COTA Austin - construction and infrastructure

[strad]

Yeah,,,But would ya like the truck as much as if you had to sweat for it...or better yet, do it all yourself?
In the tracks case, I hope they throw money at it.

[hairy_scotsman]

Here are a few of the new photos posted on our FB page at Friends of Formula 1 Austin Texas. There are more here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-o ... 0087614878

Looking down from Turn 1 to the front straight and the pit building/main grandstand complex:


Looking east from the main straight at the pit building:


Looking from the pit building area (left) up the front straight toward Turn 1:


Turn 10, from just above Turn 11, with cranes in the distance work on the pit building:


A closer shot of Turn 10. This may be my favorite Turn on the circuit. Should be very interesting:


You can somewhat make out some of the stadium complex of turns and T15-17 here where the white flags are. This is also shot from over near Turn 11. Notice the elevation change from there down to the main straight (where the cranes are):


Track in the foreground, downtown Austin in the back:


Concrete work being done on the main grandstand:

[hairy_scotsman]

I really hope now that the funding is there that this track will be done in time.

Yeah,,,But would ya like the truck as much as if you had to sweat for it...or better yet, do it all yourself?
In the tracks case, I hope they throw money at it.

I hope they actually have the money they need to finish this thing, AND that they have the will to spend what it takes to do it right. Right now probably 90+% of the work being done is happening at the pit building & main grandstand. As you can see in some of the shots above, very little is being done right now on the track surface or other buildings. There is a lot of work going on, so I'm holding out hope, but they still have clearly not yet gone "all in" on this thing, imho...and there's also so much more to be done off the track in a very short amount of time.

[xpensive]

As the americiano I am, I wish I could see F1 races at Watktins Glen, Long Beach, Detroit and even Vegas.

But I can't see this, I'm sorry.

[Pup]

Yes, we should hold the race in a parking lot, for sure. History, and all that.

[hairy_scotsman]

You can watch live streaming video of Circuit of The Americas construction here @ speedcitycam.com

[WhiteBlue]

But I can't see this, I'm sorry.

Epstein and his people are committed. They have probably already sunk §100m into the venture which would be a total loss if they fail to hold the race.

With Tilke they have an experienced project management team that has worked against incredibly tight dead lines before. They also seem to have the resources to execute the plan.

I give it 90% probability that the race will go ahead this year and 100% for 2013 if they hit a show stopper this year.

[Pepsibottle1]

I sure hope it turns out to be a decent race and not a snorefest. I'm not a fan of Tilkedromes and I hope that this will reverse the trend of boring tracks. We'll just have to wait and see.

[munudeges]

It's not like people haven't lost a ton of money on Formula 1 circuits in the past.

This is a white elephant.

[strad]

Really..which ones?

[xpensive]

FOM and MrE's whole idea is drive circuits near bancruptcy, unless they can suck money from the government, which is why I don't believe in this t all.

[hairy_scotsman]

COTA posted 5 new photos today on their FB page:

[Scorpaguy]

HS

Are you all still in a drought weather pattern...having little to no rain delays?

[hairy_scotsman]

HS

Are you all still in a drought weather pattern...having little to no rain delays?

It's been dry this week, but December was very wet. The winter will be much more unpredictable than the summer was. I believe rain is predicted for Monday and maybe Tuesday.

[Richard]

It's not like people haven't lost a ton of money on Formula 1 circuits in the past.

This is a white elephant.

FOM and MrE's whole idea is drive circuits near bancruptcy, unless they can suck money from the government, which is why I don't believe in this t all.

OK, other than your beliefs, on what grounds do you think this will fail?

I'm not offering an opinion either way, I'd just like to see the basis of your argument.