Formula One 2012 - Some big changes in F1 (post 209)

An interesting interview with Mario Andretti on the Austin F1 track.

http://austin.culturemap.com/news...rand-prix/

Even Bernie had something nice to say about Austin before he rudely pulled Andretti out of a live interview with speed to do his bidding :/ that guy just might be the devil, he doesn't seem to care whether any of the tracks live or die, or put any value on the history of the sport.

Bernie only cares about what goes into his pocket. He is the real Scrooge McDuck. He's not interested in anything but increasing his $$$$$, even if that mean racing in Bahrain. I bet if North Korea paid enough they could get a race there. I don't know where the visitors would stay as their grand buildings are just like hollywood building with nothing inside of them but Bernie would take the money and race there for the right price.

The track looks great on sim racing. http://youtu.be/IWa2ZSZcUq8

With good music, indie scene vibe and great food, this has to attract lots of new F1 fans to the race.

http://kutnews.org/post/austin-po...f1-formula

Austin is starting to really gear up for the race. They are in talks to add a 25,000 sqft temporary international arrivals terminal at the airport - to handle the 2,400 drivers teams and officials with their 747s, and between 6 and 15 747s chartered from elsewhere with fans. They already have plans for two festivals downtown over the race weekend.

This is when and how Austin goes from being a funky little town known for music to a true international desitnation. we can't have the new surge of hotel building catch up quickly enough, IMO. (no fewer than two hotels for 900+ rooms each are on tap, plus at least five other properties, only one of which is already under construction now)

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/co...onsid.html

Quote : ...“We have experienced incredible demand for reserved grandstand seating tickets, and customers have quickly purchased our available inventory,” Circuit Vice President of Public and Community Relations Julie Loignon said. “As such, we are considering installing more reserved seats between Turns 9 and 10 and between Turns 11 and 12 in place of other types of seating that had been planned for those areas. ...

Quote : Former F1 driver Anthony Davidson breaks back after Le Mans 24 Hour accident The 33-year-old had just taken over from Sebastien Buemi at the wheel of Toyota's TS030 Hybrid entry when his car made contact with the LMPGTE Ferrari, driven by Italy's Piergiuseppe Perazzini, on entry to the corner at the end of the Mulsanne straight. The former F1 driver suffered breaks to his T11 and T12 vertebrae - injuries which are expected to heal in "approximately three months". http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motorsport/18474792

In a wreck eerily similar to Kubica's wreck last year, a young rally car co-driver died after their car was speared by a guard rail.

Quote : Rally: Gareth Roberts, a co-driver taking part in the Targa Florio rally, was killed when his car crashed on a bend. Italian news agency ANSA reported their Peugeot 207 crashed into a security barrier, hitting Roberts in the passenger seat and emergency services were unable to save him. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/welsh-co-driver-gareth-roberts-killed-in-crash-in-targa-florio-roger-federer-in-final/story-fnbk754t-1226397931962

yikes.... definitely not good news

(is it bad that I forgot Le Mans was this weekend?)

http://youtu.be/Fzw5i14ewXY Here's the youtube video of the crash.

Saw the 458 turning without looking into the mirrors. He's got to be more aware of the faster class cars coming long. Hope Ant is going to recover soon. He's a great commentator on the bbc and seems like a nice dude.

Speaking of crashes.. I hope Kubica comes back to F1 next year. The Ferrari team sure need him if he's back to full health.

for better or worse... one of my friends from DC just committed and it looks like nobody else will. Bought two tickets in the seats released today, $320 each for the weekend, including processing fees and shuttles from downtown to the track. He got airfare on southwest, $370 non-stop from DCA, they're still reasonably cheap since that's a new route for SW. Considering neither of us has to spend on hotels, I'm walking distance to the downtown shuttle, he's getting an F1 weekend for $700, and I'm getting one for $320.

we've got two seats, between turns 9 and 10, row 35. should be good stuff, we should get a view of turns coming through the hilly, high speed section, down from us to the far hairpin, and hopefully some views across the track as cars accelerate on the longest straight on the track out of the hairpin

In this season i am really hopeless.Because my favorite person didn't get the trophy.

Quote from murry105 : In this season i am really hopeless.Because my favorite person didn't get the trophy.

The way this season is going everyone except for the HRT has a chance at the podium. Okay maybe not the Caterham and Marrussia either but Force India has a chance at podium, Torro Rosso, could get lucky too.

Who is your fav person? Schmey or Narain?

Bernie Ecclestone’s position as chief executive of Formula One came under renewed scrutiny after the German banker he has been accused of paying £28million in bribes sensationally admitted his guilt.




http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/...bribe.html

Bernie just may well be the devil

Quote from Superocean : The way this season is going everyone except for the HRT has a chance at the podium. Okay maybe not the Caterham and Marrussia either but Force India has a chance at podium, Torro Rosso, could get lucky too. Who is your fav person? Schmey or Narain?

My favorite person is Narain