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I cannot see how they expect to make any progress when they already had one of the smallest workforces in F1? For some reason I'm suspicious that the team will be gutted and sold on.
 
MissChief said:
I cannot see how they expect to make any progress when they already had one of the smallest workforces in F1? For some reason I'm suspicious that the team will be gutted and sold on.
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This reminds me of an episode of The Simpsons where Bart is placed in a remedial class at school
Bart: "So we're going to catch up with everyone by going slower than they are? Cuckoo!"

Crazy stuff.
 
Good news about Mexico, nice to have a new country on the calendar which is known to have some interest in F1 already.

Upgrades to the circuit and its infrastructure will be needed before the race can go ahead
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!Mucho understatemente!


The track looks bumpy as hell so will need repaving. Also, given the push for track safety over the last 20 years, I'm guessing the concrete barriers will be moved out of the way or the track will be redesigned, given the speeds F1 cars will be doing.
 
That track ready to be on the calendar for a race in 2015?

If that happens I'll buy a Mexican hat and then eat it. There have been rumours about the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez being used for an F1 race since Perez showed up, but nothing ever comes of it.
 
Skeeter said:
That track ready to be on the calendar for a race in 2015?

If that happens I'll buy a Mexican hat and then eat it. There have been rumours about the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez being used for an F1 race since Perez showed up, but nothing ever comes of it.
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While a contract is supposedly being signed later today, this.

There are many problems with the track, and barriers aside the issue is it's built on former marshland and due to the frequently shifting earth underneath they've never managed to remove the bumps. I think it's been bumpy every year I've seen it... you wouldn't need spark generators there...

The Peraltada has been tweaked many times over, and is now a pale imitation of its former cambered self, but it would still be quick in a F1 car, and having a concrete wall or barriers on the outside is simply not going to be accepted, but they've never had much run off there, presumably due to the major road which runs close behind it. I fear F1 would use the old CART track, using the baseball field and only using the final half of the Peraltada, which is a shame as despite what should be some lovely flowing esses, with the bumps they're not, and the Peraltada is perhaps the only really character-defining part of the track.
 
Flibster said:
Well that's a surprise.

Rossi, who left Caterham about a week ago has not joined Marussia as their third/reserve driver.
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After Monza, once Rossi has had a couple of 3rd-driver runs in the Marussia, you'll have Kimi sacked, Bianchi to Ferrari and Rossi promoted.

Well it is silly season, right? :p
 
this_is_gav said:
While a contract is supposedly being signed later today, this.

There are many problems with the track, and barriers aside the issue is it's built on former marshland and due to the frequently shifting earth underneath they've never managed to remove the bumps. I think it's been bumpy every year I've seen it... you wouldn't need spark generators there...

The Peraltada has been tweaked many times over, and is now a pale imitation of its former cambered self, but it would still be quick in a F1 car, and having a concrete wall or barriers on the outside is simply not going to be accepted, but they've never had much run off there, presumably due to the major road which runs close behind it. I fear F1 would use the old CART track, using the baseball field and only using the final half of the Peraltada, which is a shame as despite what should be some lovely flowing esses, with the bumps they're not, and the Peraltada is perhaps the only really character-defining part of the track.
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The proposed track alterations do indeed use the stadium to bypass the final corner. They are also planning to tighten almost every corner and nerf the esses. Basically they are rebuilding the whole layout, which begs the question, why not just build a new track elsewhere?

Its never going to happen.
 
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