ALELUIAOf the current 10 European circuits in the F1 season 2022, only 8 will probably remain for 2023. Paul Ricardy is already confirmed not to return next year.
If one more track has to be left out, which one would you choose to removed from the 2023 roster?
I'm confused...I said Spa as we lost it due to financchial reasons. Drivers begged for a comeback and it is so different from other tracks making impossible to replace. The closest to Spa is Nordiscliffe where sadly we can not go as it is difficult to facilitate medical posts with communication due to large size.
It's much longer than Monaco, and produces great racing. Needs 1 less DRS zone though - but that's on FOM.Austrian for me should go... I'm sorry but it's too short a circuit to have a Grand Prix... but in it's favour it offers changes in elevation as it's been built into the landscape. Perhaps look at bringing the old section of track between the Niki Lauda Kurve and Remus back into use? Google Maps shows the tarmac is still there so if there is the desire to do so it could be upgraded?
Although I'm also torn with dumping Monaco. Barring issues then that's very processional and boring to watch.
"Racing around Monaco in a car is a bit like trying to ride your bike in the kitchen." said Massa - with several other drivers giving similar quotes.
And on the run down between Casino and Mirabeau there's that awful bump/manhole cover in the track that the cars avoid. You would have thought that with all the money available they would have looked into fixing this?
That's not far off since Baku was the European GP in 2016I know it is about European tracks. But seeing how Azerbaijan - Armenia is flaring up again. Baku.
I have long decried F1's butchering traditional tracks, or abandoning them altogether in favor of these flat, bland, modern circuits. They boast of their high tech, powerful, fast, cars, then refuse to race anywhere that let's us see that. The great Hockenheim is a little club circuit now; Monza is a shadow of a once fast track, Silverstone is a charter member of the "chicane of the month" club, bearing little relation to the "real" track. Their goal apparently is tracks resembling oversized karting tracks, no straights at all, just a series of squiggly little turns. If they are afraid of speed then leave the tracks alone and slow the cars - what's the purpose of 700+hp when as soon as you hit high gear you must stand on the brakes for a twisty little chicane. You cannot even compare performance of today's cars with those of 20, 30, 50 years ago because they are not competing on the same track ...even though it has the same name.To be honest, I'd rather they remove Spa or Monza than make revisions to good tracks. A lot of great F1 tracks have been ruined by F1 to make them safer or more exciting, but it always ends up being stupid chicanes being inserted here and there to create more overtaking opportunity or to slow down top speed. I'd hate to see great tracks like Spa or Monza revised any further to make F1 happy. ....
I have long decried F1's butchering traditional tracks, or abandoning them altogether in favor of these flat, bland, modern circuits. They boast of their high tech, powerful, fast, cars, then refuse to race anywhere that let's us see that. The great Hockenheim is a little club circuit now; Monza is a shadow of a once fast track, Silverstone is a charter member of the "chicane of the month" club, bearing little relation to the "real" track. Their goal apparently is tracks resembling oversized karting tracks, no straights at all, just a series of squiggly little turns. If they are afraid of speed then leave the tracks alone and slow the cars - what's the purpose of 700+hp when as soon as you hit high gear you must stand on the brakes for a twisty little chicane. You cannot even compare performance of today's cars with those of 20, 30, 50 years ago because they are not competing on the same track ...even though it has the same name.
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BTW, all those acres of sandy runoff areas may be great for safety but they stink for spectators, you now sit so far away you need binoculars to watch the action. Better to sit in the comfort of home and watch on TV.
I would suggest any of the following opposed to the ones listed above.
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