Texas GP News

For folks going to the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas
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Nigel wrote:Read in Autosport that Tilke is designing the new track. Yawn. Wake me up when it's over.
The Search function is your freind...topic merged and moved to correct area.
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Yes, but I preferred the original title of thread! :D
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Track for USGP in Austin is promised to be one of the most challenging.


http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85287
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Fuel*Buzzed wrote:Track for USGP in Austin is promised to be one of the most challenging.
No track from Mr. Tilke is anything near of challenging... Just for Mickey Mouse :-) Something like Laguna Seca's Corkscrew is challenging!

Take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBthxGThBkc
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sh-modeling wrote:
Fuel*Buzzed wrote:Track for USGP in Austin is promised to be one of the most challenging.
No track from Mr. Tilke is anything near of challenging... Just for Mickey Mouse :-) Something like Laguna Seca's Corkscrew is challenging!
Maybe challenging in terms of asuming the challenge to stay awake during a race! :lol: :lol:
Valencia circuit is a great challenge in this aspect.
But let's face it, same happens with Montmelo and is not Tilke's design...

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sh-modeling wrote:
Fuel*Buzzed wrote:Track for USGP in Austin is promised to be one of the most challenging.
No track from Mr. Tilke is anything near of challenging... Just for Mickey Mouse :-) Something like Laguna Seca's Corkscrew is challenging!

Take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBthxGThBkc
I beg to differ, Istanbul is a great circuit, and it's a Tilke design.
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The track layout is supposed to be revealed today.



http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/aust ... ealed-tues

This site has some more info.

http://f1newsaustin.com/


Here is a link to an interview with Tavo Hellmund and Bob Varsha.

http://f1newsaustin.com/2010/06/media/t ... ouncement/

I thought Tavo was a foreign born business man, but listening to him, you can tell he is a Texas boy.
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Official USGP in Austin, TX website.


http://www.formula1unitedstates.com/index.html
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already planning my road trip. i've never been down that way before.
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Hrmm . . . I'm relatively close to Austin, I may have to take a drive down there and look around. Maybe also look into a job as a copy editor - that official press release document was riddled with errors . . . .
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