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.
Well, we've moved from all the area sloping downhill to half, so I think we've made progress.hairy_scotsman wrote:Pup wrote:About half of it (the portion closest to T10) is downhill from the track. People there will have to look uphill and over the armco to see anything. The portion near T11 is great, looking downhill to the track.
Nope. I never said that. I said all along that the half nearest Turn 10 was downhill from the track...and you disputed that, too.Pup wrote:Well, we've moved from all the area sloping downhill to half, so I think we've made progress.hairy_scotsman wrote:Pup wrote:About half of it (the portion closest to T10) is downhill from the track. People there will have to look uphill and over the armco to see anything. The portion near T11 is great, looking downhill to the track.
Sure thing man.hairy_scotsman wrote:Nope. I never said that. I said all along that the half nearest Turn 10 was downhill from the track...and you disputed that, too.Pup wrote:we've moved from all the area sloping downhill to half, so I think we've made progress.
I haven't varied on that, because that's the lay of the land.
Navin R. Johnson wrote:Anything in this general area right in here. Anything below the stereo, and on this side of the Bicentennial glasses. Anything between the ashtray and the thimbles. Anything in this three inches. Right in here, this area, that includes the Chiclets, but not the erasers.
I understand you're just trolling, but if that's what I said, then why don't you quote me? Hell, I have video from months ago where I show the portion of that GA area nearer to turn 10 that looks up to the track and the portion closer to Turn 11 that looks down to the track. Or maybe we should look back at my first couple of posts on the topic of that slope.Pup wrote:Sure thing man.hairy_scotsman wrote:Nope. I never said that. I said all along that the half nearest Turn 10 was downhill from the track...and you disputed that, too.Pup wrote:we've moved from all the area sloping downhill to half, so I think we've made progress.
I haven't varied on that, because that's the lay of the land.Navin R. Johnson wrote:Anything in this general area right in here. Anything below the stereo, and on this side of the Bicentennial glasses. Anything between the ashtray and the thimbles. Anything in this three inches. Right in here, this area, that includes the Chiclets, but not the erasers.
3...2...1.....BUNGEEEEEEEE!!hairy_scotsman wrote:MRA just posted this shot from the tower:
ETA: Looks like an older shot.
For this year? Where did you hear that?hairy_scotsman wrote:What we've been hearing so far is Ferrari Challenge, Porsche Cup and Historic GP.mclaren777 wrote:I'm officially giving up on them announcing support races for 2012.
From SpeedMario Andretti will drive the Lotus team’s 2010 Renault R30 at the opening ceremony at Circuit of The Americas on Sunday.
Lotus says that Andretti will “formally cut the ribbon to open the track by driving the opening laps of the circuit, in what will be his first time behind the wheel of a contemporary Formula One car since he last competed in the sport in 1982.”
The car will also be driven by the team’s regular third driver, Jerome D’Ambrosio, and by actor and sportscar racer Patrick Dempsey.
The R30, originally raced by Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov, is used by the team for demo runs
