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Title: GPs you'd like to see Post by: El Matador on July 26, 2010, 03:50:03 AM I'd personally love to see the boys duke it out at Interlagos. That track is insanely fast and has the potential to host some real barnburners. Any places you'd wish were on the schedule?
Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: lethe on July 26, 2010, 05:21:26 AM Street course thru Newark
Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: Triple J on July 26, 2010, 05:24:04 AM Miller.
Easier to get to than Indy (for me)...and cheaper with better access (for me again) than Laguna. [cheeky] Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: Drunken Monkey on July 26, 2010, 06:37:48 AM +1 on Miller. It's a great venue, even if it is on the wrong side of the country from me.
Personally, I wish they'd revamp Sears' Point so it could host a GP. I'm dreaming of course because they'd have to pretty much redo the track from scratch for that to happen. Hell, as long as I'm dreaming, they should move Laguna Seca closer to SF and get rid of all the neighbors who complain about noise. Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: duccarlos on July 26, 2010, 07:35:34 AM Barber isntead of Indy.
Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: derby on July 26, 2010, 07:38:27 AM Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: gm2 on July 26, 2010, 07:40:31 AM like sears, they'd barely get out of 2nd gear at barber.
Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: duccarlos on July 26, 2010, 07:43:57 AM I just don't see Indy as a true track and Barber is a lot closer to me. If we're talking about pue speed, then Road Atlanta.
Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: derby on July 26, 2010, 08:09:47 AM I just don't see Indy as a true track and Barber is a lot closer to me. If we're talking about pue speed, then Road fixed it for ya... (...but who'd wanna go to wisconsin?) Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: duccarlos on July 26, 2010, 08:42:47 AM fixed it for ya... (...but who'd wanna go to wisconsin?) Exactly. if we're dreaming, I might as well keep it accessible to me. Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: EvilSteve on July 26, 2010, 09:02:15 AM Spa-Francorchamps
Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: duccarlos on July 26, 2010, 09:07:20 AM a GP in South America maybe?
Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: Spidey on July 26, 2010, 09:21:00 AM Personally, I wish they'd revamp Sears' Point so it could host a GP. Would cost more $ than even God has. But yes, that'd be awesome. Then again, GP bikes would suck at that course. Highly technical, no straightaways to speak of--other than the super-short drag strip--and a whole bunch tighter than Laguna. I wanna see them at Isle of Man. :o Or one of the F1 courses that go through the middle of a city. Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: derby on July 26, 2010, 09:28:36 AM I wanna see them at Isle of Man. ...used to be part of the gp world championship. Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: duccarlos on July 26, 2010, 09:29:10 AM Or one of the F1 courses that go through the middle of a city. Too bumpy, but I would love to see them in Monaco. Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: Spidey on July 26, 2010, 09:30:28 AM ...used to be part of the gp world championship. I know, but coralling and riding a dinosaur around the isle is a lot different than a modern GP bike. ;D Besides, if they ran IOM, I could watch the race in HD on the Discovery Channel 5 times a day. Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: superjohn on July 26, 2010, 09:56:37 AM Grand prix of Antarctica
(http://www.mcnews.com.au/NewsArchives/2008/January/Ice_Duc_A.jpg) Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: Cider on July 26, 2010, 12:16:42 PM Monza
Portimao Miller Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: ute on July 26, 2010, 01:08:52 PM Canada
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_Gilles_Villeneuve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_Gilles_Villeneuve) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/%C3%8Ele_Notre-Dame_%28Circuit_Gilles_Villeneuve%29.svg/800px-%C3%8Ele_Notre-Dame_%28Circuit_Gilles_Villeneuve%29.svg.png) Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: derby on July 26, 2010, 01:33:14 PM Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve not enough runoff... wall of champions would be naaaaasty. Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: ute on July 26, 2010, 02:13:03 PM I thought if the GP cars ran there it was a "legal"/safe track for the bikes
i gotta say it is an amazing track ...next to the water ...so enjoy getting up there for the Canadian GP Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: El Matador on July 26, 2010, 04:00:58 PM Seriously, Interlagos is one baaad track
(http://www.avano.kit.net/Images/F12007/F12008/Tracks/interlagos.jpg) Too bumpy, but I would love to see them in Monaco. I wouldn't. If only for the fact that I would jizz in my pants every time I heard the Duc screaming through the tunnel. Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: derby on July 26, 2010, 05:03:05 PM I thought if the GP cars ran there it was a "legal"/safe track for the bikes fim and fia have different homologation requirements... just look at the walls and lack of runoff here: Kimi Raikkonen on board Canada gp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md-aowPfbgw#normal) fwiw, the wall of champions (~0:42) got it's nickname because of the number of people that have hit it. Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: duccarlos on July 26, 2010, 05:09:00 PM Seriously, Interlagos is one baaad track (http://www.avano.kit.net/Images/F12007/F12008/Tracks/interlagos.jpg) I wouldn't. If only for the fact that I would jizz in my pants every time I heard the Duc screaming through the tunnel. +1 and +1 Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: NoisyDante on July 26, 2010, 06:49:23 PM +2 for Isle of Man
Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: ZLTFUL on July 26, 2010, 07:00:02 PM Seconding Road America. GOD I love that place. Plus the sheer number of places you can watch the race from, the history of the place and the GREAT places to eat that surround the lake...oh hells yeah.
