re: F1 2019 Season Thread (Next race: Dec. 1 Abu Dhabi)

Ok, then he saw leclecrc leading for 15 or so laps until it became obvious Mercedes was about to pass him. Wouldn’t it have made more sense to pit leclerc earlier so the important guy didn’t see him getting overtaken by the 2 drivers from the rival team?

I thought the streets looked a little dead

Lando switched to the softs under the VSC and Stroll picked up 7 seconds on him. Not sure what happened there

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Ferrari should get penalized for not knowing how to run a team.

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Yep.

From driving it in sims, Zandvoort is very cool, but it doesn't seem appropriate for modern F1. It's an old-school narrow track and it seems like not enough passing zones.

Also, even though it's a relatively new track, I think of Catalunya as one of the core F1 tracks. The teams love testing there, so I think they would be pissed if there's no race there.

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From driving it in sims, Zandvoort is very cool, but it doesn't seem appropriate for modern F1. It's an old-school narrow track and it seems like not enough passing zones.

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It's not in any of the sims I've driven but I'd have to agree with this.

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Also, even though it's a relatively new track, I think of Catalunya as one of the core F1 tracks. The teams love testing there, so I think they would be pissed if there's no race there.

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I always thought so too. I can't imagine not having the Spanish GP on the calendar. But...

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I think the Autosport podcast mentioned difficulties negotiating a deal with the track, which was compounded by Fernando Alonso not being in F1 anymore (which I guess was a big draw).

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This is the real problem. As I mentioned in an earlier post, tracks are having to rely on government subsidies to make any money off of F1 events because FOM is squeezing every nickel until the buffalo shits. When those subsidies dry up, the track can't host the event anymore and F1 goes elsewhere. At least this time they're going to a purpose-built track instead of an ad hoc street circuit.

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Street Circuits are the best opportunity to see races in non-oligarchy states, less investment building purpose-built F1 tracks.

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Yeah I get that. But street circuits suck.

Also, when you're even having a discussion about replacing a historic track like Silverstone with a street circuit in London, something is broken.

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Also, when you're even having a discussion about replacing a historic track like Silverstone with a street circuit in London, something is broken.

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Truth. There should be a race at Silverstone and one in downtown London. That is extreme, but the general idea. Run races where there are fans.

That is if we are talking about bringing the fans back into the sport.