well....this season sure is gonna be different

"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe) 07/24/2020 at 13:05 • Filed to: None

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stoled it from twatter

wonder if they’ll add any more

i think they were hope for 15..we only at 13 so far

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/24/2020 at 13:11

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dont see how they’re going to be able to do us,  mexico, brazil.

way2blu does a rev update > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/24/2020 at 13:16

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F1 is back at the Nürburgring? I was unaware of this.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 07/24/2020 at 13:18

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They’re not, those have been scrubbed

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 07/24/2020 at 13:18

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they arent..america and south america are cancell ed

probably too late in the year to jam canada in there too

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/24/2020 at 13:21

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opp ss I was going off espn

BeaterGT > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/24/2020 at 13:30

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Just need Malaysia now... 

The Snowman > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/24/2020 at 13:30

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Three Italian GPs is a record I'm ok with.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/24/2020 at 13:31

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I think us Americans can blame us Americans for that.......

Wacko > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/24/2020 at 13:31

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Canada just canceled today

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > way2blu does a rev update 07/24/2020 at 13:32

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is this year...could well be a one off... i mean..this is silly season

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/24/2020 at 13:32

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13 rounds, not bad. What was last year? 20? something like that?

For how big of a dumpster fire 2020 is, I’ll take 13 races.....

foghat1981 > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/24/2020 at 13:36

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Exciting.  Of course the year there’s three Italian races, Ferrari is completely pooping the bed.  

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 07/24/2020 at 13:41

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ill take 13...but im always up for more

course...way things are over here...i’d say everything is still kinda up in the air...not like we dont have rona anymore

Thomas Donohue > way2blu does a rev update 07/24/2020 at 13:43

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Well, it’s back at the F1 track, not the Nordschl ei fe - a lthough you’d think it was being run around the actual ‘ ring they way they are waxing poetic about the ‘ legendary old-school classic ’. (That doesn’t exactly describe a track built in 1984 and hosted it’s last F1 race in 2013.)

I am glad it’s there, and I hope they do some promotional laps around the old course.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > foghat1981 07/24/2020 at 13:43

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figures dunnit

good thing theres no spectators allowed...ferrari might not have survived the tiffosi

Thomas Donohue > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/24/2020 at 13:46

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It would be nice to see them go old school and race at Watkins Glen. It’s in one of the only areas of the US that has the virus under control at the moment.

I know the Glen upgraded some of the safety stuff for Indy, I imagine not nearly enough for F1.

Montreal then the Glen?  That would kind makes sense for a 10 day trip.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Thomas Donohue 07/24/2020 at 13:50

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id be up for that...the glen is a pretty awesome track

gin-san - shitpost specialist > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/24/2020 at 13:52

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I remember enjoying the GPs at the Nurburgring, and who can forget that 2007 classic where Winkelhock led the race for a moment.

I don’t know much about Algarve or Imola but it’ll be cool to see modern F1 run those tracks. Mercedes will probably win everything anyway.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/24/2020 at 13:54

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I can’t wait for Imola, that place is nuts for F1. 

CTSenVy > Thomas Donohue 07/24/2020 at 13:55

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I don’t think there is going to be much racing at the Glen this year.  New York has a pretty strict rules about quarantine if you travel internationally or from a hot spot nationally that make it next to impossible for race teams.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > gin-san - shitpost specialist 07/24/2020 at 14:06

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welp as you mentioned it

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 07/24/2020 at 14:07

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i got so excited i almost forgot theres motogp on this weekend....lol

foghat1981 > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/24/2020 at 14:08

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oh man.  I didn’t think of that.  if they kept up their futility, i bet you’d see them boo’d or worse. kind of shame we don’t get that satisfaction.  

McMike > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/24/2020 at 14:13

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Ferrari’s worst season in decades, and t hree races in Italy.

Dr_Watson > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 07/24/2020 at 14:25

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Word, pretty excited for Imola. I love that track in every sim I've seen it. 

Thomas Donohue > CTSenVy 07/24/2020 at 16:04

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I think most venues on the calendar have the same restrictions....the F1 teams would be self-quarantining once they arrive, and won’t have any public interaction that is outside those guidelines.

https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/07/professional-sports-travel-advisory-guidance.pdf

My local PCA just had a DE event there last weekend, the track is open.  It certainly would be open for an F1 event if they wanted it to be.

CTSenVy > Thomas Donohue 07/24/2020 at 16:21

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Both NASCAR and IMSA events sound like they aren’t happening this year.  Which is a shame the 6 hour is one of my favorite races of the year.

Thomas Donohue > CTSenVy 07/24/2020 at 17:01

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The Six hours of the Glen was originally rescheduled for La bor Day weekend...have  there been any additional updates? I hope if the ‘rona stays quiet in the northeast for the next few weeks they stick with the revised schedule.

CTSenVy > Thomas Donohue 07/24/2020 at 17:40

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https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/imsa-set-for-more-schedule-changes-amid-northeast-travel-restrictions/

Thomas Donohue > CTSenVy 07/24/2020 at 17:59

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Ugh.

CTSenVy > Thomas Donohue 07/24/2020 at 18:05

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Sorry, didn’t want to be the bringer of bad news.

ttyymmnn > Thomas Donohue 07/24/2020 at 19:02

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My son told me that COTA is off the calendar, which is what I expected. Is the F1 circus crossing the Atlantic at all  this year? I haven’t been paying attention to the (provisional) schedule.

Thomas Donohue > CTSenVy 07/25/2020 at 10:58

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All good....still unclear on the ‘sports events’ guidelines. IMSA may not have their full crew in a ‘bubble’ like some other groups, and Watkins certainly doesn’t have one hotel large enough to fit everyone.

Break out the RVs and tents!  No one leaves the track!

Thomas Donohue > ttyymmnn 07/25/2020 at 11:33

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As of now, no. But if they did, I think NY-Montreal would be a good back-to-back.

Based on the current C-19 hotspot map, that’s the best spot right now with two close tracks.

The Glen doesn’t meet F1 safety standards, but it’s not far off. It was repaved in 2015 and Indy ran there in 2016.

From the late, great Charlie Whiting in 2015:

“If there was a request to have a Grade 1 (Formula One) license here, I’m sure we could come up with a few things that might need to be modified slightly in order to achieve that,” Whiting said.

As for the lack of runoff room to meet Formula One standards in some turns, Whiting said, “I think we could make it work, if we had to.”

ttyymmnn > Thomas Donohue 07/25/2020 at 13:35

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A few hours after I asked, I saw this:

https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/29529509/f1-abandons-plans-race-americas-year