by "Just wear your damn mask..." (jimal)
Published 04/01/2017 at 22:30
by "Just wear your damn mask..." (jimal)
Published 04/01/2017 at 22:30
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The Buddh International Circuit opened in 2011 and hosted the Indian Grand Prix for a couple years before a tax dispute resulted in it dropping off the Formula One calendar.
The circuit is still used for club and national racing in India, but apparently the facility - and in particular case, the track surface - has fallen into disrepair. Check out these videos of cars getting air while making rather routine passing attempts at the end of Buddh’s long back straight.
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These things aren’t allowed to happen when the FIA is paying attention.
"AntiSpeed" (AntiSpeed)
04/01/2017 at 22:33, STARS: 1
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"dieseldub" (dieseldub)
04/02/2017 at 03:54, STARS: 0
Oh the desperate things ChampCar was trying in its dying days...
I do miss the cars, though. Their looks and sounds were awesome.
"Just wear your damn mask..." (jimal)
04/02/2017 at 06:16, STARS: 0
The first thing we thought of when we were watching. Didn’t Baltimore have something similar that they installed a chicane for?
"AntiSpeed" (AntiSpeed)
04/02/2017 at 10:23, STARS: 0
Yup, apparently open wheel cars and railroad tracks don’t mix very well.
Who’da thunk?
"AntiSpeed" (AntiSpeed)
04/02/2017 at 10:26, STARS: 0
Yea, the whole split fiasco was such a tragedy.
"NJAnon" (NJAnon)
04/03/2017 at 00:13, STARS: 0
Well I agree on that street track video, yeah it doesn’t bode well for cars that low to the ground. But the India track isn’t so bad. Nothing the local people can’t do on their own?
"Just wear your damn mask..." (jimal)
04/03/2017 at 08:22, STARS: 1
Isn’t so bad? On a street circuit you’re at the mercy of the street. But on a one-time FIA Grade A track?
"NJAnon" (NJAnon)
04/03/2017 at 19:39, STARS: 0
Nothing wrong with a few sparks flying from the undercarriage every now & then. Ive seen plenty of GP circuits that aren’t glass smooth & it didn’t destroy the racers backs.The GP Nurburgring track had bumps on 2 different sections.
Of course there are exceptions. I hope the race drivers out there voice their concerns if tracks do become too out of control where the conditions start to reduce the quality & safety of the racing.
"Just wear your damn mask..." (jimal)
04/04/2017 at 07:59, STARS: 0
We’re not talking “a few sparks”, we’re talking about cars not designed to get airborne getting airborne. There are many reasons why the Nordscheiffe isn’t a Grand Prix circuit anymore; Flugplatz is one of them.
"NJAnon" (NJAnon)
04/06/2017 at 16:12, STARS: 0
But I hope one day they design Formula 1 cars to go airborne. Imagine how that would be.