JMortensen Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two80z4me Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 The new season, I look forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonball89 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 That is where the Australian Grand Prix should be held. What an awesome track. That's another thing that pisses me off about F1 today is that most of the tracks are totally devoid of character. With the exception of Monaco, Spa Francorchamps, Suzuka, and Monza (although even Monza is watered down compared to how it was in the 60's) the tracks are basically cookie cutter circuits that are mostly flat, wide, and devoid of any real high speed or technical sectors. I say bring back the Nordschleiffe! Oh and by the way, the Nordschleiffe is at serious risk of closing down. Check this out: http://savethering.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelix112 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 (edited) I think he lifted going through the kinker. Pusssy. Dave Edited March 31, 2011 by thehelix112 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 http://savethering.org/ I haven't been able to figure this out. I've asked a couple times in different places, nobody seems to know WTF is really going on. What I see when I look at savethering.org is a description of some speculators who leased the ring from the German govt and tried to turn a historic racetrack in an out of the way location into a theme park and built it many times larger than the crowds that come will support. From what I can tell after that, it looks like if the investors default on it, then it goes back into the possession of the German government. So I guess what I'm wondering is, why do I want to save a bunch of ******* investors who made really really bad business decisions? Is this save the ring movement like Citibank starting www.savethebank.org? I feel like I'm not getting this right, but nobody has been able to straighten me out so far. I'd love to drive the track someday, but I'm not particularly interested in rescuing some idiots from their own bad decision making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 V8SC driver Craig Lowndes drove the MacMerc too that day, only one second slower than Button. He had a chance at F1 back in the day but politics stuffed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonball89 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I think the primary goal of save the ring is to make the racetracks at the Nurburgring a separate entity from the amusement park. I don't see anywhere on that site where they are asking for money from anyone, they just want to ensure that the racetracks are owned by people who understand motorsports and won't close the tracks down or something. And I guess there is risk that the German government might close the tracks down too if they take possession, I mean think about it, would the U.S. Government really sanction a place like that? It seems that if the government controls it then it's just a matter of time until some environmental special interest group manages to get it shut down. That is just my speculation though, I don't know anymore than you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I think that video is fake. It really looks like an iRacing simualtion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 I think the primary goal of save the ring is to make the racetracks at the Nurburgring a separate entity from the amusement park. I don't see anywhere on that site where they are asking for money from anyone, they just want to ensure that the racetracks are owned by people who understand motorsports and won't close the tracks down or something. And I guess there is risk that the German government might close the tracks down too if they take possession, I mean think about it, would the U.S. Government really sanction a place like that? It seems that if the government controls it then it's just a matter of time until some environmental special interest group manages to get it shut down. That is just my speculation though, I don't know anymore than you do. My understanding from reading that stuff is that the speculators leased the track from the German govt. So if it reverts back to the govt, I just don't see them closing it down for no reason. Seems like what should happen is that the amusement park goes bankrupt and gets sold piecemeal and the track keeps on doing what it was doing, assuming the track can pay for itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelix112 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNjIFzULPZk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I think that video is fake. It really looks like an iRacing simualtion. That's what I thought too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 The car had a camera fitted to the outside edge of the front wing, looked like a GoPro, on the left IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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