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Look no offense, but i seriously dont think any place in NSW call pull the crowds to make the race viable for the next 10+ years. The race gets a 290-ish thou turnout now, and thats still not considered good enough. And that blows most race attendances out of the water

looks like only the fanatics will be venturing overseas soon. I suppose its okay, some of these places ive always really wanted to go to.

Edited by ctjet

They whinge about the race losing money, but don't seem to take into account the amount of revenue it generates away from ticket sales and $19 Nando's meals.

The entire F1 paddock staying in (I'm assuming) 5 star accommodation, as well as all other tourists and their accommodation, meals, shopping etc...

Doyle: Get ready, time's up for Aussie GP

sweet son of rajab, could you imagine going to Noble-fucking-park to go watch a race?

I'd rather fly to Malaysia, singapore or Abu Dhabi every year than be surrounded by those people.

What waste of time and money this is going to be

the text suggests Perth as an alternate location. that's just funny. about 379 people would turn up

the text suggests Perth as an alternate location. that's just funny. about 379 people would turn up

BS mate, Perth punches well above its weight. If we weren't oppressed but such political short-sightedness and a chronic lack of necessary infrastructure, then things would look even more rosy for us.

Sad reality is we couldn't organise a root in a brothel over here..

Well if I lived around the corner I would be keen to keep the event in Melbourne.

Since my folks live outside of Bathurst a $300m redevelopment of Mt Panorama to bring it up to standard for F1 would work for me.

*images of F1's attempting to go through the dipper*

EDIT: now that I think of it, I am sure you could give it a go in rFactor

Edited by iamhe77

I'm pretty sure all this talk about Melbourne losing the GP is a storm in a teacup. I doubt Bernie wants to lose a popular event, just like when he threatened to pull the British GP. It was never going to happen. Bernie is a master negotiator and he knows how to put pressure on event hosts. Robert Doyle just handed him a big stick (thanks for that!), but at the end of the day it's not the mayor's decision.

Australia has had a GP for 25 years now and it's not going away, especially with Marky-mark up front and Ricciardo coming up through the ranks. The powers-that-be will do almost anything to keep it.

On another note, anyone else remember why moveable wings were banned in the first place? Something to do with them breaking at speed ... I know that was nearly 40 years ago now but there was that incident with Kimi Raikkonen a few years back at Hochenheim ... scary. And that was a fixed wing.

Eastern Creeks turn. Sure it's built right next to a rubbish tip and it's not serviced by any substantial public transport, but I'll put the organizers in touch with a good temporary flood-lighting company if need be Bern :)

On another note, anyone else remember why moveable wings were banned in the first place? Something to do with them breaking at speed ... I know that was nearly 40 years ago now but there was that incident with Kimi Raikkonen a few years back at Hochenheim ... scary. And that was a fixed wing.

There were two issues:

1. The wings that were banned in the late 60's were designed such that the downforce acted on the wheels (uprights) not the chassis. There were a number of failures with nasty consequences, mostly on Lotuses. So they changed that rule to ensure the wings acted on the chassis and removed the struts that held them up.

2. Moveable aerodynamic devices were banned because it not only includes wings but fans etc. Also moveable devices are far more likely to fail than fixed wings & the consequences of failures are pretty dire.

They are only really a bandaid solution anyway.

As for Melbourne a coupe points come to mind.

1. The circuit is rubbish.

2. All sorts of inflamatory statements will be made to help people with their bargaining position. Best to ignore all of it.

Oh and look Ferrari are trying to look Italian again. Bit like Lotus trying to look English or Renault French or oh you get the idea.

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