As of 2013, Formula One will have a race in New Jersey. Organisers have today officially confirmed that Weehawkan will see F1 cars race on the shoreline of the Hudson river, minutes away from New York City.
Yes he died in March this year according to wiki.hairy_scotsman wrote:But didn't Yoovidhya pass on a little while back?
While doubts remain over funding, New Jersey Grand Prix promoter, Leo Hindery Jr. is confident that other obstacles which prevented the race going ahead this year will be overcome.
Indeed, Hindery insists that it was the failure to get local and federal approvals for the event that stood in the way of the bid to raise the necessary funding.
Now, on the eve of the 2013 season, Hindery is confident that all issues will be resolved and the race will go ahead next year.
"We are back under construction," he told Sports Business Daily. "We have the consents in place that we didn't have last fall, and we will quite comfortably put the race on, now probably in the mid-year of 2014 with (Bernie Ecclestone's) support.
"There are two civil engineering pieces that still need attention," he admitted. "One is the obvious one in that the course itself has to be paved to take out any crowns in the roadway, make it perfectly flat, and then Charlie Whiting and his associates demand a quality of asphalt paving that's very, very high end."
While the paving will get underway in September, the other major issue is transportation and seating alongside the Hudson River, which runs along one side of the track and forms the backdrop to this much anticipated event. No problem, insists Hindery.
"We are going to put some, like a pontoon, floats where some of the ferries that will serve the race will dock," he said. "We have about 39 ferries that will be part of the transportation scheme. And we will do some work over the summer to make the landing area for the ferries a little larger and that will include some stands right on the river's edge.
"We were on track, I thought, pretty well for June 2013," he added, "and, to be frank, we couldn't get all of the approvals necessary, most especially right around the river itself. Here in the U.S., water ways are the responsibility of multiple jurisdictions. We have now all of those consents."
While Ecclestone still believes that money was the key stumbling block, other than the local and federal approvals, Hindery claims that Hurricane Sandy also added to the problems facing the 2013 event. Indeed, he believes Ecclestone ultimately made the correct call by removing the race from the schedule.
"I think that Bernie made absolutely the right decision," he concluded.
http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/ ... ment-team/Chris Pook joins New Jersey F1 project
The New Jersey F1 race has added Long Beach founder Chris Pook to its management team.
Pook has been named as “Special Assistant to the Chairman”, Leo Hindery. The organisation says that Pook will “provide consultation with respect to all aspects of construction, planning and execution of the Grand Prix of America at Port Imperial race.”
It quotes his long time pal Bernie Ecclestone as saying: “I am happy to be working with Chris again after some 20 years. Chris has a history of great success in Formula One, which I’m confident he’ll bring to the Grand Prix of America race. We look forward to working with him to bring F1 racing to New Jersey and New York.”
Hindery said: “The F1 Grand Prix of America at Port Imperial just gainedanother invaluable team member who will ensure the race will be like nothing the region has ever witnessed. Chris is a leader with decades of experience in American motorsports. We are delighted to add someone with his accomplishments and level of expertise to the Grand Prix of America at Port Imperial team.”
also...“There’s no reason why it shouldn’t happen. We’ve put money behind it to pay a lot of the things off, a lot of their debts. So I’m hoping now we are going to get it together. We’re going to try and make it happen next year.”
“If we do this (New Jersey), it (Long Beach) won’t (happen again).”
Road conditions would be my guess...but its really just that...a guess. It could also just be an excuse.WilliamsF1 wrote:Motorsport.com thoughtfully put together an article as Leo and Bernie bumped into each other at Montreal.
By the way when you mean requirements what does it mean? I understand that a lot is needed in terms of marshal posts, signalling, crash barriers, fences, med center etc which are all temporary and needs to be mobilized in the few weeks before the GP. But what is required for years and years of perpetration from the organizers?
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/coul ... /10469346/Coulthard: New York’s F1 ‘Eau Rouge rival’ would be “perfect”
Thirteen-time grand prix winner David Coulthard says Formula 1 should consider revisiting plans for a New York Grand Prix as it’s the “perfect place” to expand the championship’s footprint in America.
Denver has more people leaving than coming, too expensive.
I have no doubt you have a wealth of experience with this. There's a reason the USGP has been held in Austin the past several years (can you guess why?). Enjoy it while it lasts; I give Texas 10-15 years before it finishes metamorphosizing into California. As a mountain zone denizen you should have some sense of what I'm talking about.Hoffman900 wrote: ↑15 May 2023, 19:20It’s okay to admit you have no idea what you're talking about.
How hard would it be to bring Road Atlanta up to F1 standards? Atlanta is a more attractive city for marketing than anywhere in the Carolinas or Virginia and still closer to either than Miami. I think COTA is fine, but if I was Liberty and looking for a replacement, I can't think of a more attractive existing circuit in the US. Road America is much worse in terms of location/infrastructure, the Indianapolis circuit is boring (and Indy might not want to share), Sebring already has a strong brand as an endurance circuit, and Watkins Glen also suffers from location problems and a layout not suited to modern F1.vorticism wrote: ↑15 May 2023, 20:58I have no doubt you have a wealth of experience with this. There's a reason the USGP has been held in Austin the past several years (can you guess why?). Enjoy it while it lasts; I give Texas 10-15 years before it finishes metamorphosizing into California. As a mountain zone denizen you should have some sense of what I'm talking about.Hoffman900 wrote: ↑15 May 2023, 19:20It’s okay to admit you have no idea what you're talking about.
All that said and ignoring demographics, it's not strictly a matter of suburban commuting distance, to speak of economics--many make a vacation out of it and probably most are investing a few days in the affair. If you want to take advantage of East Coast density, I'd maybe pick a destination spot in the Carolinas or Virginia. To some extent Montreal has served the East Coast for decades.
