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D-Type World Champion
Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 2562 Location: Coulsdon, UK
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 01:16 Post subject: Least favourite track |
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I've seen 'Best driver', and 'Favourite track' on every forum I've visited and also 'Worst driver' which i have to admit I'm slightly uncomfortable with.
So let's have people's views on tracks either as a real spectator, a TV spectator, as a challenge to a driver, as a virtual driver (GP Legends etc), etc.
Rather than just say 'Somewhere Park' please say why you dislike it? _________________ The more you learn, the more you realise how little you know. |
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GillesVilleneuve27 F3 Racer
Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 247
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 09:07 Post subject: |
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| Unpopular choice here but I am going to say Monaco, I hate the place and if it wasn't for its glamourous location it should have been canned years ago, overtaking and passing is virtually non existent and its nothing more than a race of attrition |
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McLareanNUMBA1 F2 Racer

Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Posts: 413 Location: McLaren garage
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 10:03 Post subject: |
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| Monaco for me is thebest track i've been to see the race 4 times now it's my favouite. I don't like Barcelona i think that it's dull and you rarely get a good race thease days. |
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White Lightning Site Admin

Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 6002 Location: London, UK
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 14:56 Post subject: |
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Since 1998 of all the tracks I've seen F1 racing on, Magny-Cours is my least favourite.
There's one overtaking spot, two on a good day if you include Lycee, it's boring, flat, no challenge and never produces a good race.
I could say the same about Imola, but that's mainly the car's fault and it has so much history, so Magny it is. |
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tiggers Site Admin

Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 5210 Location: Alderaan
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 15:18 Post subject: |
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Monaco - only on the circuit due to history and almost never has amy real racing. 1992 was fun, but on any other track Niogel would have been long gone.
Barcelona - dull, lifeless, monotonous circuit with few overtaking opportunities.
Magny Cours - much like Barcelona with less overtaking opportunities and several other reasons that I'd better not mention on here. |
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nojvnof1 F1 Test Driver

Joined: 04 Mar 2004 Posts: 706 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 09:49 Post subject: |
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they're all pretty boring except for Spa and Suzuka and Silverstone, the rest aren't that special. _________________ Gilles and Jacques - The Villeneuve Dynasty
"Humanity makes itself unnecessarily complicated simply by not telling it like it is" - Jacques Villeneuve |
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MarkD F1 Test Driver

Joined: 05 May 2004 Posts: 649 Location: Essex, UK
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 13:21 Post subject: |
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Monaco. Proof that F1 revolves around money not racing.
Not only is it impossible to overtake when racing, but even following the safety car can be a challenge  |
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Carol Grand Prix Winner
Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 1431
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 13:46 Post subject: |
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From a (real) spectator's point of view, Monaco. You pay a ridiculous amount (two and a half times what it costs at Silverstone ) for a grandstand seat (and the grandstands aren't at all 'grand') and see very little. Of the dozen circuits I've been to, it's the only one I wouldn't bother going to again. |
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chrisledger F3 Racer

Joined: 08 Apr 2004 Posts: 254 Location: Liverpool, England
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 14:05 Post subject: |
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If Monaco was the only slow track, I would not have a problem with it - as an item of curiosity. In-car camera footage is breathtaking as having the scenery so close gives an impression of speed that is missing from tracks without such landmarks.
However the race is usually dull, it is hardly the best street cicruit in the world. I've no idea what it is like as a spectator but the expense and claustrophobia and "okay yah" types does not make we want to go there. They don't want us regular people there really.
There is an American saying; a "pick 'em", which comes from gambling, it means there is so little to choose between your choices, you just have to take your pick. Since so many of the tracks are sterile as hell now, it really is a "pick 'em". |
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jgodfr F2 Racer

Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 350 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 16:27 Post subject: |
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That must be Spain for me. Very boring and too well known to the teams and drivers. _________________ Disclaimer:
All bits and bytes contained within this message have been recycled and are not tested on animals |
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White Lightning Site Admin

Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 6002 Location: London, UK
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 17:15 Post subject: |
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| Speaking of street circuits... could Macau ever hold a GP race? |
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Brutus Grand Prix Winner

Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 1506
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 18:32 Post subject: |
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| SPA. Yes SPA. Since they modified Eau Rouge is just another mikey mouse circuit. |
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juan_pablo_allen F2 Racer

Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 486
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 20:55 Post subject: |
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I am tempted to say Monaco, but after seeing a video of Ayrton Senna doing a qualifying lap round there I beleive it's the biggest challenge a driver faces in F1 these days, although it's the most boring race ever to watch.
In my opinion the most boring track has to be the new Hockenheim. If it had been a new track and not a renovation it wouldn't be on the GP calender as my dog could have done a better job redesigning it. It has lost all the history and tradition of the old circuit and I also don't see why Germany should have two GP's. |
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ElfBerserker Superlicence Holder
Joined: 01 Jul 2004 Posts: 505
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Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 15:54 Post subject: |
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Magny-course _________________ Sauber Rulez!!! |
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bertlovesf1 F1 Driver
Joined: 06 Mar 2004 Posts: 852 Location: Scotland
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| Probably any of the new fangled Hermann Tilke efforts: Sepang is dull. I'll give Bahrain and China time, but they didn't stick out. And new Hockenheim isn't a patch on the old one. |
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