Green light expected for Mugello and Algarve F1 races

21 comments on “Green light expected for Mugello and Algarve F1 races”

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   Moshambles (@moshambles)
   29th June 2020, 7:51

   This has put a smile on my face
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      spoutnik (@spoutnik)
      29th June 2020, 9:48

      Sounds good indeed! Looks like this season is full of surprises.
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   Jere (@jerejj)
   29th June 2020, 7:56

   It’d be better to have two races in Portimao (or one in Jerez) than travel to Montreal for the third weekend. Yes, Portimao is closer to Montreal than Baku is, but still, under the circumstances created by the global situation, doing a triple-header featuring a race(s) on a different continent(s) isn’t as ideal as normal. Triple-header with all three in question being in the same continent, yes, but a triple-header featuring transatlantic crossing (albeit via air) not as ideal.
   Placing Montreal in October would be a mistake. I would use the phrase ‘I told you so’ if F1 indeed were to go there in October, and drivers would have unnecessarily huge problems with getting the tyres up to temperature due to the probable coldness making it difficult for them to really do anything.
   What about China and its potential rescheduling and or possibly getting two races?
   Vietnam is also still open, albeit unlikely to get rescheduled. I still doubt the US-Mexico-Brazil trio would happen this year. Any of these three, I mean.
   I still doubt the US-Mexico-Brazil trio would happen this year. Any of these three, I mean.
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      Jere (@jerejj)
      29th June 2020, 8:29

      It seems I got the part about US-Mexico-Brazil twice there, which wasn’t my intention, but happened after I altered my original wording to include Vietnam in there.
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         mrfill (@mrfill)
         29th June 2020, 13:04

         Is Vietnam open though? Tourists are still not allowed in, borders are closed and I have seen no announcement of any opening date.
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      BasCB (@bascb)
      29th June 2020, 11:42

      I can understand their push to keep Canada in there though @jerejj. Remember, the venue has a race booked, and they are at least contractually obliged to try and find an alternative date. It can always be cancelled if things start to look unlikely.
      But IF they actually manage to get in Canada in October that means they can then safely drop CotA (in Texas with a huge rise in caseload currently) and Mexico (also still on the rise and in the middle of a gigantic city) and still fullfill the 3 contitents part of a world championship.

      I guess we’ll all be glad if they have a nice and long autumn in Canada this year.
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         Jere (@jerejj)
         29th June 2020, 12:37

         @bascb I agree. Yes, I’ve made my opposition for a Canadian GP in October quite clear more than once recently. I, of course, understand contractual obligation(s), etc., and can understand the desperation for rescuing the Canadian GP in case the other two North American-races along with Brazil lose out (as seems quite likely) so that they wouldn’t have to waive the minimum number of continents-requirement for this year.
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         black (@black)
         29th June 2020, 12:38

         @bascb They said they don’t need ‘races 3 continents’ rule to declare the championship ‘world’. They just need 8 races in total minimum and 15 to get paid by the broadcasters.

         Otherwise if Canada gets rescheduled in October and actually does happen, i’m very very curious to see how the teams will cope to the low temperatures combined with rain and perhaps snow.
         If we have a almost-snowy grand prix, along with the sudden appearance of Mugello, Algarve and possibly Hockenheim and Imola at the expense of Paul-Ricard & Sochi that will bring more unpredictability as the teams have zero data, plus the crazy 85+lap ‘oval’ race in Bahrain as the second-to-last round then this season…and the smaller old-school championship that means points are more valuable than before and if something bad happens on a race for a driver it would take a significant toll on the standings, then we might actually have a much better, crazy and unpredictable championship than we originaly planed and hoped.
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            BasCB (@bascb)
            29th June 2020, 13:05

            It will certainly make this F1 season quite a rollercoaster for everything involved @black!

            I can only hope it will give us some really good racing. If they manage to leave Sochi out that is certainly a positive IMO, even though it probably means a pretty big cut to their budgets.
3. 

   Holmzini
   29th June 2020, 8:35

   These should become racing spectacles for today’s Grand Prix Stars. The cars will look fantastic at Mugello and should be very fast. Decent elevation change too. The place was made for this generation of racecar. Pick your poison scary Fast Speed or stunning cornering and brakes that tug on the eyeballs. Such a unique track. Worthy of Formula One. The other track I know little of other than the words in a recent story told here of was it Seb or Max who spoke highly of that circuit.
   I think the choices are with merit.
   It’ll be nice to see them race on great purpose built race circuits
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      16mi (@16mi)
      29th June 2020, 9:13

      Right? I’m not sure about following and overtaking in Mugello, even though the main straight is pretty long, but whatever. These cars should be fantastic there! It could be a real challenge for the drivers due to the high cornering speeds all around the track and I’ve always been a sucker for some great scenery around a racetrack and Mugello definitely provides that.

