Congratulations. Your tacit approval of the tedious state F1 has fallen into will allow TPTB to get away with never improving things. Go you.
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Congratulations. Your tacit approval of the tedious state F1 has fallen into will allow TPTB to get away with never improving things. Go you.
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Brands Hatch rogue driver Jack Cottle could face jail
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29566395
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29566395
Baffhurst!
Already seen someone throwing up at 8am on Wednesday morning before the street parade...
Was up at the Mount this morning working at a canteen fund raising. Big smash in practice 6.
The fastest JCB in the world was out trying to sort a world record, all the way from the UK.
The new track surface is a lot smoother and perhaps a little gripper than the old one so I expect very quick times, weather has been great, quite hot for the time of year too.
Already seen someone throwing up at 8am on Wednesday morning before the street parade...
Was up at the Mount this morning working at a canteen fund raising. Big smash in practice 6.
The fastest JCB in the world was out trying to sort a world record, all the way from the UK.
The new track surface is a lot smoother and perhaps a little gripper than the old one so I expect very quick times, weather has been great, quite hot for the time of year too.
Good. The guy is a complete muppet.
Absolute bare minimum that should be handed to him.
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New Tilke images reveal Baku track’s narrow corners
New images from F1 circuit architects Tilke reveal more details of the street track in Baku, Azerbaijan which will host the 2016 European Grand Prix.
A defining feature of the track is the narrow climb around the city’s historic centre. Track designer Hermann Tilke described this section as “extremely narrow” and a rendering of the corner shows it will be one of the tightest sections on any F1 track.
In contrast a seven-lane road which runs parallel to Baku’s seafront will provide room for the start/finish area, with the temporary pits and paddock laid out in front of the Government House building.
Tilke estimates a lap length of 6km around the anticlockwise, 20-turn track, with top speeds of up to 340kph (211mph).
The highest speeds are likely to be achieved as the cars approach to the start/finish area, with the pit lane entrance on their left.
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/10/14/new-tilke-images-reveal-baku-tracks-narrow-corners/
Turn 9 and 10, Baku street circuit rendering, Azerbaijan
Turn 12, Baku street circuit rendering, Azerbaijan
Pits and paddock, Baku street circuit rendering, Azerbaijan
Looks rubbish far to narrow
New images from F1 circuit architects Tilke reveal more details of the street track in Baku, Azerbaijan which will host the 2016 European Grand Prix.
A defining feature of the track is the narrow climb around the city’s historic centre. Track designer Hermann Tilke described this section as “extremely narrow” and a rendering of the corner shows it will be one of the tightest sections on any F1 track.
In contrast a seven-lane road which runs parallel to Baku’s seafront will provide room for the start/finish area, with the temporary pits and paddock laid out in front of the Government House building.
Tilke estimates a lap length of 6km around the anticlockwise, 20-turn track, with top speeds of up to 340kph (211mph).
The highest speeds are likely to be achieved as the cars approach to the start/finish area, with the pit lane entrance on their left.
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/10/14/new-tilke-images-reveal-baku-tracks-narrow-corners/
Turn 9 and 10, Baku street circuit rendering, Azerbaijan
Turn 12, Baku street circuit rendering, Azerbaijan
Pits and paddock, Baku street circuit rendering, Azerbaijan
Looks rubbish far to narrow
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Sigh.
Follow the money Bernie. Sod the audiences.
Follow the money Bernie. Sod the audiences.
That's how I pick the women, too.
That main straight looks massively long! Going by google maps that's 2.2km!
High speed straight with some very tight twisty sections. Could be quite interesting if they actually go ahead with that layout and don't decide to chuck some chicanes along there to slow it down!
High speed straight with some very tight twisty sections. Could be quite interesting if they actually go ahead with that layout and don't decide to chuck some chicanes along there to slow it down!
All this worry about why F1 is losing viewers yet all Bernie seems to care about is where his next eleventy billion dollars is coming from. Lower the cost to host a race and go back to racing actual tracks that people want to see the drivers racing. I don't think track selection is the only problem but I do think it is one of them.
Really good piece here by JA on Mercedes' success:
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2014/...s-brawn-played-in-their-championship-success/
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2014/...s-brawn-played-in-their-championship-success/
He's playing Keke. Keke smoked.