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That’s a shame, the drivers really seemed to like that Argentine track. I like Zandvoort too, although it’s probably a bit tight for GT1. I went to watch them at Silverstone last year, pity they’re not coming back.

I think that GT1 is sorely in need of a good calendar. Looking at some of the circuit they’ll be visiting, they don’t inspire much in the way of excitement.

First of all, I think they need to bump the number of races up to twelve – four in Europe, four in the Americas and four in Australiasia. And I think they need to find twelve circuits that are very good, but which are not necessarily the first circuits someone would think of for racing. I think the ideal calaendar would look something like this:

Europe – Algarve, Aragon, the Red Bull Ring and Moscow Raceway.
The Americas – Barber, Hermanos Rodriguez, Mont-Tremblant and the Indy Sambadrome circuit.
Australasia – Buddh, Autopolis, Adelaide Parklands and Ordos.

@ajokay – It seems a bit strange that they have two rounds in China, especially given that China had a questionable track record when it comes to these events. After all, both A1GP and Stupid Football Thing proved to be an utter debacle when they tried to race there. The A1GP cars couldn’t make it around the hairpin on one circuit, and parts of the Superleague Formula circuit were too narrow for safe racing to take place, so the whole thing became a non-championship round.

I think what GT1 really needs is high-quality circuits that are not necessarily the first circuit you would think of for racing. For example, instead of having a race at Silverstone, they could have a race at Thruxton instead.

@ajokay – I wouldn’t go to Eastern Creek if you paid me to. It’s not a great circuit.

There’s not a wide variety of fantastic circuits in Australia. Certainly very few that would be appropriate to GT racing. The one thing that we can do is a street circuit, so I think GT1 at Adelaide or the long Gold Coast circuit would be pretty good. The trick is to do it in such a way that the series isn’t overshadowed by the V8 Supercars.

I think this would be my ideal GT1 calendar:

1) Algarve
2) Aragon
3) Lausitzring
4) Red Bull Ring
5) Imola
6) Istanbul Park
7) Buddh International
8) Adelaide OR Gold Coast
9) Autopolis
10) Barber
11) Hermanos Rodriguez
12) Sao Paulo Sambradrome

I love Barber and I think it’d be a great addition, but if they’re going to visit the Americas, they’d have to make an additional stop at Laguna Seca if you ask me.

@joey-poey – I actually think that Laguna Seca is one of the msot over-rated circuits in the world. Perhaps the most over-rated. Aside from the Corkscrew, the first corner and the last corner, most of the rest of the track is identical.

@polishboy808 – I just find it utterly boring, and I don’t unerstand why people hold it forward with such reverance as they do. Laguna Seca puts me to sleep.