F1 returns to the USA in 2012

Ah, but the original track when I was there had no chicanes or "stadium section". It looked like a squished egg. This wikipedia article doesn't show what the track looked like prior to 1965. With two turns in over 4-miles it was really pretty boring - especially in a 36-hp VW.
 
woodym3 said:
Ah, but the original track when I was there had no chicanes or "stadium section". It looked like a squished egg. This wikipedia article doesn't show what the track looked like prior to 1965. With two turns in over 4-miles it was really pretty boring - especially in a 36-hp VW.
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Prior to 65? Jeez, you were there before Jim Clark died?

BTW, there is a nice garden walk on the outside of the stadium now with a memorial for Clark there. I was pleased when I found that while walking around Hockenheim, waiting for the motorcycles to get off the track.
 
Ah, I'm only 29, so I was barely old enough to remember Prost and Senna's rivalry. I'm just a student of the sport and my family and I are Tifosi. I read everything I can get my hands on about F1 and have an enormous F1 footage collection.
 
A few things learned from the GP of Turkey:

It can get hot there, hence lolly pop girl fainting...

Vettel is favored by Red Bull, hence the cuddling after he acted like a retard on the track...how about telling him the team is more important than him...

Hamilton's girlfriend sports the IQ of a night lamp, but at least she now knows F1 is coming to the US as informed by the interviewing reporter...
 
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Someone mentioned that there might be a Baltimore race. This seemed a little strange?
 
JC5 said:
Someone mentioned that there might be a Baltimore race. This seemed a little strange?
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Why?

There is a Baltimore Grand Prix next August, but the IZOD Indycar Series and probably ALMS are running it. F1 is not quite the same as Indy cars.
 
Indy, F1, either in B-more sounded odd. Honestly I though the guy who told me, was pulling my leg a bit.
 
Uber-Goober said:
Vettel is favored by Red Bull, hence the cuddling after he acted like a retard on the track...how about telling him the team is more important than him...
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It's less that he's favored, more that Christian Horner knows that Vettel can be emotionally unstable at times. A couple years ago, when Vettel was at Toro Rosso, he wrecked into Webber and was later seen having an emotional breakdown in the Garage, crying unabashed. Horner had to react tactfully, as they're in the middle of a title hunt, McLaren have seemingly closed ranks on RedBull, and he needs his drivers mentally tough. While I agreed with Eddie Jordan that coddling him was very uncalled for, I really dont know what the right move would have been in handling Seb.

To give you more of an idea that Vettel isn't favored, Webber got an upgraded wing before he did.
 
I think one problem is that he is his own manager. I mean if I was in my early 20s trying to drive at that level dealing with all of that pressure, PR work etc...I would go nuts. He is more mature than most his age but still. He needs someone who can help guide him and verbally smack him around as well...just my opinion...
 
Uber-Goober said:
I think one problem is that he is his own manager. I mean if I was in my early 20s trying to drive at that level dealing with all of that pressure, PR work etc...I would go nuts. He is more mature than most his age but still. He needs someone who can help guide him and verbally smack him around as well...just my opinion...
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I dont know anything of Seb's managerial situation, so I cant say anything one way or the other. Martin Brundle wouldn't be too bad of an option for this. Martin knows everyone and everyone knows Martin, so his lines of communcation would be wide open in terms of assisting Seb's growth.
 
flohtingPoint said:
I dont know anything of Seb's managerial situation, so I cant say anything one way or the other. Martin Brundle wouldn't be too bad of an option for this. Martin knows everyone and everyone knows Martin, so his lines of communcation would be wide open in terms of assisting Seb's growth.
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I am willing to do it for half the price, I would just need to include a bit of fine print, such as: "cannot guarantee results" ;)
 
I'm hopeful but not convinced it will go well or last. I'm more optimistic about IRL Indy in Baltimore Fall of 2011, even more since it is a road course not a track.
 
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