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pc27b wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:32 am
glad the track didn't start coming up. what a crowd all weekend!

Yep. The track was a mess, but great crowd. Too bad COTA managed to p**s most of them off.

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LOL. COTA is a bit bumpy... [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0eASI6N6vE[/youtube] And here's Ocon's visor cam lap from Friday. Unreal. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xMS_SIcBpo[/youtube] If you compared a headcam in Russia to a mounted camera above the cockpit in the usa, so the...

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LOL. COTA is a bit bumpy...

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0eASI6N6vE[/youtube]

And here's Ocon's visor cam lap from Friday. Unreal.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xMS_SIcBpo[/youtube]

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So, who retires first from bump damage?

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Covalent wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 23, 2021 9:01 pm
Red bull rear wings full of cracks after fp3 because of the bumps...

Yep. Red Bull changed the wings on both cars during FP3 because of bump damage and then found cracks in the new ones between FP3 and Qualifying. They had to reinforce the new ones with more carbon fiber.

What a mess.

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Sergio Perez: “The suspension is at the limit”. Perez fears bumps at COTA; Red Bull "prepared for the worst in the simulator" https://thesportsrush.com/f1-news-the-suspension-is-at-the-limit-sergio-perez-fears-bumps-at-cota-expects-worst-from-weekend/?amp&fbclid=IwAR1uP4vGow9nZ9AwyYwuobImZuzItXODUj...

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Danny in the NASCAR #3.

Check out the video. Awesome.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CVYRxTkIyVo/

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Sergio Perez: “The suspension is at the limit”. Perez fears bumps at COTA; Red Bull "prepared for the worst in the simulator" https://thesportsrush.com/f1-news-the-suspension-is-at-the-limit-sergio-perez-fears-bumps-at-cota-expects-worst-from-weekend/?amp&fbclid=IwAR1uP4vGow9nZ9AwyYwuobImZuzItXODUjs...

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Meanwhile ...

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Hook Em, Danny!

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I don't know how many of you ever had to watch the NBC broadcasts, but I can assure you the Sky product is better by leaps and bounds, warts and all. It's not even close.

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Pirelli tire selection, courtesy of my co-admin @vfacundo on twitter ...

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Pirelli tire selection, courtesy of my co-admin @vfacundo on twitter ...

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Thanks for the clarification. Rotation would be interesting, we haven't really seen it in F1 outside of the guest venues for the European GP and the German alternation before we just sort of forgot Germany exists altogether. Personally I'd want COTA (under the aforementioned dream new management) a...

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More than likely, just 2 per year, imho. I have a feeling a rotation might come into play as well.

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Ant & Paul are both aces imho. Very good. Really, to me, they easily bring the most good info to the broadcast of any of the regular crewmembers. Chandhok is terrible. Longwinded and frequently has to be corrected by Paul & Ant. Johnny is the village idiot. Damon is fine but seems to be getting past...

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It's sad to see the place seems to be falling into disrepair, it's one of the best venues on the calendar. It deserves to be the home of the USGP, much more so than some soulless car park in Miami. COTA would deserve the USGP if they would properly reinvest in repairing and maintaining the drainage...

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It's sad to see the place seems to be falling into disrepair, it's one of the best venues on the calendar. It deserves to be the home of the USGP, much more so than some soulless car park in Miami. COTA would deserve the USGP if they would properly reinvest in repairing and maintaining the drainage...

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Turn 10 grinding, shot today. 10 was the first turn to be resurfaced back in 2019.

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Johnny and Karun both have F1 experience, and they're both blithering idiots. Karun esp is long-winded af, and rarely brings anything useful to the discussion that anyone else couldn't bring. I think some of you will be surprised. This isn't hotheaded, loose cannon Danica the driver (whom I didn't c...

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I didn't care much for Waanica the driver, but I rather enjoy Danica the announcer. She's knowledgeable, eloquent, and presents herself very well.

