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Re: Rejectful nature of every track to have hosted Formula O

Postby JeremyMcClean » 06 Nov 2011, 09:09

Cynon: The old Hockenheim was great!

Hemogoblin: The Hungaroring is not boring!

Now my opinion on some courses (because I have no other place for it)

Aintree: Was designed for a horsetrack!

Boavista (Portugal): It ran on tramlines, past small houses, is an ancient Valencia

Bahrain: Renovated in 2010 only for the organisers to turn back the next year

Catalunya: Pole sitters' dream

Jerez: No longer holds races because some idiot crashed the podium ceremony

Everything else has been said in the first post! Well done :lol:
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Re: Rejectful nature of every track to have hosted Formula O

Postby Cynon » 06 Nov 2011, 09:18

JeremyMcClean wrote:Cynon: The old Hockenheim was great!


The setting for the track was cool; a blast through the forest. No denying that's a damn cool idea, but how were the races there? Setting only does you so much good...
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Re: Rejectful nature of every track to have hosted Formula O

Postby dr-baker » 06 Nov 2011, 09:22

Cynon wrote:
JeremyMcClean wrote:Cynon: The old Hockenheim was great!


The setting for the track was cool; a blast through the forest. No denying that's a damn cool idea, but how were the races there? Setting only does you so much good...

A better setting than Valencia, and the setting (half-forest, half 'stadium') gave Barrichello his first victory. Had the forest not kept half the track dry, while the other half was wet, he may not have won...
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Re: Rejectful nature of every track to have hosted Formula O

Postby eagleash » 06 Nov 2011, 19:35

Re Brands...took the life of Joe Siffert in 1971; fire extinguishers failed/not enough of them/not sensibly placed. (Led to some improvements...generally).

Mario mentioned the career ending crash of Jacques Laffite but it also happened in respect of Cecotto 1984, & Johnny Herbert's near foot losing acc. 1988.
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Re: Rejectful nature of every track to have hosted Formula O

Postby Cynon » 07 Nov 2011, 04:38

dr-baker wrote:
Cynon wrote:
JeremyMcClean wrote:Cynon: The old Hockenheim was great!


The setting for the track was cool; a blast through the forest. No denying that's a damn cool idea, but how were the races there? Setting only does you so much good...

A better setting than Valencia, and the setting (half-forest, half 'stadium') gave Barrichello his first victory. Had the forest not kept half the track dry, while the other half was wet, he may not have won...


One race. Hungary has had two pretty good races IMO.
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Re: Rejectful nature of every track to have hosted Formula O

Postby dr-baker » 07 Nov 2011, 04:46

Cynon wrote: Hungary has had two pretty good races IMO.

2006 and... ?
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Re: Rejectful nature of every track to have hosted Formula O

Postby Cynon » 07 Nov 2011, 05:13

dr-baker wrote:
Cynon wrote: Hungary has had two pretty good races IMO.

2006 and... ?


IIRC 1986 wasn't bad, and now that I think about it, the 2010 running was less boring than usual...
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Re: Rejectful nature of every track to have hosted Formula O

Postby tommykl » 07 Nov 2011, 05:16

Cynon wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
Cynon wrote: Hungary has had two pretty good races IMO.

2006 and... ?


IIRC 1986 wasn't bad, and now that I think about it, the 2010 running was less boring than usual...

How can anyone forget this year? Or 1989? Or 1990?
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Re: Rejectful nature of every track to have hosted Formula O

Postby FullMetalJack » 07 Nov 2011, 05:44

tommykl wrote:
Cynon wrote:
dr-baker wrote:2006 and... ?


IIRC 1986 wasn't bad, and now that I think about it, the 2010 running was less boring than usual...

How can anyone forget this year? Or 1989? Or 1990?


1997, 2006 and 2011 to add to that list.
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Re: Rejectful nature of every track to have hosted Formula O

Postby dr-baker » 07 Nov 2011, 06:50

RBJ14, 2006 was already mentioned by me as the first of the quotations that you quoted!
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Re: Rejectful nature of every track to have hosted Formula O

Postby Verde » 08 Nov 2011, 03:27

Buddh: Indian reality: Karun Chandhok has to advise his colleagues that eating salad and drinking not bottled water in India was dangerous. Indian reality 2: what can be said about a racetrack threatened by angry farmers who want some benefits from government?

We can point out the rejectful nature of non-F1 tracks. I'll start with:

Enna-Pergusa: Well, we have frogs and snakes invading the paddock, racecars upside down being dragged by a service car with the driver trapped on it and some rumours about sicilian mafia providing money for the races.
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Re: Rejectful nature of every track to have hosted Formula O

Postby FullMetalJack » 08 Nov 2011, 03:53

dr-baker wrote:RBJ14, 2006 was already mentioned by me as the first of the quotations that you quoted!


shite, ROTT for me then :mrgreen:
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Re: Rejectful nature of every track to have hosted Formula O

Postby FMecha » 29 Feb 2012, 01:43

Austin: Nearly lost its race from the 2012 calendar due to contract issues that led to construction strike. :roll:
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