At least 30 circuits pushing to host F1??,,,
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- 23rd December 2010, 10:40 at 10:40 am #128663DougieParticipant
According to F1-Live, Mr E is harrying Rome to finalise their F1 plans with the threat of “fierce competition” and “at least 30 other circuits that are pushing”.
30+ other circuits!?! That seems a heck of a lot to me, would love to know who they all are… and how many can be considered a serious proposition.
23rd December 2010, 11:53 at 11:53 am #156836Prisoner MonkeysParticipantWell, we can count the twenty existing circuits: Bahrain, Albert Park, Sepang, Shanghai, Istanbul, Barcelona, Monaco, Montreal, Valencia, Silverstone, the Nurburgring, the Hungaroring, Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, Marina Bay, Suzuka, Korea, New Delhi, Yas Marina and Interlagos.
Rome’s push for a circuit makes 21. The additon of Austin makes 22; Sochi 23. In the past few days, Vietnam has considered a circuit, which takes the total to 24. Just today, the Ukraine has announced plans for a circuit, so that’s 25. The Bulgarians were interested in a circuit, so we’re now at 26. There were plans for a MotoGP circuit on Mallorca that talked about joining the calendar; 27. South Africa has been pushing for a revival of their race, which brings the tally to 28. Hugo Chavez talked about having a race in Venezuela in response to the rise of Pastor Maldonado; 29. And, of course, the French want their race back, which make a round 30. Of course, Flammini has said that thirty other circuits are looking to host a race, which means we need one more, and that one more is the Losail circuit in Qatar – a while ago there was talk of establishing a third race in the Middle East, possibly in Qatar, which has connections to Williams. And just because I can, number 32 is Thailand; Red Bull was originally a Thai product and 51% of the company is owned by a Thai family who have talked about starting up a race.
23rd December 2010, 13:56 at 1:56 pm #156837DougieParticipantGood effort PM, guess I didn’t read the 20 existing circuits as they are already in.
23rd December 2010, 16:07 at 4:07 pm #156838wasiF1ParticipantThat is awesome.Once I was talking a lot about having 20 races now we will in 2011.I do think that FIA & FOM with the teams & drivers with no testing they can effort to have 25 races (CRAZY MAY BE) per season if they can arrange the races under a good plan. Like back to back races in Abu Dhabi & Bahrain, all the races in one continent will be finished at one go.
23rd December 2010, 16:09 at 4:09 pm #156839wasiF1ParticipantIf it does happens as Bernie says he can’t arrange more then 20 then to bring money to his pocket & new circuit he will let some traditional circuit like Spa,Monza,Monaco to be strip out of the calender.
23rd December 2010, 17:16 at 5:16 pm #156840CalumParticipantAs long as these are ‘keepers’ I’ll be happy enough
United Kingdom – Silverstone
Belgium – Spa
Italy – Monza
Monaco – Monte Carlo
Japan – Suzuka
I’d add Shanghai – for some reason I’ve had a random craving to go to a race there!!
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