Motorsport Off Topic Thread

Mr Men · 21 Jul 2013 at 21:26

sunama said:
Another point is that Kimi seemed to become totally dis-interested in his final year and performed poorly.

LOL he performed very well in 2009 even winning at Spa.

tummelv · 21 Jul 2013 at 22:16

lol koboyashi

JRS · 22 Jul 2013 at 00:02

deuse said:
I wonder why the BBC didn't put F1 and Motogp on the "protected list"?
No Motogp next year and I think F1 will go the same way soon.

Oh, who the hell should care? F1 is a pale shadow of itself anyway, chock-full of insane decisions from the stewards and bull-**** 'improve the show' crapola. Why would any broadcaster want to show something so utterly devoid of integrity? Apart from Sky and Channel 5 of course.

Just let it die, it's had a good run. Once it's irrevocably gone, then the teams can form that breakaway series that they always talked about....and start the whole inglorious cluster-**** up again.

leaskovski · 22 Jul 2013 at 09:40

tummelv said:
lol koboyashi

LOL indeed!

Skeeter · 22 Jul 2013 at 09:51

deuse said:
Back handers from Bernie\Sky to certain staff at the BBC.

Source? From what I understand it was the BBC who approached Sky as a means to get out of the contract they were in.

deuse · 22 Jul 2013 at 10:32

Skeeter said:
Source? From what I understand it was the BBC who approached Sky as a means to get out of the contract they were in.

Just do a search for the house of commons MP wanting both sides of the storey. Both sides contradicted each other.

How did you miss this?

Skeeter · 22 Jul 2013 at 10:41

deuse said:
How did you miss this?

By not spending 12 months crying about Sky getting F1, I assume.

Care to fill me in?

GravyMonster · 23 Jul 2013 at 12:18

Red Bull are rumoured to have issued a statement in Austria stating that the Red Bull Ring (aka the A1 ring) will be back on the F1 GP calendar in 2014.

Yay!

Skeeter · 23 Jul 2013 at 12:51

Wow, wouldn't that make it a 22 race season?

I watched the DTM the other day from there and it reminded me how much of a great little track it is.

Kevin Clark · 23 Jul 2013 at 13:31

Skeeter said:
Wow, wouldn't that make it a 22 race season?

I watched the DTM the other day from there and it reminded me how much of a great little track it is.

Can't see Korea being confirmed on the list next year.

GravyMonster · 23 Jul 2013 at 13:37

@EliGP said:
Vettel should change his name to Red Bull. "Red Bull wins for Red Bull at the Red Bull Ring" has a great marketing ring to it

deuse · 23 Jul 2013 at 14:39

Skeeter said:
By not spending 12 months crying about Sky getting F1, I assume.

Care to fill me in?

No find it yourself. Oh and I and others remember you crying about sky

should I go...no I won't..yes I will. Can't make up my mind..what do you lads think ect for weeks

pingwing · 23 Jul 2013 at 15:03

Kevin Clark said:
Can't see Korea being confirmed on the list next year.

Thankfully, replace one of the worst new tracks with a classic is a good start

(hopefully the redevelopment has kept some of the charm of Austria)

GravyMonster · 23 Jul 2013 at 15:18

It has. Other than some ridiculous kerbs on the exit of turn 1 which will need to be removed, it's exactly as it was (track-wise) the last time the F1 boys raced here.

dannyjo22 · 23 Jul 2013 at 21:35

Spunkey said:
Red Bull are rumoured to have issued a statement in Austria stating that the Red Bull Ring (aka the A1 ring) will be back on the F1 GP calendar in 2014.

Yay!

One of my fav F1 tracks. Awesome races there in the modern era, it should never have been removed. People I know that went there said it was a beautiful setting too.

Skeeter · 23 Jul 2013 at 21:56

dannyjo22 said:
One of my fav F1 tracks. Awesome races there in the modern era, it should never have been removed. People I know that went there said it was a beautiful setting too.

It would jump to the top of my 'want to go to' list.

Edit: all sounding very official.

http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1...-austrian-gp-to-return-to-f1-calendar-in-2014

I do fear that it may bump something off the calendar. Germany has been a bit shaky for a few years.

Off to Google to plan a road trip.

Psycho Ned · 23 Jul 2013 at 22:09

Got to be Korea for the chop hasn't it? The whole project is a white elephant, track's in the middle of nowhere, the development around it is never going to happen and it's losing the organisers a bomb every year.

~Mike~ · 23 Jul 2013 at 22:14

I'd take the A1 Ring over Korea.

GravyMonster · 23 Jul 2013 at 23:38

Singapore and Abu Dhabi can go too, although I realise that won't happen.

The_Abyss · 24 Jul 2013 at 02:00

There's zero chance that Singapore will go. Singapore is the new Monaco, in that it is a street circuit with all the sponsorship attractions of a major corporate hub with the exception that Singapore attracts 'new' money, Monaco attracts 'established'.