      Hope they announce it this week!
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      anon
      29th June 2020, 17:54

      Holmzini, it seems odd that, for all those who have beaten the drum about the quality of the racing, that aspect is being downgraded in importance and now greater emphasis is being placed on the spectacle – now we have people going “so what if the races are rubbish? At least the cars will go fast and it’ll look impressive”.
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         HOLMZINI
         30th June 2020, 6:36

         How the cars appear on the race track is what it is about.
         Rules makers in pursuit of fairness and equality have ruined time and time again if the more effective teams figure it out then the rules must be changed for the better of all.
         I personally love dominance in Grand Prix Racing. Hard to imagine when new rules create a new generation of Racecar that every team produces almost it very similar racing machine. So similar that a couple of seconds per lap is the usual difference from the best to the worst team every season. How does that happen in the secret world of racing at this level.
         The best looking cars are always fastest. Few ugly cars make it. Just look at this sports history. As rules come and go some teams figure it All out and dominate.
         If your entire operation figures out how to build a race car good enough for victory and can continue to do it through major reg changes then I applaud their Dominance. After all that what it’s about. Build machines to common parameters and let them do that and then race them in many nations on very different race tracks. All with one purpose to be the BEST. Then do it year after year. That’s what it’s all about isn’t it?
         So start with a very cool car and nine times out three they will get victories far and above the odd radical misjudged ugly racecars.
         Example think of Colin Chapman and Lotus. Far out clever designs some of which are the among the greatest looking cars with success ever. They were also the best looking black colored cars for several generations of Lotus racecars.
         You should be able to visualize the 49 and then the 72 but most certain the 79.
         All Black Cars that look far better than this stunning appearance today of the Mercedes. Not good stunning either.
         So it’s more than obvious now that a cool looking Racecar yields far better results. And once in a while a truly great team figures it year after year in utter dominance. Whether winning by a single point or wrapping it up at round fourteen to be that dominant is greatness
         All starts with a cool car
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   bernasaurus (@bernasaurus)
   29th June 2020, 9:33

   @16mi Totally agree, overtaking is going to be very very difficult I imagine, but they’ll look fantastic, and I can’t think of another F1 track that we’ve had that’s been similar. It’ll be a nice change.
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   Jan (@netm)
   29th June 2020, 9:44

   Mugello will be great. I also dare to dream that Sochi and Shanghai will be out of the calendar this year.
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   Pironi the Provocateur (@pironitheprovocateur)
   29th June 2020, 10:25

   These signings only mean one thing in my opinion, the American part of the calendar is very uncertain. I’m 100% sure that Brazil and Mexico won’t happen this year and US, Canada are also questionable. Glad that we won’t be getting two races at Sochi, though.
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      Jere (@jerejj)
      29th June 2020, 12:40

      @pironitheprovocateur The US is very questionable as it is, after all, the country with the highest figures in the world, and especially Texas where COTA locates, so a quite a big miracle would have to happen so that the US GP could take place this year even without spectators in attendance.
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   anon
   29th June 2020, 13:25

   Looking forward to watching these cars unleashed at Mugello. I would have thought the track is a little bit too dangerous for F1, but glad to see they aren’t being risk averse.
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   Jorge Lardone (@jorge-lardone)
   29th June 2020, 19:09

   One of the best news so far this year.
   Both Mugello and Portimao are fantastic scenarios for formula 1, quite the opposite of those dreadful places in Russia and the Arab countries for example.
   Hopefully they will continue to the future on the calendar and the scenarios in countries where nobody cares at all about this category, only the millionaires who profit from them and the tyrants who make propaganda, they definitely disappear.
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   StefMeister (@stefmeister)
   29th June 2020, 19:46

   Would be happy to see F1 at both, Algarve especially as i’ve always liked that track.

   Mugello is going to be a great track to drive & a spectacle to watch cars driving around but i’m not expecting it will be especially good from a racing standpoint. I honestly don’t think i’ve ever seen a good race around Mugello involving cars & that includes the touring car races i’ve seen around there.

   Algarve should be a bit better in terms of racing but I still don’t think overtaking is going to be that easy. Sadly I think they may end up using the chicane variation of turn 1 to create a big braking zone at the end of the straight, Will likely help with overtaking but it’s a horrible variation compared to the very fast right kink that I believe is used most frequently.
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    Nunof
    30th June 2020, 15:23

    Get ready for weird keyboard combinations to get the name right: Portimão

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