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scotty wrote:Can someone explain what a 'cookie cutter track' is?The ones that go great with milk.
scotty wrote:...Can someone explain what a 'cookie cutter track' is?That's how Americans call a biscuit mould. It implies that the circuits all are unimaginative replicas of each other.
Fred_C_Dobbs wrote:scotty wrote:...Can someone explain what a 'cookie cutter track' is?That's how Americans call a biscuit mould. It implies that the circuits all are unimaginative replicas of each other.
Implies? It down right rubs your nose in it!cap-dude wrote:What did I say. It'll probably be another purpose built Tilke track.I couldn't agree anymore. I found Valencia and Bahrain let downs because especially in valencia there was hardly any overtaking points, the track has no character with the swing bridge seeming to be the only interesting point around the course.
When was the last time F1 went a track that wasn't purpose built for F1 by Tilke. I just hope it's not going to be another crap track that he's designed to strict FIA regulations. Say Valencia or Bahrain. New India circuit looks rubbish as well.
Actually when was the last time F1 went to an existing track. Meaning a track that was already there, and hadn't been built from scratch at request of Bernie, or been recently rebuilt in the eyes of Tilke. The most recent time that happened that I can find is Donington Park in 1993.
vindicator86 wrote:Such a shame they dont use any of the already existing tracks. A GP at Road America would be awesome.I think the current trend is more about the venue than the actual track. You could probably pick a handful of good base circuits for F1 stateside but F1 is as much about image and putting the beautiful people on display stag front as it is about the leading edge of technology in racing.
What's Burning? wrote:Yes your right and as long as Bernie's in power thats the way its going to bevindicator86 wrote:Such a shame they dont use any of the already existing tracks. A GP at Road America would be awesome.I think the current trend is more about the venue than the actual track. You could probably pick a handful of good base circuits for F1 stateside but F1 is as much about image and putting the beautiful people on display stag front as it is about the leading edge of technology in racing.
. I think the track should be the number one priority and then everything else built around it. If they have to have tents in the paddock, so be it.
.vindicator86 wrote: If they have to have tents in the paddock, so be it.Back to basics:
Ah well, there's always my dreams
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
darwin dali wrote:vindicator86 wrote: If they have to have tents in the paddock, so be it.Back to basics:
Ah well, there's always my dreams
Bernie Khan!
Fred_C_Dobbs wrote:It is to be a Tilke circuit. To make matters worse (as if anything in F1 could be worse than yet another Hermann Tilke circuit), there's already rumours it won't be ready for the 2012 season.I don't want to be played with emotionally. I want a US GP but I'm not sold on this Austin circuit and certainly not sold on it being ready for 2012. Things that involve major money and contracts stateside take an eternity to be built. Nine years after the World Trace Center attacks there is basically a big hole in the ground, while they are able to plant height record setting building Asia-Pac in a few years.
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