powerwrx

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what a sight and sound it will be

FlightMan

Can't wait. Hope it goes ahead.

davyboy

Technically New Jersey

Gear Head

iTrader: (2)

Doubt it will happen. F1 has struggled to get one race in the US since Indy was cancelled in 2005. Now they want to run two races?

mamoon2

Anyone who has been to New York will know that unless they do some major road re-surfacing this won't be able to happen.

Worst roads i've ever been on

davyboy

Whilst I agree the roads are bad, it's not in New York though. Different state, different city.

I am sure they will re-lay the roads, but if you saw what happened in the Cart race in Detroit this year......

^Qwerty^

Not a fan of road races - Monaco has to be the most boring race on the calendar. Yeah, it has the glitz and glamor, but the actual racing spectacle is poor at best. Valencia is not far behind if not on par with it, along with Singapore.
It can be done of course, but the roads have to offer the opportunity for real racing and not have the outcome decided by a few boffins number crunching on computers to decide the best time for pit stops. I can’t remember ever reaching for the box of Kleenex after seeing somebody gain a place via a tyre change, but have certainly seem some exciting wheel to wheel stuff on the track.
Then again, I don’t watch them all religiously anymore since the Beeb fiasco.

Markus

That was a bit of a shambles. Strips of material laid to fill holes coming up during the race. Granted the course had not been used for a few years, but it was a bit of a joke

I have not looked at where in NJ would be, but I am curious about facilities and suchlike. Could it cope with the massive influx of people? Montreal is rather mental when the f1 is in town and the race has been there for some time

It would be interesting to have another venue that is fairly close by