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Started by mgk920, October 25, 2011, 08:20:04 PM

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Quote from: 1995hoo on September 28, 2012, 05:02:31 PM
The BBC reports the FIA gave the stamp of approval to the Circuit of the Americas in Austin at today's track inspection, so November's race is a go!

New Jersey sounds far less likely.
All it takes is one crash into someone's veranda, knocking a city block down the Palisades into the river.


Takumi

Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

formulanone

Can't say I'm completely shocked, but having only two years to pull off a race seemed a little soon. That said, usually a permanent racing circuit takes at least three years or so of planning.

Hot Rod Hootenanny

One of the quotes, in the paragraph blurb our local paper published on this story this morning, was that the organizers "didn't know what they were doing" for why the race was being postponed.
Please, don't sue Alex & Andy over what I wrote above

Takumi

Sebastian Vettel is world champion for the 3rd consecutive year after finishing sixth today in Brazil. Fernando Alonso finished second both in points and behind Jenson Button in the race.
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

formulanone

That was a crazy race, it was tough to keep track of everything going on!

Takumi

I know. I went to make lunch right after the first lap, and by the time I got back into the living room, it was like another race!
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

1995hoo

Great race, great season, sad to see Varsha done.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

Hot Rod Hootenanny

Quote from: formulanone on November 25, 2012, 05:52:34 PM
That was a crazy race, it was tough to keep track of everything going on!
Nothing like a little rain to make F1 interesting.
Please, don't sue Alex & Andy over what I wrote above

1995hoo

Anyone hear David Hobbs mention today how they got a viewer tweet asking about a new addition to one of the graphics? It was mine. So I either got an anonymous shout-out on TV or else I was the only meatball too dumb to figure it out at first glance.

My original tweet from 17:38 yesterday after watching qualy on DVR:

Quote@1995hoo: @1995hoo: What is this new piece in graphic on #f1onnbc? (See where I'm pointing) @bobvarsha @MrDavidHobbs @stevematchett http://t.co/Wx9UNg9jgQ

Hobbs replied at 19:44 yesterday:

Quote@MrDavidHobbs: @1995hoo find out tonight

I replied last night:

Quote@1995hoo: @MrDavidHobbs DVR means I'll find out Sunday :-) Thanks for reply. Upon reflection, I'm guessing number of gear changes per lap.

Varsha from 7:38 this morning; I was asleep and watched the race late this morning/early afternoon on DVR:

Quote@bobvarsha: "@1995hoo: What is this new graphic on #f1onnbc? @bobvarsha @MrDavidHobbs @stevematchett http://t.co/ayBv68RZfO"  gears changes per lap.

Hobbs sent me a follow up at 11:38. I hadn't checked anything online yet to avoid spoilers:

Quote@MrDavidHobbs: @1995hoo  we think its gear shifts on that lap

My reply to Hobbs at 13:28:

Quote@1995hoo: @MrDavidHobbs My wife was quite chuffed to hear you say "we received a tweet about it." Thanks, mate!

To which he replied ten minutes ago as I type this:

Quote@MrDavidHobbs: @1995hoo mon plaisir, say Hi to the boss!
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

Takumi

I didn't watch the replay because I fell asleep (and woke up in January, apparently...snow had started, but that's for another topic). I thought Varsha was still under contract with Fox.
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

formulanone

#36
Nice job getting a response from one David Hobbs...glad to have Varsha join the team again.

Also, silly silly Alonso.

1995hoo

Quote from: Takumi on March 24, 2013, 10:22:09 PM
I didn't watch the replay because I fell asleep (and woke up in January, apparently...snow had started, but that's for another topic). I thought Varsha was still under contract with Fox.

Varsha said at the end of last season he is under contract at FOX and that that was the reason he didn't make the move. Guess they allowed it as a one-off. I think the networks have done that on occasion–isn't there usually some crossover for the Masters?
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

InterstateNG

Varsha said he would be calling a couple of other races this season as a fill-in, but didn't specify.
I demand an apology.

Takumi

Who called Australia? Leigh Diffey? He, along with Wally Dallenbach of all people (did he even race IndyCars? I know Townsend Bell, the other analyst, has) called the IndyCar race yesterday.
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

1995hoo

Yes, Diffey called Australia and is NBC's regular F1 play-by-play guy except when he's on some other assignment like yesterday.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

Takumi

Just saw this on Facebook...I hate to be "that guy" but it made me laugh...
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

formulanone

#42
Quote from: Takumi on March 25, 2013, 12:15:22 PM
Who called Australia? Leigh Diffey? He, along with Wally Dallenbach of all people (did he even race IndyCars? I know Townsend Bell, the other analyst, has) called the IndyCar race yesterday.

