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Circuit of The Americas today announced that it has been declared ready to host the 2012 F1 United States GP by Charlie Whiting, who directs racing, safety and technical matters for the FIA. Whiting visited the Central Texas racing circuit as part of a scheduled pre-race inspection and approved the circuit for “Grade 1” status, hence appropriate to host an F1 race.
The motor homes are not brought to the fly away races, they stay in Europe. Teams typically get team buildings for rent for their needs at fly away races. It appears that CoTA hasn't finished the majority of team building and there will be temporary quarters for the teams at least for this year.snoop1050 wrote:HRT's motor home?
you know how mclaren have the communications centre and all the other big teams have there own version of one made from 2+ trucks that sort of fold out like an ikea building
Hmmmm very real possibility there. =D>Nando wrote:Commentary boxes i presume.
The machines for laying tarmac are very advanced. Charlie and the FiA are primarily looking at the safety aspects of the track in order to issue their consent. Meeting the expectations of other stake holders like the teams is quite a different issue that will take a back seat in CoTA's priorities.godlameroso wrote:What I can't believe is that they basically finished the road part of the track in a few months, and they still haven't finished the buildings. At this rate It'll be very close, I suppose they'll finish the track facilities by the start of November, possibly sooner. The thing that surprised me most is how quick the tarmac was laid down.
That's my understanding as well. Charlie looks at the track, and the track is essentially ready as we speak.WhiteBlue wrote:The machines for laying tarmac are very advanced. Charlie and the FiA are primarily looking at the safety aspects of the track in order to issue their consent. Meeting the expectations of other stake holders like the teams is quite a different issue that will take a back seat in CoTA's priorities.godlameroso wrote:What I can't believe is that they basically finished the road part of the track in a few months, and they still haven't finished the buildings. At this rate It'll be very close, I suppose they'll finish the track facilities by the start of November, possibly sooner. The thing that surprised me most is how quick the tarmac was laid down.
Probably another race for AustinNASCAR will not race in Montreal next season after the promoter pulled the plug on the six-year relationship when he couldn't secure a premier Sprint Cup Series event.
The official announcement Friday by promoter Francois Dumontier ended a surprising turn of events for NASCAR, which wanted to continue running the Nationwide Series at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
"NASCAR was preparing to return for 2013, however we were unable to come to an agreement," NASCAR said in a statement.
Dumontier said he needed a Sprint Cup event to make the Montreal race profitable.
Maybe so. I've said all along that Nationwide would be likely at COTA, just not Sprint Cup. The Grand Am signing seems to support that.WilliamsF1 wrote:Probably another race for AustinNASCAR will not race in Montreal next season after the promoter pulled the plug on the six-year relationship when he couldn't secure a premier Sprint Cup Series event.
The official announcement Friday by promoter Francois Dumontier ended a surprising turn of events for NASCAR, which wanted to continue running the Nationwide Series at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
"NASCAR was preparing to return for 2013, however we were unable to come to an agreement," NASCAR said in a statement.
Dumontier said he needed a Sprint Cup event to make the Montreal race profitable.
GP Week»» Another week, another US grand prix rumour. This time it’s the turn of the Circuit of Americas, which was subject to criticism when stories began to circulate of problems with the pit facilities. While it was originally rumoured
that the garages had not been built to spec and were too small for purpose, it later transpired that the teams’ problem was with allocation, not size. Rather than building 24 garages in six logical blocks of four, they had been constructed in oddly sized groupings that means an equal division of space will not be possible. As a result, the teams will have to work with less space than is desirable, but earlier fears of health and safety violations in the garage design have proved to be unfounded.
I think I saw a tweet along these lines, but when I went back to check on it later I couldn't find it. I've heard there are 34 garages...iirc, arranged in 5 groups of 6 and 1 group of 4.strad wrote:GP Week»» Another week, another US grand prix rumour. This time it’s the turn of the Circuit of Americas, which was subject to criticism when stories began to circulate of problems with the pit facilities. While it was originally rumoured
that the garages had not been built to spec and were too small for purpose, it later transpired that the teams’ problem was with allocation, not size. Rather than building 24 garages in six logical blocks of four, they had been constructed in oddly sized groupings that means an equal division of space will not be possible. As a result, the teams will have to work with less space than is desirable, but earlier fears of health and safety violations in the garage design have proved to be unfounded.
HUH??
