I just saw the CART 2002 schedule and was a little bit
irritated, due to the new canadien race in Montreal.
Isn't the F1 racing on circuit Gilles Villenuve next year?
I thought there was an agreement between CART & FIA not to
race on the same circuits. Am I wrong?
Joachim
> I just saw the CART 2002 schedule and was a little bit
> irritated, due to the new canadien race in Montreal.
> Isn't the F1 racing on circuit Gilles Villenuve next year?
> I thought there was an agreement between CART & FIA not to
> race on the same circuits. Am I wrong?
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> > Hi,
> > I just saw the CART 2002 schedule and was a little bit
> > irritated, due to the new canadien race in Montreal.
> > Isn't the F1 racing on circuit Gilles Villenuve next year?
> > I thought there was an agreement between CART & FIA not to
> > race on the same circuits. Am I wrong?
> Yes you are. That agreement were dropp last year I think. CART can
> race anywhere they want, but I think F1 get to choose first.
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> Olav K. Malmin
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>I just saw the CART 2002 schedule and was a little bit
>irritated, due to the new canadien race in Montreal.
>Isn't the F1 racing on circuit Gilles Villenuve next year?
>I thought there was an agreement between CART & FIA not to
>race on the same circuits. Am I wrong?
>Joachim
The agreement as I understand it is that CART will only race on oval
tracks outside of N America. Road/street/ovals/whatever inside N
America. Hence the two new ovals in UK and Germany. I'm not sure about
any agreement for the same circuit, but others say that it has been
abandoned.
Rafe Mc
>I just saw the CART 2002 schedule and was a little bit
>irritated, due to the new canadien race in Montreal.
>Isn't the F1 racing on circuit Gilles Villenuve next year?
>I thought there was an agreement between CART & FIA not to
>race on the same circuits. Am I wrong?
>Joachim
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The prohibition on CART running only ovals, not road courses, outside the
U.S. was thanx to Bernie Ecclestone putting pressure on his stooge, Max
Mosely, son of the WW II fascist, and currently major domo of the FIA. As
usual, Bernie was treading roughshod on legality, and some Euro commerce
commission shot him down. Now CART is free to run road races anywhere in
the world they please...if they can just get their all-but-moribund act
together.
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> >Hi,
> >I just saw the CART 2002 schedule and was a little bit
> >irritated, due to the new canadien race in Montreal.
> >Isn't the F1 racing on circuit Gilles Villenuve next year?
> >I thought there was an agreement between CART & FIA not to
> >race on the same circuits. Am I wrong?
> >Joachim
> Don't be disappointed, be happy! The CART race at Montreal should be
> great, and F1 will be there next year as well. Win, win.
> The agreement as I understand it is that CART will only race on oval
> tracks outside of N America. Road/street/ovals/whatever inside N
> America. Hence the two new ovals in UK and Germany. I'm not sure about
> any agreement for the same circuit, but others say that it has been
> abandoned.
> Rafe Mc
I was under the impression that they were REMOVING a couple of chicanes, on
the theory that a) the CART cars don't handle well enuf to handle the
chicanes, or b) they're too slow to need them (take yer pick). But
basically, yer right, they will run slightly different courses to avoid
direct comparisons.
--Steve
> > I just saw the CART 2002 schedule and was a little bit
> > irritated, due to the new canadien race in Montreal.
> > Isn't the F1 racing on circuit Gilles Villenuve next year?
> > I thought there was an agreement between CART & FIA not to
> > race on the same circuits. Am I wrong?
> > Joachim
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> > Relax Joachim,
> > Both CART and F1 will be racing at JV. You are not loosing a round
of F1
> > to CART. The CART track layout will most likely be modified somewhat, I
> > beleive they are adding a couple of chicanes to the track layout. This
will
> > prevent fans from comparing the two series and drawing direct
conclusions as
> > to which is faster.
> It's too bad that has to done. It would be interesting to see how the two
> series compare on a track like Montreal. I know the F1 cars would get
around
> quicker, but by how much? Adding more chicanes to that circuit is also a
shame.
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>I was under the impression that they were REMOVING a couple of chicanes, on
>the theory that a) the CART cars don't handle well enuf to handle the
>chicanes, or b) they're too slow to need them (take yer pick). But
>basically, yer right, they will run slightly different courses to avoid
>direct comparisons.
Eldred
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Why not wait and see what the actual configuration is before making a
judgement? It's all just rumor at this point...
BTW, the idea that Champ Cars can't handle chicanes or aren't fast enough
to need them is just ludicrous. Sure, F1 cars are quicker on road
courses, but the CART machines are no slouches.
Jim
>> What a chicken-(bleep) way to do things... :(
>Why not wait and see what the actual configuration is before making a
>judgement? It's all just rumor at this point...
Eldred
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