Turkey to be Dropped in 2012

Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268272

By F1IsInMyBlood - 29 Jul 11, 16:44

- 29 Jul 11, 16:44#268272

Turkey to be left out of the 2012 Calender next year.

The best of the new circuits and they get rid of it, what the hell is happening.......they just love to hit the self destruct button.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula ... 348303.stm

Re: Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268276

By sennasational - 29 Jul 11, 16:51

- 29 Jul 11, 16:51#268276

I agree, turkey is a great track. Chances are it would have been only on sky anyway, so at this point i couldn't care less, just preparing myself for half a decade of not following the sport.

Re: Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268277

By headless - 29 Jul 11, 16:51

- 29 Jul 11, 16:51#268277

Fine

You're like a dog chasing a car. You'll never catch it and you just wouldn't know what to do with it if you did
:starwars:

Re: Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268294

By LewEngBridewell - 29 Jul 11, 17:22

- 29 Jul 11, 17:22#268294

Another crap decision. That's two in just one day. :bs:

Istanbul Park is a fantastic circuit and should have been kept.

Race wins:181Drivers' titles:12Constructors' titles:8
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Re: Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268295

By andrew - 29 Jul 11, 17:24

- 29 Jul 11, 17:24#268295

Looks like it won't make any difference to me. No point in just watching half the season. :irked:

Re: Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268296

By McLaren - 29 Jul 11, 17:25

- 29 Jul 11, 17:25#268296

Looks like it won't make any difference to me. No point in just watching half the season.

Exactly what i was thinking :banghead:

Re: Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268303

By LewEngBridewell - 29 Jul 11, 17:49

- 29 Jul 11, 17:49#268303

Bollocks. I'm not being put off by a :censored:

TV deal. I will watch the races live when I can, and the highlights when I can't, but I'm not being pushed into not watching it. F*** that.

Race wins:181Drivers' titles:12Constructors' titles:8
Fantasy F1 Team = Bridewell Palace Racing

Re: Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268357

By racechick - 29 Jul 11, 19:33

- 29 Jul 11, 19:33#268357

This is more poo!!! Istanbul park is good. why cant they just drop the Spanish GP's into the sea. Oh hang on...that'll be because of Bernie :rolleyes:

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Re: Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268359

By LewEngBridewell - 29 Jul 11, 19:39

- 29 Jul 11, 19:39#268359

This is more poo!!! Istanbul park is good. why cant they just drop the Spanish GP's into the sea. Oh hang on...that'll be because of Bernie

The Spanish Grands Prix at Barcelona and Valencia are the biggest pile of :censored:

in the world!!!

Bernie! Listen to us! The Spanish tracks are CRAP! :grandad:

Race wins:181Drivers' titles:12Constructors' titles:8
Fantasy F1 Team = Bridewell Palace Racing

Re: Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268364

By Stealthgate007 - 29 Jul 11, 19:47

- 29 Jul 11, 19:47#268364

No more turn 8.....

Hamilton owned that turn!!

in 2007

...until it owned him..

we'll.. it really owned Bridgestone, hamilton just never lifted.

:hehe:

Today is duckling..

Re: Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268386

By racechick - 29 Jul 11, 21:12

- 29 Jul 11, 21:12#268386

No more turn 8.....

Hamilton owned that turn!!

in 2007

...until it owned him..

we'll.. it really owned Bridgestone, hamilton just never lifted.

Today is duckling..

He owned the whole track in 2006, albeit in GP2. He was MEGA!

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abe Lincoln

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abe Lincoln

Re: Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268389

By myownalias - 29 Jul 11, 21:15

- 29 Jul 11, 21:15#268389

This is not a good day for F1; why do they always make these decisions in the middle of an F1 weekend? Turkey is the best Tilke circuit by far; just ditch the human rights abusers in Bahrain!

myownalias • The Englishman in Kansas • Twitter: @myownalias

Re: Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268425

By Bladesman - 29 Jul 11, 23:01

- 29 Jul 11, 23:01#268425

One of the better of the new tracks.

Next to go Spa and Canada. :hehe:

Yep axe Barca and Valencia please.

Re: Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268443

By australia99 - 30 Jul 11, 01:54

- 30 Jul 11, 01:54#268443

terrible decision!!!!!! i always enjoy watching the Turkish races.

Bahrain should have gone. average track, average races.

as for spain, find a better option then Valencia and Barca. how is the Jerez track doing these days???

Re: Turkey to be Dropped in 2012#268446

By Timekeeper - 30 Jul 11, 02:08

- 30 Jul 11, 02:08#268446

Disgusting... :bs:

Another (half) European circuit bites the dust.. Even if it is one of the newer circuits, it's tragic to see it dropped. The attendances weren't up to scratch sadly and from what I've read the atmosphere on race weekend wasn't exactly the best. I just don't see how these morons running the sport feel we've got to keep tracks like Bahrain and Valencia, whilst dropping one of the best circuits on the calender. There are also many great Euro tracks which need to return including Magny Cours/Paul Ricard (although I know it's changed a bit), the new Red Bull Ring, Imola etc.. But Asia is the market the FIA/F1 Commission want to gain more interest and dollars in.. It's just sad that it's at the expense of other great tracks that have been dropped over the years.

Poor week for Formula One it looks like...

At least Hamilton has had two solid practice sessions though :thumbup:

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