The Motorsport Thread (was the F1 thread)

Zappa88 wrote: JJLehto wrote: Ineresting....and There is that Sebastian Loeb in Rally, and Jimmie Johnson in NASCAR. All motorsports are being dominated! And  since I DO get SPEED at my dorm....maybe I'll try catching some CC races.   If anybody is dominating NASCAR right now then its Mark Martin. Hell, he only started 6 of 8 races this season and is still in the top 10 in points.

Starting appreciation threads about yourself pwns hardcore

I'll be sure to catch the CC race...see if I like it.

Bourdais dominates again, setting fastest lap of the race on the last lap, ahead of his team mate Graham Rahall (youngest ever CC podium finisher now) and Doornbos. Looks like its going to be a very good season there as there are a lot of fast cars, but we have to wait 6 weeks for the next race.

I only just found out that team GB and New Zealand won the A1GP races in China last week.

JJLehto wrote: Sorry sleeper, guess I turned this into a general motorsports thread.... This gap in F1 just proved to be too long!

I think me you Zappa and Memo have all turned this into a general racer thread together.

I agree the gap is too long, and were only 1 week into it!

JJLehto wrote: I don't know the details...but heard they were changing the La Source hairpin at Spa. If they're like, getting rid of it all together....guess that's another classic down the tube. They're moving out of all the classic tracks into these new ones (although I like Malaysia, China, and Turkey) but we are losing classics, OR they're being radically altered. I know it's all in the name of safety....but F1 is supposed to be the top racing sport and I think we're kind of losing it....   But hey, guess that's why I don't do business right?

La Source is staying the same, a new pit complex is being built and the Bus Stop chicane is being re-profiled (again, about the third time in 5-6 years).

I dont like most of the new tracks that are coming in, there all boreing "Tilke-dromes" (Hermann Tilke being the designer of choice at the moment), the problem is is that they are coming in with massive backing from their governments to try and boost tourism, where as Euro governments couldnt really justify such expenditure.

Suzuka lost out because Honda arent as will ing to spend as much money on their track as Toyota were on Fuji.

Well, the drivers that have driven it have said its pretty dull and souless. its basically a 1 mile straight with a hairpin then a series of medium speed, technically challenging curves that make for crap racing. 

I'm a bit late, but May 1st was the aniversary of Ayrton Senna's death at Imola '94.




Edited by sleeper - May 01 2007 at 20:54

JJLehto wrote: It' still May 1st here in the States! I CAN'T believe I didn't remember this! (I've been busy) Thanks Sleeper. What a tragedy, but at least he died doing what he did best, leading the race. Also, can't forget yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Ronald Ratzenberger.   If only Senna lived, it would've been great to see him battle Schumacher. Maybe he might have not won so many titles?

Actually, in a couple of days its the aniversary of Gilles Vielleneuves death as well. Now the though of a rivalry between GV and AS is absolutely mouth watering.

Its a shame Fate had other ideas.