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pc27b wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:50 pm
let's hope we don't have sections of track coming up

A chunk came up right on the apex of T20 a couple of years ago during MotoGP. A marshall there told me it was giving the bikes' traction control fits.

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Get ready to see lots of spots like this all over COTA next weekend for F1. Here they're grinding the nasty bump entering Turn 14. And there are plenty more throughout the circuit. Photo courtesy of my man at the track.

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i figured this place would have filed for bankruptcy by now. hoping someone buys it for pennies on the dollar if they do. then they make a go of the place. Considering the cost of what really needs to be done to the circuit, "pennies on the dollar" is the only way I see this place ever being bought...

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It'd be a travesty to lose COTA. It's a brilliant track & deserves to be on the calendar for many years to come. then F1 will probably keep cashing in, at least until they have enough other US venues to race at ( Vegas is happening . Indy? Maybe). 8O Las Vegas has a race? When did that become a thi...

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Also the Gasly one was a joke, and going around Gasly like that looked a bit amateurish. I'm somewhat baffled how driving around the outside of another driver, having the move complete and then getting hit when that driver makes a mistake, is amateurish... Gasly's mistake and blaming it on Perez mi...

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It didn't look like Gasly had a lot of room to avoid Alonso. Alonso looked like he could have avoided Mick if he wanted to. Look at Norris's onboard view. Gasly missed it big time. He had room on his left and plenty of time & room to make the turn & not collect Alonso, who already had his car turne...

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I'm a huge Fernando fan, but yeah, it was a rare mistake from him that deserved a penalty. Alonso also acknowledge the penalty & said it was deserved, and he apologized to Mick. Not something you often see in F1. Also, after watching the race I could have lived with it being a racing incident, but t...

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Such stupid irresponsibility with what should be a long-term, world-class venue. Yep. It's sad, and it's a real shame. Tavo can't be at all happy with what Bobby's done to the place ... but at least he's no longer the face of the circuit and doesn't have the headache of having to cover for Bobby's ...

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Oh, and the bumps and cracks are only part of the problem. After the latest round of bump grinding, COTA will have large areas that have just been ground and will have a different texture and roughness compared to other areas. On top of that, the two recent stints of resurfacing have left COTA with ...

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MotoGP apparently threatening to not return as well given the state of the track this year. Not what COTA needs, they've already lost IndyCar. ... and V8SC, WEC, IMSA, World Challenge, WRX, XGames, etc. And yeah, the condition of the track for MotoGP was disgraceful. I hadn't realised it was that b...

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i figured this place would have filed for bankruptcy by now. hoping someone buys it for pennies on the dollar if they do. then they make a go of the place. Considering the cost of what really needs to be done to the circuit, "pennies on the dollar" is the only way I see this place ever being bought...

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Tufty wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:33 am
MotoGP apparently threatening to not return as well given the state of the track this year. Not what COTA needs, they've already lost IndyCar.

... and V8SC, WEC, IMSA, World Challenge, WRX, XGames, etc.

And yeah, the condition of the track for MotoGP was disgraceful.

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I love that Adam Cooper is telling it like it is re: the unsupervised and improper partial track resurfacing that was performed earlier. COTA addressing bumps for F1 race in wake of MotoGP problems: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/cota-addressing-bumps-for-f1-race-in-wake-of-motogp-problems/6686...

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The talk of Ferrari running in IndyCar with their own chassis comes from Mario courting them to the series recently, as a constructor.

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I notice 2 or 3 of you have Austin following Montreal in June & 1 of you even has it in mid-late July. LOL, noooo. I mean, to us locals there would be a certain entertainment value in it all, but for the F1 folks and few fans that would still make the trek from out of state, it would be absolutely b...

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Are the problems with overtaking really an issue with current aero rules or the tracks the races are happening on? It may be to allow cars to follow and stay close reducing the need for DRS That's exactly right. F1's "overtaking problem" is really a "following problem". Yes, some tracks are always ...

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