F1 circuits in the wild
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- 16th August 2011, 19:35 at 7:35 pm #129930Ned FlandersParticipant
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
16th August 2011, 19:38 at 7:38 pm #176524Oli PeacockParticipantGreat thread Ned, i once saw a pic og the A1-Ring before Red Bull took over ill find the link
16th August 2011, 19:42 at 7:42 pm #176525Oli PeacockParticipanthttp://www.circuitsofthepast.nl/English.html
actually his a whole website dedicated to this stuff
16th August 2011, 19:47 at 7:47 pm #176526Oli PeacockParticipant16th August 2011, 20:12 at 8:12 pm #176527Oli PeacockParticipant16th August 2011, 20:21 at 8:21 pm #176528Ned FlandersParticipantGreat find Ollie! Avus was particularly interesting: http://www.circuitsofthepast.nl/avusenglish.html
16th August 2011, 20:32 at 8:32 pm #176529Oli PeacockParticipantWOW, didnt expect that, nowadays it would be hard to chose where to put DRS there :P
16th August 2011, 20:57 at 8:57 pm #176530TheWittyWeaselMembernot to mention this one too ;)
Canada:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=luBIaBXM4iU
16th August 2011, 21:04 at 9:04 pm #176531TheWittyWeaselMemberAnd 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!)
16th August 2011, 21:51 at 9:51 pm #176532matt90ParticipantOh no, now you’ve set me trawling through google maps trying to spot the route of the sudschleife!
16th August 2011, 22:03 at 10:03 pm #176533Antony ButlerParticipantAhhh 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
16th August 2011, 22:32 at 10:32 pm #176534matt90Participanthttp://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5011609
At the start I’m not sure if the real sudschleife is the main road I’ve traced or the tiny parallel one next to it. The shape is right though for the whole thing (although the bit of straight just before the 2-mile mark might be a little off).
16th August 2011, 22:32 at 10:32 pm #176535RatboyKeymasterThe sad remains of Reims too http://www.pbase.com/kayjaynz/gp_circuit_reims
I hate seeing old circuits abandoned, like the Hokenheim straights
16th August 2011, 22:39 at 10:39 pm #176536RatboyKeymaster@Butler_F1 it is, infact the grandstand on the inside of the first chicane is insdie the banking, was great to look at it while seeing the F1 in ’07
16th August 2011, 23:03 at 11:03 pm #176537matt90Participanthttp://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5011717
How the circuit joined up to the start finish section to complete the circuit (roughly).
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