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I'm with Griff on this, Monaco.
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The last few pages of this thread are...
It's not even that I disagree, but the level of detachment from reality is impressive to behold. I say this with affection, as I love you all... |
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It wasn't my intention to kill the thread! I feel bad now .
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14 Oct 2021, 12:10 (Ref:4078423) | #2804 | |
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It’s ok, we’re stay waiting for the official 2022 calendar to come out. I just hope it has enough quality GPs on it
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15 Oct 2021, 02:01 (Ref:4078519) | #2805 | ||
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Ray of light for Albert Park.New South Wales has just announced quarantine free entry for people from overseas from 1 November.Now we just need Victoria to do the same thing.
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2 steps back.In deference to his hillbilly voter base Morrison has said that while he will allow quarantine free entry for double vaxxed,negative test Australians he won’t allow it for double vaxxed,negative test non Australians.
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I am sure Albert Park will return. Things are getting back to normal in Australia after too long. We should hopefully have an Oz GP next year
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Here is the provisional 2022 Formula 1 calendar.
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15 Oct 2021, 17:01 (Ref:4078617) | #2810 | |
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Having that Miami race after the start of the European calendar just seems like a dumb compromise of having too many races. It would make sense to tie it with Canada but that would mean no break after Azerbaijan or before GB. Why not just race in Miami after Australia (if it happens) and push back San Marino a week?
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Miami has a LOT of events on their calendar that have been around for years. I would guess that's the time worked out with their events and weather. You are NOT running Miami after May, June-Sept is a MESS with humidity and every afternoon it pours. And when that stops hurricanes take up the slack. Technically hurricane season is June-Dec and skewed to mid-August to Dec. They are stuck with an early in the season race and that's when they run multiple fashion events and art stuff, and yes they are huge in town and take up lots of space and hotels.
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Yeah - getting back to normal on the Eastern seaboard. Not all the way there (yet) but announcements made, plans laid and we're heading there - by mid/late November we should be either all the way or very close to "normal".
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All of those restrictive considerations around Miami kind of makes you wonder why it was sooo important to have a race there!
First we had the local objections, then the actual layout plans. Get that sorted only to discover there's only about 3 or 4 weeks in the whole year that it can actually work?? Bonkers. |
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It does make you wonder indeed why they made all that effort, if it’s really not worth the effort
Fair play to them for organising it, but it was a lot of hard work and they can’t pick and choose when to have it , so it doesn’t make much sense to do use all that time and effort. So that’s a strange one |
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So with Miami, some things haven’t changed then? I guess that adds to the charm of the city in some ways, but it also means it can be a bit less developed than other cities
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Might have to get nostalgic about Albert Park soon:
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I don't know if this has been done before, but how would you shape your perfect calendar for the F1 season? Here is mine; I was going to have a 20-race season, as I think that is the right number, but didn't want to drop any of the final 21 I cut down to, so have made it a 21-race season.
1. Australian GP - Albert Park This always has to be the first race of the season. There's nothing quite like getting up in the early hours for race one of the new F1 season, and it hasn't been the same with Bahrain these last few seasons. 2. Malaysian GP - Sepang A track I have missed since it was dropped, and the scene of one of my favourite ever races in 2012. 3. Bahrain GP - Sakhir This one has grown on me in recent seasons, but shouldn't be the opening round. 4. Portuguese GP - Portimao A great track for side-by-side racing, my favourite of the new tracks visited in 2020. 5. Spanish GP - Catalunya Not a popular track, but one I enjoy watching, and also the scene of my first Grand Prix. 6. Monaco GP - Monte Carlo Not great for overtaking, but still a track I would hate to see ever removed from the calendar. 7. Canadian GP - Montreal Another excellent track that almost always provides good racing and that I have missed recently. And the scene of what I believe to be the greatest race of all time in 2011. 8. Azerbaijan GP - Baku Always provides good racing. David Croft's words after the 2018 were, 'crazy, crazy, crazy race. Can we race in Baku every week?' 9. Austrian GP - Red Bull Ring One of the best races on the current calendar for side-by-side action. 10. British GP - Silverstone I believe this is the best track for Formula 1. Great to watch the cars, and great for close racing. 11. German GP - Nurburgring/Hockenheim (alternating years) Germany has two great tracks, neither of which are on the current calendar, unfortunately, but I'd love to have both back, alternating like they used to. 12. Hungarian GP - Hungaroring A track that often provides great races despite being difficult to overtake on. 13. Belgian GP - Spa-Francorchamps The second best track in the world for Formula 1, in my opinion. Should never be removed from the calendar. 14. Italian GP - Monza With more races in the history of F1 than any other track, this is one with too much history to ever drop. 15. San Marino GP - Imola A track that has had a very welcome revival due to the strange calendar required for 2020. 16. European GP - Brands Hatch/Donington Park (alternating) This would be extremely difficult to actually make happen, particularly for Brands, but these are two tracks which I love and think it would be amazing if we could have a modern F1 race there. I don't think this will happen. 17. Dutch GP - Zandvoort Finally returned to the calendar in 2021 and what a great track it is. It is a joy to watch the cars on those banked corners. 18. Singapore GP - Marina Bay Doesn't usually provide great racing, but is a race I enjoy nonetheless. If I had to drop one for a 20-race calendar, it would be Singapore. 19. Japanese GP - Suzuka A very much missed track these last two years, despite not always producing great races. 20. United States GP - Circuit of the Americas The scene of this weekend's race has been a welcome addition to the calendar in the last ten years. 21. Brazilian GP - Interlagos It is wrong that this has not been the scene of the final race of the season since 2013, and that needs to change. Produces great final round action. |
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Most of that list is fine, but IMO there needs to be a GP in France, which is missing from there. It’s the birthplace of both motor racing and Grand Prix racing. For me it was a travesty it was off the calendar for so long
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