F1 Fanatic

Here’s a thread I’ve been meaning to put up for a while. The title’s a bit vague, so I shall explain…

We all believe we’re well acquainted with the circuits on the F1 calendar, but the reality is we only get to see them 3 days a year. Many circuits can look entirely different when the F1 circus is elsewhere. The street circuits are the obvious examples, but there are others.

Here’s an example- Eau Rouge in the winter: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/EauRougeInTheSnow.jpg You can still recognise it, but it looks more like a ski slope than an F1 circuit!

I’m also looking for circuits as they looked while still under construction, as well as former circuits which have been built over, or, in the case of Hockenheim, abandoned to nature: http://theracingline.net/racingcircuits/archives/Hockenheim/fb05-004.jpg

http://www.circuitsofthepast.nl/English.html

actually his a whole website dedicated to this stuff

more hockenheim: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Hockenheim_Decay.jpg/800px-Hockenheim_Decay.jpg

WOW, didnt expect that, nowadays it would be hard to chose where to put DRS there :P

And this one is…er…less than interesting but just in case you were wondering this is what Yas Marina pit straight looks like in April! (on my birthday infact!)

http://twitpic.com/6763qu

Ahhh this thread is nothing without the old monza banking…

http://i.pbase.com/u41/paul_h/upload/33206836.monz1095br.jpg

I have to admit, i never realised, until now, that the turn1 chicane is so close to the old banks

The sad remains of Reims too http://www.pbase.com/kayjaynz/gp_circuit_reims
I hate seeing old circuits abandoned, like the Hokenheim straights

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5011717

How the circuit joined up to the start finish section to complete the circuit (roughly).