Imola called off due to flooding

[Stuart Thomson]

Emilia Romagna Grand Prix: Imola race called off because of major flooding

This weekend's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola is called off because of major flooding in the Italian region.

www.bbc.co.uk

Apologies if this is old news now

 

[Slapped]

It's been hanging in the balance since yesterday.

Anyway I reckon Russell would've started on slicks.

 

[Antonio Castagna]

 

[Pete Conway]

And Mercedes were gonna try out their 'New' direction this weekend... I guess we'll have to wait a little longer to see them on the top step

 

[jgf]

Put pontoons on the cars and chain drives from the rear hubs to propellors.

 

[blekenbleu]

rear hubs

Paddle wheels could bolt on.

 

[Durge Driven]

I'll paint a wall on Sunday and watch it dry

 

[ParkYongLee]

Nürburgring 24 h it is then.
Back in the days Schumacher would've started on wets and would've won

 

[Pete Conway]

Nürburgring 24 h it is then.
Back in the days Schumacher would've started on wets and would've won

If you post a link we can all watch it

 

[ParkYongLee]

If you post a link we can all watch it

This is so offtopic and since google seems to be too hard.

Spoiler

English:

German:

 

[Pete Conway]

This is so offtopic and since google seems to be too hard.

Spoiler

English:

German:

Top man.


But remember, contrary to popular belief "Google is not your friend"

 

[jgf]

Schumacher, in the rain,

Spanish Grand Prix: Why Michael Schumacher's epic 1996 win matters

Why was Michael Schumacher's victory in the torrential rain at the Spanish GP 20 years ago so iconic? Andrew Benson explains...

www.bbc.co.uk

1996 Spanish Grand Prix (BBC) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

1996 Spanish Grand Prix - full race

archive.org

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Glad the waterlevels are getting better now in Imola. Time for F1 to pack up and move on to the next GP.

Would be great if this GP can be refitted into this years calendar but I doubt this is an option?

 

[Slapped]

Just got an email from F1 TV saying that due to the race cancellation they’re extending my subscription by 7 days.

It’s a nice gesture as I considered Imola to be a force majeure situation.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Would be great if this GP can be refitted into this years calendar but I doubt this is an option?

With all the double and triple-headers, that will be hard. If it had been the 70's, 80's and 90's it would've been possible.

It is a gap between Silverstone the 9th of July and Hungaroring the 23rd of July. But showing Imola in there means there will be 5 weekends in a row with racing. Austria - UK - Italy - Hungary - Belgium.

Post Belgium there's the summer break, then Netherlands and Italy right after. Then the travel starts again.

 

[blekenbleu]

F1 TV generously extended my subscription by 1 week to compensate for the cancelled race.
Note that extension was for 1 week, NOT 1 race...

 

[stigs2cousin]

Last I read there are no plans to "force in " another try for Imola.

The calendar is already tightly packed and another race pushed in will stress manpower and logistics even further.

Under normal circumstances logistics from Imola to Monaco would have been a breeze, just a few hours on the highway.

But as the paddock is still partially flooded, the roads mostly unpassable and emergency services overtaxed its quite probable that the F1 circus will not make it to Monaco on time.

Add to that " a little internal trouble" in France where the Yellow Vests have no intentions to work beyond age 62 and are threatening civil unrest and power cuts and the Monaco GP is also under serious threat.

 

[Antony Snook]

The season is to long so this is not sutch a bad thing. Shame it is at one of the traditional tracks whitch i enjoy.

 

[jgf]

A season of racing can be too long? Incomprehensible to me, they could race year round and I'd watch (at least as much as the miserable TV coverage in this country allows).

 

[stigs2cousin]

A season of racing can be too long? Incomprehensible to me, they could race year round and I'd watch (at least as much as the miserable TV coverage in this country allows).

Maybe you could have a look at the logistics and especially the working conditions of the "ground troops" meaning the mechanics e.a.

Sounds cool to travel around the world with Ferrari, except that working around the clock means that you sometimes see only a plane, a taxi to the track and the paddock.
When you´re lucky you see some exchangeable hotel rooms for a few hours.

So yes, there is such a thing as a too tightly packed schedule