COTA Austin - construction and infrastructure

[ChipAyten]

Turn 1 (and all blind turns) should be given a little extra track on the exit. This is just my experience from the game but it's been problematic a bunch of times especially when going 2 wide.

[seninha]

Does anybody know where drivers are staying in Austin?

We just arrived and we would like to shoots some pictures when they step out of the hotel.

[ChipAyten]

Very very slippery P1, ask expected with the brand new circuit.

[tok-tokkie]

Hairy Scotsman (or others):


A picture of yours from the race thread.

Are these stands:
1. Temporary for the F1 race.
2. Temporary - to be replaced with concrete stands when money is available.
3. Permanent. Low cost seating for all events.
4. Something else

I am particularly interested as there is a plan to stage F1 races locally (Cape Town) but in a Singapore type track in the City on upgraded public roads. I am collecting information about the costs invloved.

Many thanks for your continuing posts about this track as it has evolved - very informative, revealing and interesting.

[snoop1050]

those stands are pretty standard and I believe at every circuit.

heres silverstone.


you just dont notice what they actually look like when people are sitting on them

[mantikos]

those stands are pretty standard and I believe at every circuit.

heres silverstone.

you just dont notice what they actually look like when people are sitting on them

Wanna know the difference- COTA has benches whereas Silverstone has seats

[WhiteBlue]

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20121118/F1/121119829

Great review of how COTA acquitted itself.

[tok-tokkie]

That review says it well. A really GREAT track. A fast sweeping sector like Silverstone where the chasing driver could catch up. A really fast section like Monza where overtaking could take place & forced the team to gear the car for high speed. A really tight sector where mechanical grip paid off - where Vettel could regain what he had lost. Lovely changes of elevation had to be artificially created & it is a great feature of the track.
Superb track compared to the recent Tilke tracks where the three sections are mixed up into a jumble so nothing happens besides a procession (Istanbul somewhat excepted).

[notsofast]

A great big Thank-You to Hairy and everyone else who kept us informed of the construction of the track. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread all year long.

[strad]

Yes, indeed..Thanks Hairy for all the updates and pictures etc

[Pup]

Let's rather be thankful that Hairy was wrong, about everything. All the post-Tavo concern-trolling about the construction, the funding, the ticket sales, the traffic, the organization, the management, and even Tavo himself -- all wrong.

I'd rather thank the construction crews and the guys at CotA and all the other people in Austin who made it happen. It's a wonderful facility and it was an incredibly successful race on all sorts of levels. =D>

[swarren7]

I was at the race this weekend at turn 4 and what a race it was. Does anybody know why COTA painted over the white stars they had in the original paint job on the track? I think the stars made the paint job on the track look better then what they ended up with. Just curious.

[mantikos]

I was at the race this weekend at turn 4 and what a race it was. Does anybody know why COTA painted over the white stars they had in the original paint job on the track? I think the stars made the paint job on the track look better then what they ended up with. Just curious.

The stars come through the stripes - it was cool look and I think that is probably what they were shooting for

[Pup]

I noticed that too. I preferred the original - guess someone else didn't.

[FW17]

I was at the race this weekend at turn 4 and what a race it was. Does anybody know why COTA painted over the white stars they had in the original paint job on the track? I think the stars made the paint job on the track look better then what they ended up with. Just curious.

The stars come through the stripes - it was cool look and I think that is probably what they were shooting for

Yeah the original looked like this

Let's rather be thankful that Hairy was wrong, about everything. All the post-Tavo concern-trolling about the construction, the funding, the ticket sales, the traffic, the organization, the management, and even Tavo himself -- all wrong.

I'd rather thank the construction crews and the guys at CotA and all the other people in Austin who made it happen. It's a wonderful facility and it was an incredibly successful race on all sorts of levels. =D>

Apparently the guys who funded it, completed it and ran the awesome event are not important anymore.