problem. Motor racing is illegal in Switzerland (Killing the great circuit Bremagrten in 1955)

 

[MCLS]

Athens - in an area where you can get a good view of all the famous landmarks.

The people there drive as if they are F1 racers, its completely manic, so it might not be out of the question

 

[TN23]

I wonder what the racist* locals of my place of birth, Dewsbury, would make of F1 (and of course of Lewis Hamilton). I reckon some teenage prick in a crappy hatchback with part of a wheelie-bin for an exhaust would slide onto the back of the grid (and might even have a good battle with Karthikeyan at the back).

*Some rumours are circulating that there may be one or two people that are 'unsure' about racism living in Dewsbury

 

[cider_and_toast]

I'd love to see the Birmingham Superprix revived. F1 cars actually ran through the streets of Birmingham in the late 60's, the 70's and early 80's at a festival speed style event aimed at promoting Birmingham as a venue for a street race. Alan Jones actually drove his world chapmionship Williams around part of the city centre.

 

[RevMaxPower]

Torquay? Super sea-front... The "Monaco" of Britain?

 

[FB]

They had an F1 race in Davidstow in 1954. Not a street circuit I know but an interesting fact none the less

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_I_Cornwall_MRC_Formula_1_Race

There was also a street race in Porto in the 50's. Anyone who's been to Porto might be amazed by this, I certainly was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuito_da_Boavista

They now hold an Historic GP round a similar course.

 

[RasputinLives]

I think Baghdad would be an interesting one

 

[FB]

Gibraltar - to bring Peter Ustinov's dream to life.

 

[RevMaxPower]

I think Baghdad would be an interesting one

Or Kabul..?

 

[Jen]

Or Tehran perhaps

 

[EvilWhippet]

Or, haha, can you imagine hosting one in Bahrain!

 

[mjo]

f1 may be going to new york in 2013:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903341404576484073501204538.html?KEYWORDS=formula+one

 

[cider_and_toast]

f1 may be going to new york in 2013:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903341404576484073501204538.html?KEYWORDS=formula+one

That race has been on Bernie's mind since his major fall out with FISA back in the early 80's. A New York Grand Prix was even listed on the calander of the proposed FOCA break away GP series.

I believe it when I see the cars actually line up for FP1.

 

[VanChallis]

Portugese GP in 1959 at Monstanto Park, in the heart of Lisbon won by Sir Stirling.

Personally I think that a race round Bern would be great. Elevations, historic buildings, unrivalled scenery, and in the centre of Europe. One problem. Motor racing is illegal in Switzerland (Killing the great circuit Bremagrten in 1955)

You'd have thought they'd have chilled out about the Le Mans disaster by now