Comments on: Debate: Will you miss Magny-Cours?

By: Torbjørn

Torbjørn — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:40:19 +0000

Give us back Paul Richard at Le Castellet and the full length version with the 2,4 km Straight

By: Massimo Valz Gris

Massimo Valz Gris — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:53:13 +0000

I will not miss it because races make traks, not tracks make races.
Anyway is very sad that a storic circuit is kicked out just because it doesn’t have luxury infrastructures around. Tells you a lot about F1 these days…

By: milos

milos — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:44:30 +0000

will not miss Magny Cours, but French GP should return somewhere else

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:49:47 +0000

Magny-Couers in the wet was fun. If rain could be guaranteed every race, I’d be happy for F1 to remain as long as possible. However, dry and dull races are far more common…

As it stands, I’m not keen on Paul Ricard simply because it has no grandstands and Bernie doesn’t intend building any. Tilke’s record is variable – Bahrain and Shanghai were not so good, but Turkey was thrilling. I hope the replacement circuit is like the latter and not the former. However, F1 started in France and should respect its heritage. So there should be a French GP somewhere – even if they have to miss next year to get it sorted.

By: Abhinav

Abhinav — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:20:39 +0000

I doubt I would miss it.

How about a real race circuit rather than temporary circuits like the one in Paris(Disneyland?).Or maybe one of the alternative configurations of Paul-Ricard.

By: Robert McKay

Robert McKay — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:26:50 +0000

Presuming it will be replaced by another Tilkedrome featuring “1km long straight A” followed by “tight left/right hairpin B” and obligatory massive centrepiece building that only the glitterati can get near, I’m not sure the alternative will be any better.

Yep, it’s a dull track. But I largely expect it to be replace with a dull track closer to somewhere else. Perhaps with a gimmick like night racing in tow.

By: Nathan Jones

Nathan Jones — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:35:03 +0000