If you could bring back one circuit......

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Re: If you could bring back one circuit......

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andrew wrote: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.


If they can handle monaco they can handle laguna seca.
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Re: If you could bring back one circuit......

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I'm torn between a few:
Adelaide.
You could actually see the cars squirming around on the limit up close, just like Monaco. It took balls to string a truly quick lap together there. Watch the YouTube vids of Senna in the turbo Lotus -Renaults, where even with monster slick, the car looks like it's racing on ice.....

The REAL Hockenhiem.
It was just a balls out circuit where you heard F1 cars really sing.... Martin Brundle said it used to scare him. Exactly what circuit is about, a driver's respect.

Ostereichring {spelling???} (The REAL A1 Ring).
It was a truly fast and flowing circuit, with some big balls corners. Today's drivers would froth at the mouth.

Watkins Glen.
Just ask Lewis! It's just looks so flowing, and rewarding to drive, and is penal enough to punish a mistake. Old school at its best.
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Re: If you could bring back one circuit......

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bigpat wrote:I'm torn between a few:

Ostereichring {spelling???} (The REAL A1 Ring).
It was a truly fast and flowing circuit, with some big balls corners. Today's drivers would froth at the mouth.




:cloud9:
No we're talking! Perhaps its the knowledge the A1-Ring replaced one of the greatest ever circuits - basically following the same directional path but with all the corners sanitised into tight hairpins and inane squiggly curves - is what really colours it against me.
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Can't beat the A1 Ring for beautiful scenery though. :)
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Re: If you could bring back one circuit......

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Red Bull Ring you mean? :wink:
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andrew wrote:Red Bull Ring you mean? :wink:


Oooops yes indeed! Excuse me while I just step back out of the past... :wink:
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LewEngBridewell wrote:Can't beat the A1 Ring for beautiful scenery though. :)


Some nice pictures :)
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andrew wrote:
LewEngBridewell wrote:Can't beat the A1 Ring for beautiful scenery though. :)


Some nice pictures :)


Aww I just love it! It's a great circuit and the scenery is just the best you could ever imagine :cloud9:

BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!! :director:
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Ditch Silverstone, Bahrain, Singapore, the new ruined Hockenheim and Valencia and bring back Imola, Red Bull Ring and the old Hockenheim.
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andrew wrote:Ditch Silverstone, Bahrain, Singapore, the new ruined Hockenheim and Valencia and bring back Imola, Red Bull Ring and the old Hockenheim.


The latter may be a little hard to achieve these days.... :wink:
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LewEngBridewell wrote:
andrew wrote:Ditch Silverstone, Bahrain, Singapore, the new ruined Hockenheim and Valencia and bring back Imola, Red Bull Ring and the old Hockenheim.


The latter may be a little hard to achieve these days.... :wink:


Nothing is impossible if there is enough cash. Chop down a few trees, bit of demolition work and lay some new tarmac and Bob's your mothers brother. :D
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andrew wrote:
LewEngBridewell wrote:
andrew wrote:Ditch Silverstone, Bahrain, Singapore, the new ruined Hockenheim and Valencia and bring back Imola, Red Bull Ring and the old Hockenheim.


The latter may be a little hard to achieve these days.... :wink:


Nothing is impossible if there is enough cash. Chop down a few trees, bit of demolition work and lay some new tarmac and Bob's your mothers brother. :D


But there's still plenty of overtaking on the modern layout, as great as the old version was, I know.... What I mean is, it's hardly a flop.
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When F1 meant something !
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How about the ring !
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Re: If you could bring back one circuit......

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I'd second Watkins Glen. Plenty of scope for overtaking although it would need some money spent on it to bring it up to spec... :thumbup:

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Failing that, how about a return to Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico?

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