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toastet
Can we reverse Miami as its rebuild every year for race 2?
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They could quickly lay down some tarmac for the short tracks featured in iRacing.
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Oh yeah, they wouldn’t be good for F1 at all. But it’s interesting that there are some proposed layout variants for a modern F1 street circuit.
 
McLaren
Bahrain & Saudi are cancelled, no substitutions will be implemented.
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It's interesting to me that the FIA has specifically said that the races "...will not take place in April." Sounds like they're leaving the door open for the races to take place later in the year, depending on how the geopolitical situation plays out (WEC tentatively scheduling the Qatar 1812km for late October probably helps in this regard).

Either way, while the situation that's caused this is no doubt far from great, I'm sure that at least some of the personnel in each team are probably happy to have a month off between Suzuka and Miami.
 
NotThePrez
It's interesting to me that the FIA has specifically said that the races "...will not take place in April." Sounds like they're leaving the door open for the races to take place later in the year, depending on how the geopolitical situation plays out (WEC tentatively scheduling the Qatar 1812km for late October probably helps in this regard).

Either way, while the situation that's caused this is no doubt far from great, I'm sure that at least some of the personnel in each team are probably happy to have a month off between Suzuka and Miami.
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Gives the FIA and FOM a good period of time to make the inevitable adjustments to the current ruleset.
 
Another race in front of empty stands for sanewashing. Not sure why people are into the return of this, T8 is nice in itself but (at least on cars before 2026) killed the racing with dirty air in F1 and without rain nearly all held dry races we're as dull as on most other Tilkedromes too. Teams hate it too since infrastructure is bad and good hotels are on the other european side of the Bosporus from the track beeing on the asian side so most people involved spend a lot of time in traffic jams getting over the bridge.
 
toastet
Another race in front of empty stands for sanewashing. Not sure why people are into the return of this, T8 is nice in itself but (at least on cars before 2026) killed the racing with dirty air in F1 and without rain nearly all held dry races we're as dull as on most other Tilkedromes too. Teams hate it too since infrastructure is bad and good hotels are on the other european side of the Bosporus from the track beeing on the asian side so most people involved spend a lot of time in traffic jams getting over the bridge.
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Infrastructure aside, I think you will be in a small minority with that view of the circuit.
 
MagpieRacer
Infrastructure aside, I think you will be in a small minority with that view of the circuit.
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I know but that's ok, Spa or Monza f.e. have this problem too, fantastic tracks but most times absolutely boring watching F1 races there in the dry. F1 regulations are the problem not the tracks 🙃
 
toastet
I know but that's ok, Spa or Monza f.e. have this problem too, fantastic tracks but most times absolutely boring watching F1 races there in the dry. F1 regulations are the problem not the tracks 🙃
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Dull trucks can produce interesting races, and vice-versa. Many people "hate" a track but still watch every minute of it and even waste plenty of time arguing over or its terrible nature and how this is indubitably the very end of the sport (until something else comes along and steals its oxygen).
 
It's in Spanish.
I have put this one because the onboard lap doesn't appear on the F1 channel.

The video must have been recorded a while ago, as the construction work has progressed more than what's shown there.



 
They may as well just come up with a whole different set of "Monaco specs" and have the teams build a special car just for that race at this point.
 
EngieDiesel
They may as well just come up with a whole different set of "Monaco specs" and have the teams build a special car just for that race at this point.
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Bugatti Type 51 replicas.

www.motorsportmagazine.com

1933 Monaco Grand Prix

A historic Monaco Grand Prix, Achille Varzi (Bugatti) after a tense duel with Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) wins one of the most thrilling races ever known
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Ferrari can have Alfa 8C Monzas if they want.
 
Put 'em in something like Superkarts. They all started their careers in karting, more than enough room to pass, well over 100mph which is fine for Monaco.
 
Pie O My
Why is there no German GP anymore? Hockenheim used to rule.
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Because Money > History/good racing

Neither German Government nor automotive industry are willing to spend huge amounts of money to FIA to get a Grand Prix back to Germany. Although from time to time there are rumors that there is an investor to get Hockenheim back into the calender
 
psychoazubi
Because Money > History/good racing

Neither German Government nor automotive industry are willing to spend huge amounts of money to FIA to get a Grand Prix back to Germany. Although from time to time there are rumors that there is an investor to get Hockenheim back into the calender
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But also there's no German driver bothering the sharp end of the grid right now.

There was renewed interest when Vettel was winning and that opened a few doors and put bums on seats, but unless Hulkenberg and/or Audi get good its probably not likely going to change any time soon.
 
Yeah a German winning driver would help gain momentum a lot. But currently there is no prospect in sight (F2, F3). Audi and Mercedes probably dont need to bother with marketing in Germany that much since F1 has seen a decline in interest over the years, their focus is on USA/China to promote their brand. Sad reality, but on ther other hand we had a sold out N24h race so who needs overpriced F1
 

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