Dijon - I would love to see this track again. Loved the race with Rene Arnoux (sp?) and Giles Villeneuve in 1978.
Also the original Hockenheimring.
If you could bring back one circuit......
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Re: If you could bring back one circuit......
It was never really a track that can be BROUGHT back, but it was almost used for F1 back in the day..
Laguna Seca

Laguna Seca

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1. Brands Hatch, because it was the world's first bespoke motor racing circuit
2. The Green Hell
3. Monza, with the high banking restored
Laguna Seca has hosted a non-championship F1 race.
2. The Green Hell
3. Monza, with the high banking restored
Laguna Seca has hosted a non-championship F1 race.
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Fred_C_Dobbs wrote: Monza, with the high banking restored
After two motorsport deaths in the space of a week, I would hesitate before bringing back something that was dropped for safety reasons....
And anyway, I love Monza just as it is now! Beautiful venue and faaaassst


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LewEngBridewell wrote:Fred_C_Dobbs wrote: Monza, with the high banking restored
After two motorsport deaths in the space of a week, I would hesitate before bringing back something that was dropped for safety reasons....
And anyway, I love Monza just as it is now! Beautiful venue and faaaassst
The banking adds no danger ...so long as you do not leave the circuit.
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Fluffy wrote:...
Also the original Hockenheimring.
This. At the time I started following F1 this was a circuit with unique demands on the cars.
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stonemonkey wrote:Fluffy wrote:...
Also the original Hockenheimring.
This. At the time I started following F1 this was a circuit with unique demands on the cars.
Yes, although I feel the old one was more of a test of car than driver. Saying that, the long straights provided some great racing.
Still plenty of overtaking on the new version though!

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LewEngBridewell wrote:stonemonkey wrote:Fluffy wrote:...
Also the original Hockenheimring.
This. At the time I started following F1 this was a circuit with unique demands on the cars.
Yes, although I feel the old one was more of a test of car than driver. Saying that, the long straights provided some great racing.
Still plenty of overtaking on the new version though!
The new version is like a lame duck and needs to be put down.
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A1 Ring fo sho'!
Then Laguna Seca, I always wanted this track to host F1 races after playing GT3 on it...couldn't get enough of the track!
Then Laguna Seca, I always wanted this track to host F1 races after playing GT3 on it...couldn't get enough of the track!
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Laguna Seca is too small for F1. Expanding it would ruin the track. An F1 race there would be good but not if it wrecks the circuit.
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Hammer278 wrote:A1 Ring fo sho'!


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Re: If you could bring back one circuit......
A1 Ring and Dijon have already been mentioned so...
Zandvoort or Estoril, it was like a good circuit de catalunya
Zandvoort or Estoril, it was like a good circuit de catalunya
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Matt_1222 wrote:A1 Ring and Dijon have already been mentioned so...
Zandvoort or Estoril, it was like a good circuit de catalunya
If I was in charge, one of the first things I'd do is drop Catalunya.


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LewEngBridewell wrote:Matt_1222 wrote:A1 Ring and Dijon have already been mentioned so...
Zandvoort or Estoril, it was like a good circuit de catalunya
If I was in charge, one of the first things I'd do is drop Catalunya.
haha yeah its pretty bad, i think i'd put the Spanish GP in Jerez and replace Valencia with Estoril
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LewEngBridewell wrote:Hammer278 wrote:A1 Ring fo sho'!
Arghhh this site is crazy for the A1 ring. Why???
Can any of you fans point me to one classic race that really determines why this circuits is so great?
To me it was always a squirt/brake, squirt/brake, squiggle a bit, squirt/brake/squirt circuit. Whats so good about that?