And why not bring the USGP back to BIR? Brainerd is another great fast track. Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: superjohn on July 27, 2010, 02:13:11 AM Since everyone is nominating their local tracks, I'll also throw in VIR.
Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: tufty on July 27, 2010, 09:43:43 AM Nurburgring old course. 20 laps, that should separate the men from the boys ;D
Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: El Matador on July 27, 2010, 09:50:29 AM Nurburgring old course. 20 laps, that should separate the men from the boys ;D They'd have to stop 4 times to refuel [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: kopfjäger on July 27, 2010, 06:12:54 PM They'd have to stop 4 times to refuel [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] Which would be awesome. [thumbsup] Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: desmoquattro on July 28, 2010, 08:38:22 AM Skaggs Springs Rd. (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=38.713218,-123.005297&daddr=Skaggs+Springs+Rd,+Geyserville,+CA+95441&hl=en&geocode=%3BCTTL3aXlhSHGFfg3TgIdu4ap-CmPTFLjkamGgDFDZrC2gLOnSw&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=15&sll=38.711266,-123.00529&sspn=0.015371,0.038581&ie=UTF8&ll=38.697836,-123.053055&spn=0.061494,0.154324&t=h&z=13)
Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: duccarlos on July 28, 2010, 09:17:24 AM Which would be awesome. [thumbsup] I wouldn't mind seeing at least 1 pit stop. Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: desmoquattro on July 28, 2010, 09:43:14 AM I wouldn't mind seeing at least 1 pit stop. Talladega. Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: duccarlos on July 28, 2010, 09:48:25 AM Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: desmoquattro on July 28, 2010, 10:14:52 AM Little Tallie? Nah. You said you wanted to see pit stops. I figured you might as well take it the whole way and eliminate right turns too ;D Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: duccarlos on July 28, 2010, 11:48:43 AM F1 has pit stops and last I checked they turned left AND right.
Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: desmoquattro on July 28, 2010, 01:11:56 PM F1 has pit stops and last I checked they turned left AND right. Sacrilege! ;D Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: zooom on July 29, 2010, 12:59:22 AM Since everyone is nominating their local tracks, I'll also throw in VIR. +1 in the Full Course configuration.... Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: zenjim on July 30, 2010, 10:10:45 AM Brazil - just to give me one more excuse to go there that doesn't involve round asses.
Realistically: I'd prefer Miller over Indy. Unrealistically: Long Beach Baby! Complete with all the Hollywood razzmatazz. Lorenzo Lamas would jump an actual shark tank. And best of all - Celebrity GP. "Oh no! Brad Pit has put his machinery into the scenery. Slamming into the wall of the first straight in a fireball, it looks like Angelina will be a widow tonight. But wait, Pamela Lee has high sided on the track. She's popped an implant!" There'd be goodie bags and everyone would have an assistant. Hey, if we can't have a goddamn football team... Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: zooom on July 30, 2010, 10:36:04 AM Hey, if we can't have a goddamn football team... you have the LA Galaxy...isn't that close enough? Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: NoisyDante on July 30, 2010, 09:44:01 PM you have the LA Galaxy...isn't that close enough? I Love You Man- Lonnie Soccer Game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ognvWIwjKTQ&feature=related#normal)Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: zenjim on August 01, 2010, 06:59:56 AM you have the LA Galaxy...isn't that close enough? Please... Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: Stinky Wizzleteats on August 02, 2010, 03:07:58 PM Mt Panorama, Bathurst.
Over the top of the mountain would put the corkscrew at Laguna to shame. :o Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: Speeddog on August 02, 2010, 08:13:53 PM ~SNIP~ Unrealistically: Long Beach Baby! ~SNIP~ They had bikes at Long Beach a long time ago, mid-70's IIRC. At the time, the paint lines were really unpopular. :-X But really, if they can do IOM and Macau and such, yeah, why not. That's be hairball on a bike, anyway. Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: zenjim on August 03, 2010, 06:37:45 AM They had bikes at Long Beach a long time ago, mid-70's IIRC. That's officially before my time. But very cool. Although I'm sure there was no Lorenzo Lamas shark tank jumping experience. Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: OT on August 19, 2010, 07:49:27 AM Miller Barber...
A deceased pro golfer; and a wonderful track that combines the speed of Miller with the elevation changes, off-camber turns, hillside views, and world-class museum at Barber (same guy designed both, didn't he?) ;D I like Watkins Glen, but all those fences scare me...... Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: derby on August 19, 2010, 10:14:58 AM (same guy designed both, didn't he?) ;D yup (alan wilson)... Title: Re: GPs you'd like to see Post by: Drunken Monkey on August 26, 2010, 01:10:32 PM Infineon / Sears' Point.
Of course, I'm dreaming here. They'd basically have to redo massive portions of the track to increase run off, add an additional mile to the circuit and increase the size of the grounds to handle all the extra fans. Sorry, while Laguna is a great course it's miles from nowhere and kind of a shit-hole. Plus it has all those damn NIMBYs who happily rent their houses for sky-high prices come race time, but then complain about the noise the rest of the year. Someone needs to hit up Larry E, Steve J and those Google guys for 11ty billion to make this happen, I say ;D |