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Avalon Motor Park in place of Albert Park for the Australian GP

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  • #131218
    Red
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    I happen to stumble along the plans for Avalon new race track, potentially for V8supercars and even F1. Given how superior the track looks, should the race be shifted from Albert Park?

    Avalon Motor Park

    #198620
    Joey-Poey
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    The esses leave me pretty meh, but I love the bent front-straight! Kind of a neat feature.

    #198621
    Prisoner Monkeys
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    I’m pretty sure Ron Walker has already shot down the prospect of moving the race away from Albert Park.

    #198622
    ScuderiaVincero
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    I’d give it another fast corner, maybe loosen up the esses. Other than that, looks good!

    #198623
    matt90
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    I don’t particularly like the switchback section on paper, but it otherwise looks alright.

    #198624
    Funkyf1
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    I was led to believe that this was Lindsay Fox’s project and partly instigated to keep the F1’s in Melbourne.

    #198625
    necrodethmortem
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    I’m hardly a Tilke fan, but if this is the alternative, I might have to become one. How many useless slow corners can you get into 5km?

    #198626
    Zazeems
    Participant

    I agree with necrodethmortem. The esses look okay, but are neutered by the fact that there’s a slow corner straight after them, so the drivers wont carry any speed through the exit. Also, what is with the slow corners!? Seriously, on that circuit there are 7 ‘fast’ corners, but three of these will simply be acceleration zones, and 8 slow corners. Utterly ridiculous.

    I’ve never been a fan of Tilke, but I have to say his plans for the New Jersey Grand Prix look incredible, and this is as bad as some of the worst dross he’s come up with.

    #198627
    Stephen Jones
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    yeah, i’m 90% sure this got shot down a couple of years ago..

    There’s no point in F1 coming to Australia if it’s racing at a tilke-drome in the middle of nowhere (no, this isn’t tilke). They might as well just build a track in europe..

    #198628
    necrodethmortem
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    How about the Australian Grand Prix returning to it’s roots and use some rural road? Think about the amazing Lobethal, Longford, Gnoo Blas and of course Bathurst.

    Here’s a possible track: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5438451

    The layout is a bit of a reference to Longford and Gnoo Blas, with long straights with tricky fast bends and hard, tricky braking zones. Pretty remote, but only a 1 and 3/4 hour drive from the capital and less than 4 hours from Sydney. I bet some Aussies have neighbors that live further away than that :P

    #198629
    damonsmedley
    Participant

    Well, Longford isn’t an option as it’s all built over now. Major highways are in place of the original track, and only 2 or 3 bends of the circuit remain, with the flying mile still intact. The viaduct is completely inaccessible by road and the bridge that led back to the start/finish straight no longer exists. :-(

    #198630
    Thecollaroyboys
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    I’ve got two words for you – Phillip Island! I know, too thin, too this, too that… but what a spectacle

    #198631
    Prisoner Monkeys
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    @thecollaroyboys – What spectacle? Phillip Island has produced some terrible racing in the V8s, so I doubt Formula 1 could do any better.

    #198632
    SouthAussie94
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    Lobethal would be AMAZING! Although highly impractical…

    For those that don’t know it, the track is in the Adelaide Hills, about 30-40 minute drive from the CBD. Its about 14km long and similar to what the old Spa circuit would have been like, long straight built on country roads passing through small towns.

    http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5438993

    It hasn’t been used for racing since the 1940’s but they had held several demonstrations there a few years ago with classic cars and motorbikes that raced on the track in the 1930’s and 40’s.

    It would never happen but we can dream.. :)

    #198633
    necrodethmortem
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    Sadly, none of the existing or historical rural tracks are possible, maybe apart from Gnoo Blas, that’s why I proposed a new track.

    I think a countryside Grand Prix would add a lot of character to the F1 calendar. Maybe instead of one of those sterile modern concrete shoebox pits, they could give each team their own barn.

    In my search I also found a road that reminds me of the old Francorchamps. It has a La Source, a Masta kink and a Blanchimont :)

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