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Zandvoort 5.5km
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6753288I was inspired by what happened in Mexico: An traditional racetrack, within a major city using existing structures
So I created a few this one works for the challenge!Finnish GP at Keimola Motor Stadium
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6750164
+ Proximity to Helsinki
+ Reviving an old Circuit
+ I would assume the Finns are crazy about racing (they do have to great Drivers in F1 alone)
– No infrastructure
– No elevation Changes
– Maybe ruining an old circuitThere are two parts to the money issue formula 1 has currently. Obviously the cost are staggering but Formula 1 has also missed the ball on being a 21st century organisation. I believe if they were up to data on promoting and online presence there would be more money coming in that could be distributed and teams would get more from their sponsors.
In regards to cost vs. development, it looks like the big teams will spent the money anyways. According to Ron Dennis they just have to run tests that are more expensive and less efficient. Which would make it even harder for the low budget teams to catch up.
So I have two ideas:
1. Build a Formula 1 owned Wind tunnel next to Silverstone and let all teams that don’t have their own use it. Details need to be worked out, obviously but this should give smaller teams some help.
2. A luxury tax that will be paid for every pound over a certain threshold. and then distributed to the other teams, similar to what happens in the NBA and MLB. If you put the threshold at 200 million and have tax of 10% and Team A spents 300 million it would have to pay an additional 10 million in luxury tax. This will help evening out the field without hurting the big teams to much but also make cost cutting more appealing.
