F1 returns to the U.S.A.

[3798j]

And the winning city is........Austin, Texas. https://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83873

 

[ChrisS]

I guess we moved to the right place.

 

[DNK]

Do they even know what an open car is there?

 

[DNK]

Whoa, did I say that?

 

[rick_ingram]

Well..that sucks.

Indy should be the home of Formula One in the US.

 

[DNK]

Roundy,round for F1. Boring

 

[rick_ingram]

Roundy,round for F1. Boring

The Formula One track at Indy was NOT roundy-round. It was a 13-turn layout. I went to every F1 race at the Speedway.

 

[DNK]

Well there you go then, Works for me. Is it inside the oval?

 

[TRDejaVu]

Roundy,round for F1. Boring

But at least there is the novelty for some of seeing a race car make right turns.

 

[rick_ingram]

Well there you go then, Works for me. Is it inside the oval?

They utilized the front straight and Turn One of the oval. (Turn One of the oval became Turn 13 of the F1 track. The remainder of the track was built inside the oval.

They also use this track layout (with an additional chicane before Turn 13) for the MotoGP

 

[Gray_Cat]

If I could only convince my wife to move there, but she just can't stand the heat - literally!
Roy

 

[aerog]

Here's the road course at Indy (part of it, anyway). This was a few days after the 500 so some of the traffic barricades are still set up on the road-course:

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[DNK]

Kind of like Pocono

 

[Andrew Mace]

Indy should be the home of Formula One in the US.

I was always rather fond of Watkins Glen....

 

[rick_ingram]

But does the Glen have the infrastructure now needed to support a USGP?

 

[DNK]

I say take it back to the streets of the Glen

 

[texas_bugeye]

I hope it flys having it back is going to be great having it down the road
pricless

 

[DrEntropy]

I say take it back to the streets of the Glen

Oh yeah!

...fat chance, tho. :madder:

 

[GregW]

I hope it flys having it back is going to be great having it down the road
pricless

All women drivers?

 

[JPSmit]

I'll be honest, I'd rather watch paint dry. Give me real racing - Rally, Historic (not NASCAR) but just about anything that actually has action.

And Jeremy agrees - go to 7:10 of the video

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