Comments on: F1 cars in action at Abu Dhabi (pictures)

By: Pink Peril

Pink Peril — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:13:24 +0000

While it certainly looks impressive, I still don’t like it. I prefer to watch cars racing around, you know, actual tracks. This circuit looks like they are racing around an Olympic Stadium in the carpark.

By: NickO

NickO — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:22:56 +0000

I read somewhere else that this place represents the start of a new era, that includes the end of Mosley.

It does seem a long way from the days when a bunch of grim pasty faced punters would hang around a bleak Northamptonshire aerodrome to watch drivers who’d stub out a Benson & Hedges before climbing into a scary car.

Now it’s over-budgeted attention-seeking lurid architecture as a backdrop, for, well, over budgeted attention-seeking F1 cars, driven by cosseted, pampered good looking boys.

By: Stephen Luick

Stephen Luick — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:54:18 +0000

these look too good not to be screenshots from some computer program! What’s it like in person, any one know?

By: pawelf1

pawelf1 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:57:40 +0000

Also Kubica isnt Kubica in this picture but Nick

By: m0tion

m0tion — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:33:34 +0000

cool RBR team shot.

By: ken

ken — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:40:17 +0000

MOAR!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Kovy

Kovy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:27:54 +0000

Even though there isn’t too much runoff, it’s still tarmac. It should be grass or gravel.

By: f1dv

f1dv — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:52:06 +0000

fantastic.
the most beautiful race had ever hold i think

By: Dingle Dell

Dingle Dell — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:47:45 +0000

eehh? no sparks? where are those sparks? this track is wayyyyyyyyyyy too smooth like silk oh god… we need BUMPS, that can create SPARKS under the DARK SKY!

boring!!!!

By: Prisoner Monkeys

Prisoner Monkeys — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:43:09 +0000

There’s only ever one racing line, regardless of the circuit in question.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:33:24 +0000

Sorry about this – I did fix the problem a while ago but it doesn’t seem to have been reflected on the site yet. I have made some changes to the caching recently in an effort to make the site run faster, so it could be related to that.

By: Clay

Clay — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:11:45 +0000

I was thinking the same…

By: marc

marc — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:48:40 +0000

Dakshin October 30, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Kimi Raikkonen Red Bull??? Keith – you know something we don’t?

LOL just noticed that I bet if kimi was in red bull they would be the best team. Kimi + vettel or webber. I like it!

By: marc

marc — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:45:39 +0000

love pic number 12 of fisi!!!!! just a F1 car jumping the kerbs with a boat in the background. Its like a track version of Monaco.

By: F1Yankee

F1Yankee — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:10:29 +0000

from speed this morning:

bob varsha: that’s not another hotel in the background, that’s a boat…like david hobbs’.

hobbs: ummmm, yeah.

steve matchette: bahahaha!

and, i completely agree with thestig84. those cars could have been going around the same 2 or 3 turns for all i knew.

By: amtrak

amtrak — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:50:51 +0000

I do hope we don’t see the old ‘only one racing line’ due to sand blowing over circuit.

By: gaz

gaz — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:53:30 +0000

looks great. should still end in brazil but then i used to say it should always end in oz….

it’s very the modern f1 world,which makes the tv companies and sponsers pay ££££££££££ be warned though these gp’s will take the “classic” race tracks of the calender for good.

they have like singapore made a decent fist of this unlike others not a million miles from adu dhabi so fair play………….

By: Thestig84

Thestig84 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:38:01 +0000

Great pics but Im not impressed with another new track where you cant even tell half the corners apart and where are these close barriers…all I saw was tarmac.

Still at least the 5,000 or maybe even 10,000 spectators enjoyed the stunning facilities we constantly hear about. Maybe scoring facilities should play a role in the championship, it seems more important than overtaking and racing:-(

By: Dakshin

Dakshin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:49:36 +0000

Kimi Raikkonen Red Bull??? Keith – you know something we don’t?

By: steph90

steph90 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:47:30 +0000

I’m sure you’re right about RBR and STR photos.
I’m still not sure of the track but then again we haven’t even had the race yet! It does at least give some beautiful pictures.