I think he raced in CART a few times, had a few sports-car races under his belt, but his most notable stretch was in NASCAR. His father was primarily a USAC racer before the pre-CART split, and was head of race control  operations (kind of like a similar position that Derek Ongaro, Roland Bruynseraede, et al held) at NASCAR for a while.

Edit: The other two planned races for Bob are Spa and Korea.

formulanone

http://www.nj.com/hudson/voices/index.ssf/2013/06/political_insider_weehawken_an.html

Looks like the Grand Prix of New Jersey/New York/North America/whatever is back on.

With a 15-year-contract, supposedly.

Takumi

I didn't know it had been off, just delayed until next year.
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

Takumi

Major bump, but tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Ayrton Senna.

http://jalopnik.com/i-was-there-when-senna-died-1569649512
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

formulanone

A day I'd like to never re-live, but I'll never forget it.

I remember both days quite vividly; even though it was a work-filled weekend and finals were coming up. My co-worker told me about Roland Ratzenberger's accident in qualifying (he was kind of new to the sport, and he  couldn't remember his name). It wasn't until I watched the 11:00pm news that I'd found out who it was - a fellow who'd tried for a long time to get a lucky break into F1 at the age of 33 - and paid the ultimate price for it all.

I remember there was some nervous tension in me before watching that race live, the start-line accident which injured spectators didn't really help. When Senna's crash occurred, my first thought was how far back in championship he was now going to be.

After about 10 seconds or so, I was talking at the TV: "get out of the car, Senna; that's not a safe place to meditate on your accident." When he didn't move for a few more seconds, I was louder; not quite yelling, but loud enough to mumble uselessly. "Get out, damn it!".

It just couldn't be real; five years earlier, Gerhard Berger nearly burned to death at the same spot, in such ghastly circumstances. He'd live to race a few weekends later. Surely, Senna was going to dust himself off, and be upset, like Monaco in 1988. But still no movement, and like many...I hoped for the best. I didn't remember hearing much about his condition during the race. (As it turned out, ESPN's live broadcast, like the BBC's, was a global feed of RAI Television, and they'd "blocked out" some of the most distressing parts of the injuries.)

I went to work not long after the race was over...I chit-chatted with my co-worker later in the day, both of us having not known his fate by then. We both figured he'd pull though, because he was such an obstinate bad-ass. This was 1994, and nobody else in the area probably knew nor cared about such an obscure sport. Nobody was going to randomly throw a spoiler at you, what with F1 racing being the 79th-most popular spectator sport in America.

I get home late, around 10pm or so, and turn on ESPN. Varsha and Hobbs (the race announcers) are being somberly interviewed on SportsCenter...they're never interviewed. And then I know, that's it.

I took a long, rambling drive to nowhere, on the following day, instead of studying. I think I drove faster than I should have on US 27...Fuck it. I'd gone through a break-up the week before, but as much as I hate to say it, I also realized my life could have been a lot worse.

Takumi

#47
Reviving this thread after a four-year slumber.

A possible Miami Grand Prix could be on the schedule next year.
http://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/23405017/miami-proposed-f1-street-race-all-need-know

Also Red Bull are considering picking up Honda engines next year after several years being unsatisfied with Renault. Honda has seemed to be doing much better with Toro Rosso than they did with McLaren. I wonder, since Red Bull have advertised their Renault engines to be other brands in recent years (Infiniti and TAG Heuer), should they become the Honda works team will they use Mugen or Acura branding instead of Honda. (Full disclosure: since the McLaren-Honda split I’ve abandoned my McLaren fandom. I don’t like how they blamed everything on Honda.)
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

formulanone

#48
Quote from: Takumi on May 05, 2018, 11:10:03 AM
A possible Miami Grand Prix could be on the schedule next year.
http://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/23405017/miami-proposed-f1-street-race-all-need-know

If it's truly going to be downtown, I don't think the roads are all that interesting. Most the old roads from past races around Bayfront Park and Bicentennial Park are no longer there. The planned one just looks like a lot of hairpins.

I really don't see the USGP leaving Austin, either. As each nation can only have one Grand Epreuve, they'll have to get a bit more creative with the title. (Grand Prix of South America? USGP East?)

...and by 2019?

Quote from: formulanone on October 18, 2012, 08:17:58 PM
Can't say I'm completely shocked, but having only two years to pull off a race seemed a little soon.

I'm going to stand by this quote.

1995hoo

The proposed race in New Jersey that never got off the ground was to have been the "Grand Prix of America." Presumably they'd come up with something similar.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.



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