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2 May 2006, 23:44 (Ref:1599759) | #1 | |
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Two races for Japan in 2007?
It's possible that Suzuka could host a GP in the spring of 2007.http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpa...s_art_id=27851
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The more the better !
Japan deserves it. |
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3 May 2006, 00:08 (Ref:1599767) | #3 | ||
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thats great news, as suzuka is a great track, and was a shame to hear it was dropped off the calendar in the first place...
And besides all this - makes for another race closer to our time zone so that i don't have to stay up to 1am on a monday morning! woohooo! |
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3 May 2006, 00:59 (Ref:1599783) | #4 | ||
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Indeed. I can't imagine a season without Suzuka. Besides, if there can be a "Pacific GP" on a track as boring as T1 Aida, why can't there be a "pacific GP" in Suzuka or Mount Fuji?
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3 May 2006, 01:17 (Ref:1599786) | #5 | ||
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Well that article is not news as such, it is just speculation it seems...
However, I personally suspect something like this will be arranged. I have suspected so since the annoucnement of Fuji as the Japanese GP, seeing as Bernie will be able get a shedload of cash out of Honda for the "privellige" of hosting a GP. Sharky, am I missing something? Is Fuji, i.e. the new Japanese GP, not Mount Fuji? |
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Anyway, what I mean is that preserving the race at suzuka while running againt at the Fuji circuit would be good for the sport. |
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3 May 2006, 04:13 (Ref:1599815) | #7 | |
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Not if you're the country that loses it's round so that Japan can have 2.
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Please let it be sayoonara Hungary!
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3 May 2006, 14:34 (Ref:1600089) | #9 | ||
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I hope Suzuka is retained, but at the cost of what round? I'd go with Skam about getting rid of Hungary, but i can't see that happening.
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Hmm I'm wondering whether Hockenheim will be the gonner (maybe return on a rotational basis with Nurby), eliminating the title of the "European Grand Prix"...
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Just get rid of Imola (and Hungary of course), makes it a so much nicer calendar
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3 May 2006, 18:44 (Ref:1600226) | #12 | ||
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that would make 4 fly away races to start the year. i would like it but can the teams manage it?
as for a race to drop - i guess it would have to be one of the races in Germany simply because the Hock has already said they cant Hack it |
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That's assuming they don't move one of the other early-season races. I would've thought doing Malaysia and Suzuka back to back early in the year and China/Fuji back to back later wouldn't be too expensive.
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Yup, or vice versa.
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if OZ is first in 07, which has been said when they moved it this year, and a race in Bahrain would have to be completed before the summer cause it gets real hot in the desert, you dont really have alot of choices left. |
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I was at Fuji Speedway yesterday for Super GT - I have very serious doubt about its capability to host a GP - the spectator facilities are non existant (though the pit complex is spot on if a little bland) and there is not a lot of paddock space. Dur to the design of the track there is almost no margin to improve it either as far as I could see. The two approach roads are terrible - worse than Spa. A crowd of 80,000 creates a 6 or 7 hour traffic jam (not a joke, yesterday was 2 - 3 hours) the GP will be expecting about 200,000 it will be a farce. I asked various people who know all about Japanese motorsport and they agreed that it was unlikely to work.
Nice to see that the banking has been preserved though. |
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