shardul

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So apparently the 2012 US F1 GP is going to be Austin Texas. I know this is kind of early but is anyone else excited? I hope Bernie doesnot do anything foolish which leads to the cancellation of the US GP in Austin.

citylightva

Super excited man..!! And they're building the track from scratch I heard...Which also means there will be a lonely F1 track in Texas fro 51 weeks out of the year...Track rentals..?!?!?!?

Yacht Master

Well with Austin joining the Arizona boycott, I am sure they will have plenty of aliens there to build the track and keep it clean. Gancho'em Cuernos.

SterlingE55

I'm incredibly excited about the F1 races and an F1 caliber facility so close. I'm sure there will be test and tune days along with SCCA, NASA, and even kart races on it. I can't wait.

shardul

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does anyone konw where abouts in Austin is the track going to be built

Karlson

super not excited, was hoping for New Jersey with NYC skyline on the background

citylightva

No clue...Hopefully they'll put some elevation in it...

grantwoodtx

Austin TX is the number 1 city in the US for "Best Places to Live" , fastest growing economy etc. so it's not surprising they would choose it.

iceman-kimster

Im super excited too!!.. Im a huge F1 fan, Im actually going to Montreal in 16 days for the Canadian GP...(yes Im counting down..haha)

I went to the F1 race in Indy twice and words can not describe how happy Im that they are building the track specifically for F1 b/c the ghetto fitted F1 track at the Nascar oval was very crappy.

shardul

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do you thing we will ever see MSC timings in purple this year? i am loosing hope.

F1Bobby

This is very cool news... Looking forward to being there for the 1st one and those after...
I was kinda hoping they would bring it to California! Oh well!!!!!

iceman-kimster

I hope so!!.. but probably won't happen this year. The car's performace is not good enough and he is still getting use to all the technology changes that happen to the cars after he retired... but next year if they provide him a car that has the pace than yes I know he would put that car on the podium.

jrcart

IMO it should be at Road America, Miller or Barber, any other choice is a foolish choice, but then again we are talking about Bernie...he must have like the titty bar scene in Texas (I can't blame him) , the toothless women in Alabama took Barber out of the running, there are no titty bars in Salt Lake City, nix Miller, Wisconsin has quite a few titty bars to choose from but since most of the women are more masculine than Bernie he took Road America off the list. They should have run it down Las Vegas Blvd, Flamingo down to Industrial, they put all the garages on Industrial and Dirty Bernie could hold the Drivers meeting at Cheetahs or the Rhino.

citylightva

http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/18259.html Then again it might go up in smoke...

Karlson

Do we really want to lose F1 forever? Indy was enough of experience, NYC is a huge tourists attraction, never heard about Austin as being number 1 city to live, so don't see how can F1 will able to surive at Austin. Sounds to me like it is usf1, a lot of hype, never came true

jrcart

Great point, a streets course similar to Monaco in NYC, Las Vegas or Hollywood would grab some headline and garner worldwide attention and visitors. Those are arguably the 3 most iconic US cities, people from every corner of the globe have heard of those places, I doubt many have heard of Austin, TX.

Run them down Sunset or maybe down Mullholand (everybody else races there LOL),,,it would be cool.

uttexs55

Great News!

My wife is from Chicago and we recently spent 5 yrs in NYC before moving to Austin. We've never met anyone in Chicago or NYC who doesn't know Austin...especially if they like live music.

indyjoe

There's no place in the US that will support a F1 race long term other than Indy.

In three years the track owners in Austin will be pleading with the city to raise taxes to help fund the race because they're losing so much money. F1 has already tried Vegas, California (the Glen and Long Beach), Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix, and none of those places drew a big enough crowd to support the race.

Whether you liked the track or not, Indy is a world class facility that (I think) set the F1 attendance record it's 1st year. Then you had the tire situation, which was the biggest joke in motorsports history. Unfortunately, there's not a place in the US big enough for Bernie's ego.

Karlson

NYC is the only choice.. imho ofcourse, 10+ million living there and many more visiting the city, when I went to Indy, there were soo many europeans that if felt like Europe.

220S

Yeah, there were many surprised people right from the beginning: http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin...4/daily24.html

Sounds like maybe a premature announcement.

There was talk about using the Monticello Motor Club facilities in New York:
http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2...otor-club.html

shardul

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exactly how i felt

bjr7141

excited YES, but Austin, really austin


the thrill of F1 is ripping through streets that are used on a daily basis, which makes monaco the number one event each year

imagine shumy chasing alanso down the west side high way and barreling up through time sq ... ohhhh man -- someday americans will catch on

either way i will be there to celebrate -- hopefully grab a few blonds from the local university -- well make the party a party

220S

I agree, street circuits like Monaco are great spectator venues.

But the reality of F1 history is that out of 68 venues, only 16 have been street circuits.

bjr7141

that argument is used against me every time i reference Monaco

... less than a 3rd of the events are held on the street ... yep you got me

but seriously ... how nice would it be to have an event through the streets of nyc every year?

crazy americans ... missed the boat ... F1 and Futbol ...

shardul

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Have you seen that Shell commercial in which they drive the F1 car through the streets of NYC