I think that would the Thai GP then, especially now since Dietrich´s partner died in March.ESPImperium wrote: However Red Bull seemingly want a home GP, even if its a one off. Im sure Mr Red Bull owner and Mr E can come to an arrangement.
The drink itself might be 'founded' in Thailand, it is sold, and always was sold by the Austrian company Red Bull GmbH, therefore Austrian GP would be much more fittingRed Bull is an energy drink sold by Austrian company Red Bull GmbH,
Thailand is very much the real home of Red Bull. Their base is in Austria but it´s definitely Thai in it´s core.Thailand has moved a step closer hosting its first Formula 1 race after agreeing a deal in principle for a 2014 event.
After speculation earlier this year that the country was serious at bidding for an F1 race, a senior government official has revealed that he and representatives from Red Bull moved forward with their plans after meeting F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone in Singapore.
Kanokphand Chulakasem, governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), said that the provisional plan agreed with Ecclestone was for a night race to be held in Bangkok as early as 2014.
"It will be a city race like in Singapore and Monaco. It will be a night race like the Singapore Grand Prix," he was quoted as saying by the Bangkok Post.
The discussions still have some way to go before becoming official, with Chulakasem stating that a race fee had yet to be agreed.
The Thai government has promised to fund 60 per cent of the total cost of the race, however, with the rest coming from local sponsors like Red Bull and Singha.
How do you come to that number? 150% of 100,000 is not 1.5 million...ESPImperium wrote:Most states in Austria have a limit on grandstands at a sporting facility due to cost of policing an event, only 3 football stadia are over that figure. Two were built for Euro 2008, one is their national stadium and has an athletics track around it.
The A1 ring in 2003 to what Ive seen on TV id say would be 110,000+ there.
The cost of policing may be out the question. In the UK it costs roughly £100,000 per football match with 50,000 spectators. In Austria I am led to believe its 150% the cost of a comparable UK match. So that is 1.5M per 50,000, so make it £3m as a guess, thats €3.8m rounded up.
Just 3db? It's a logarithmic scale, 117 dB is half the sound pressure of 120dB.ESPImperium wrote:However i think the state that the A1 is in have environemntal laws for motorsport and also noise laws that make putting on motorsport events almost a non existent idea. The only way that DTM and F3 get away with it is that they are just 3dB below the maximum level of 120dB.
Most people don't know that and couldn't care less. Red Bull is 99.9(9)% marketing, the rest being drink. And the marketing part comes from the empire build by Dietrich Mateschitz. He treats it as an Austrian product, his main F1 team is officially Austrian too.Nando wrote:Thailand is very much the real home of Red Bull. Their base is in Austria but it´s definitely Thai in it´s core.
Well first of all i would like to say yes i agree, and it´s really sad that it is that way.Pandamasque wrote:Most people don't know that and couldn't care less.
There's a bigger stand after turn 1WilliamsF1 wrote:No grandstand
