Should be really cool to see the Champcars on this nice track :-)
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ed_
> Should be really cool to see the Champcars on this nice track :-)
- A chicane before T1
- T1 is now a right-left-right configuration
- The approach to the hairpin is shorter
- Another chicane before the entrance to the last corner
The funny thing about this Mexico City race is that the organizers
already had 150.000 enquieries about tickets when the race was still a
rumour. The stand capacity will be 300.000 and they talk about 100.000
more in general admission. How they are going to cram 400.000 people
around the track is a different question, but in the end of the day it
will outnumber the Indy500 as the biggest one day sporting event. :)
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Olav K. Malmin
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> > Speaking of CART.. I just read on Autosport.com that the Champcars will
> > visit a *former* F1 venue next season :-)
> > They've made a 4 year deal that sees them holding races at Autodromo
> > Hermanos Rodriguez near Mexico City. The track, whilch is also
featured
> in
> > GPL (old version that is) hosted an F1 race as late as 1992. (Won by
> Nigel
> > Mansell in Williams if my memory serves me right...)
> > Should be really cool to see the Champcars on this nice track :-)
> > --
> > ed_
Indianapolis: population ~1million, Indy 500 attendance: 400-450,000
Mexico City: population ~22million, Hopeful attendance: 400-450,000
And it gets better when they look to China for the hope there. CART is
having to go to huge areas of dense population in order to equal
attendance for a race in the MidWest United States in a rather small city.
No race that CART can come up with will ever replace the stature of the
Indy 500. They've tried before (US500) and they now appear to be trying
again. The race can be quite good, but it will never replace Indy in any
shape or form.
-Pav
> > Speaking of CART.. I just read on Autosport.com that the Champcars will
> > visit a *former* F1 venue next season :-)
> > They've made a 4 year deal that sees them holding races at Autodromo
> > Hermanos Rodriguez near Mexico City. The track, whilch is also featured in
> > GPL (old version that is) hosted an F1 race as late as 1992. (Won by Nigel
> > Mansell in Williams if my memory serves me right...)
> > Should be really cool to see the Champcars on this nice track :-)
> Indeed it will. And the basic track layout is very equal to the GPL
> track, apart from the following:
> - A chicane before T1
> - T1 is now a right-left-right configuration
> - The approach to the hairpin is shorter
> - Another chicane before the entrance to the last corner
> The funny thing about this Mexico City race is that the organizers
> already had 150.000 enquieries about tickets when the race was still a
> rumour. The stand capacity will be 300.000 and they talk about 100.000
> more in general admission. How they are going to cram 400.000 people
> around the track is a different question, but in the end of the day it
> will outnumber the Indy500 as the biggest one day sporting event. :)
> --
> Olav K. Malmin
> remove .spam when replying
--Steve
> > Lest we all forget why F1 no longer visits Mexico City: riots that make
> > Europe's soccer hooligans look like the Vienna Boys Choir!
> > > Speaking of CART.. I just read on Autosport.com that the Champcars
will
> > > visit a *former* F1 venue next season :-)
> > > They've made a 4 year deal that sees them holding races at Autodromo
> > > Hermanos Rodriguez near Mexico City. The track, whilch is also
> featured
> > in
> > > GPL (old version that is) hosted an F1 race as late as 1992. (Won by
> > Nigel
> > > Mansell in Williams if my memory serves me right...)
> > > Should be really cool to see the Champcars on this nice track :-)
> > > --
> > > ed_
> Sorry--FUSSbol!
> --Steve
> > FOOTBALL!!!! ;-)
> > > Lest we all forget why F1 no longer visits Mexico City: riots that make
> > > Europe's soccer hooligans look like the Vienna Boys Choir!
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|\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather,
ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep.
|,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car,
'---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!
>Indianapolis: population ~1million, Indy 500 attendance: 400-450,000
I don't think they're even considering trying to replace the Indy 500.
That's almost impossible, the race has close to 100 years of history
behind it. I think they're simply trying to put on new races in new
markets, expanding the series globally. And they're doing alright, if
they quit all this ridiculous politics and controversy they seem to
love.
All in all, looks like it'll be a fantastic race. :)
Rafe Mc
Warlock!
> Indianapolis: population ~1million, Indy 500 attendance: 400-450,000
> Mexico City: population ~22million, Hopeful attendance: 400-450,000
> And it gets better when they look to China for the hope there. CART is
> having to go to huge areas of dense population in order to equal
> attendance for a race in the MidWest United States in a rather small city.
> No race that CART can come up with will ever replace the stature of the
> Indy 500. They've tried before (US500) and they now appear to be trying
> again. The race can be quite good, but it will never replace Indy in any
> shape or form.
> -Pav
> > > Speaking of CART.. I just read on Autosport.com that the Champcars will
> > > visit a *former* F1 venue next season :-)
> > > They've made a 4 year deal that sees them holding races at Autodromo
> > > Hermanos Rodriguez near Mexico City. The track, whilch is also featured in
> > > GPL (old version that is) hosted an F1 race as late as 1992. (Won by Nigel
> > > Mansell in Williams if my memory serves me right...)
> > > Should be really cool to see the Champcars on this nice track :-)
> > Indeed it will. And the basic track layout is very equal to the GPL
> > track, apart from the following:
> > - A chicane before T1
> > - T1 is now a right-left-right configuration
> > - The approach to the hairpin is shorter
> > - Another chicane before the entrance to the last corner
> > The funny thing about this Mexico City race is that the organizers
> > already had 150.000 enquieries about tickets when the race was still a
> > rumour. The stand capacity will be 300.000 and they talk about 100.000
> > more in general admission. How they are going to cram 400.000 people
> > around the track is a different question, but in the end of the day it
> > will outnumber the Indy500 as the biggest one day sporting event. :)
> > --
> > Olav K. Malmin
> > remove .spam when replying
