Cheers,
Paul
> : Absolutely Matt! Silverstone is flat and few of the corners are linked
> : even with the modern revamp. Why does it get chosen to host the
> : British Grand Prix year after year when there are so many much more
> : interesting circuits in Britain - many of which have the facilities
> : to host a Grand Prix - eg. Brands Hatch, Donnington Park, Oulton Park etc
> : etc. Another Bernie Ecclestone fix up deal perchance?
> You are surely joking here? Brands and Donnington could maybe be
> bought up to GP standard (they used to be GP standard when GP standard
> was much more lax) but Oulton? It's a great circuit but most of it is
> not wide enough for 2 F1 cars side by side even if they were
> co-operating. Where exactly would the overtaking spot be? Touring Cars
> and F3s find it hard to pass at Oulton. Add to that the fact that for
> the Touring Cars this year the congestion going into Oulton was terrible
> - for a GP you'd have to set off driving the previous week. The average
> city inner-ring road would be a more suitable F1 venue than Oulton.
> Which is not to say it's not a great circuit - it is - but not for F1.
> Incidentally, did you see Autosport this week? Bernie saying that
> Silverstone does not have a god given right to the British GP and he'll
> move it to Brands if they don't improve things.
> --
> Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving
> Dept. of Mathematics (Network Control group) Uni. of York.
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