Where will FOTA be racing?

[CHT]

With the annoucement of a breakaway series, I am just wondering which are the tracks that are most likely to be included in their calender?

[qw56q]

probably not Monte Carlo

[bill shoe]

I heard somewhere (great way to start a post!!) that the prince of Monaco would go with whatever series Ferrari was in. Both series will now desperately want Monaco, it could end up being the lynchpin of the whole situation.

I love the way this forum jumps into the new reality, some people in the sport will literally take years to accept the new reality, but F1 Technical types take literally minutes.

Likely venues for the "Grand Prix World Championship" or whatever they will call it:

Monaco
Silverstone (obvious)
Fuji or Sazuka in Japan (whichever one is not currently under contract to Bernie).
Indy in the US (Yea!!! I'm in the US)
Canada if Canada loses interest in Bernie)
Other classic European tracks that can't afford Bernie's ridiculous prices.

Who has other specific track ideas?

Love this F1 Technical community and I hope we continue to love the racing in whatever series may have it.

[sticky667]

surely Simon is sweating this one out with all the debts to be paid for the new construction at Donnington Park. will we have TWO BRITISH GP'S? hopefully Bernie wasn't the investment Simon secured otherwise he's screeeeeewed!!

[modbaraban]

WOW now we have a battle on our hands but dont the fia have contracts with most of the major tracks?...

Hm... I remember Mark Webber saying something like "we'll be back to Silverstone for sure" a few days ago

So I'll have a go at it:
Silverstone
Magny-Cours
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Road Atlanta
Zandvoort
Zolder
Suzuka (F1 GP every other year)
Imola
Hockenheim
Potrero de los Funes (San Luis, Argentina)
Phillip Island
Brno
+ a few new tracks. McLaren's visiting Moscow with Heiki and MP4-23 in July, btw.

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I posted this in the other thread but here is my ideas

You would have to count on

Silverstone
Portugal
Canada
Spain
Italy
Germany

These are the no brainer circuits or countries

On top of that we would probably see

Japan (Fuji)
Aust ???
Somewhere in USA
Holland ??
Austria

Any other guesses?

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WOW now we have a battle on our hands but dont the fia have contracts with most of the major tracks?...

Hm... I remember Mark Webber saying something like "we'll be back to Silverstone for sure" a few days ago

So I'll have a go at it:
Silverstone
Magny-Cours
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Road Atlanta
Zandvoort
Zolder
Suzuka (F1 GP every other year)
Imola
Hockenheim
Potrero de los Funes (San Luis, Argentina)
Phillip Island
Brno
+ a few new tracks. McLaren's visiting Moscow with Heiki and MP4-23 in July, btw.

Yes I forgot about France, but you would expect that too. Also if the cost of hosting a race was low, you could see a number of street races spring up quite quickly. I doubt that we would see to many of the current tracks as Bernie would bankrupt them.

[modbaraban]

I'd like a race in Portimao (Portugal) too. It's like a mix of A1 ring and Turkey.

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I'd like a race in Portimao (Portugal) too. It's like a mix of A1 ring and Turkey.

Of couse I would expect A1 ring back. Awesome!

[megz]

Seen the state of the A1 ring lately? Don't think anyone or anything would be racing there for a while.

[modbaraban]

I'd like a race in Portimao (Portugal) too. It's like a mix of A1 ring and Turkey.

Of couse I would expect A1 ring back. Awesome!

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[panchito401]

I definately think that the US could support two full blown events, most likely at indy and somewhere else... Possibly a return to Long beach? It would be pretty neat to see them back to back one week after the other. I also think that you could see a date in Mexico and it would be a shame not to see montreal back on the calendar for sure.

[CHT]

My guess is car manufacturers will defintely want to go to places where they can sell more cars hence for Ferrari, it has got to be USA and China.

[hulmerist]

silverstone
portimao
mugello
sachsenring
jerez
montreal
interlagos
kylami
spa
susuka
brands hatch
hockenheim
imola

[Ciro Pabón]

I would say FOTA will adhere to current circuit safety standards and regulations. This is the list of Class 1 Formula One circuits, that is, tracks able to run F1 races, as of 2006 (sorry, this list has no newly certified tracks, like Valencia), :

• Albert Park
  Bahrain
  Bahrain-Paddock Circuit
  Catalunya
  Dubai Full Circuit
  Fuji Speedway
  Fuji Speedway - Short Layout
  Hockenheim Grand Prix
  Hungaroring
  Imola
  Indianapolis Grand Prix
  Interlagos
  Istanbul
  Jerez
  Magny-Cours
  Monaco
  Montreal Gilles Villeneuve
  Monza
  Mugello
  Nürburgring Grand Prix
  Sepang
  Shanghai International
  Silverstone Grand Prix
  Spa-Francorchamps
  Suzuka

As explained, A1 ring "recovery" was stopped by environmental reasons.

Just in case, the list of Class 2 circuits is the following one. They could be updated or recertified in some cases, but I'd say they have to hurry up: the circuit built in the shortest time in history (if I'm not mistaken) was Hungaroring, and it took 8 months to build it. Of course, this tracks don't have to be built from the ground, but...

• Albacete
  Assen National Circuit
  Autopolis
  Bilbao
  Brands Hatch - Indy
  Brands Hatch Grand Prix
  Brno
  Catalunya Short Circuit
  Denver
  Dijon-Prenois
  Donington Park
  Durban
  Eastern Creek
  Edmonton Finning International Speedway
  Eurospeedway Lausitz Dtm - Strecke
  Eurospeedway Lausitz Oval
  Fundidora Park - Monterrey
  Gold Coast Indy - Surfers Paradise
  Hockenheim Special
  Jarama
  Laguna Seca Monterey Mazda Raceway
  Le Mans 24 Heures
  Le Mans Bugatti
  Lime Rock
  Mexico City - Hermanos Rodriguez
  Miller Motor Sports Park
  Mine Circuit
  Mosport
  Most
  Norisring
  Okayama
  Oschersleben Motorsport Arena
  Pau Ville
  Portland
  Qatar - Losail
  San José
  Sears Point
  Sebring
  Sentul
  Shanghai International Track 3
  Sugo
  Tokachi
  Tokachi - Short Layout
  Toronto Indy
  Twin Ring Motegi Grand Prix
  Twin Ring Motegi Oval
  Umbria-Magione
  Zhuhai
  Zolder