So a big party at Tabs house?

Waldorf Astoria and Wynn are probably going to be over $1,200 for a standard king. Maybe even more, if within walking distance. Personally, this would be a bucket list thing for sure. So $1,600 per night to be able to walk up to an F1 track from my hotel. Yeah, heck yeah. Or if you're facing the track at Bellagio - $2K to $3K would be not unexpected.

Bucket list for me is Monaco or Monza.

I looked into tickets a few years back and it really was reasonable. I'm sure you won't be staying in the Principality though and will need to train out to France daily.

I bet there are some hotels in Sochi that are none too happy these days.

^ I don't think I'd like Monaco. Too cramped. And frankly, Newport Beach is nicer.

I would like to go to Le Mans though. Pass on Russia haha!

And ----

Porsche is joining F! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The F1 gods are smiling on us

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/79194/audi-and-porsche-set-for-f1-green-light/

My wife went to Monaco, but left me home.

Been to Monaco, even watched part of the race from the pit wall, the speed is nuts and TV is no good at showing how fast the cars are

Also done Monza twice, watched a Fri. practice from the Paddock Club over looking the pits and also watched the 2008 race from the stands. Lots of Polish fans there too so the place erupted when Vettel won in the Torro Rosso and Kubica was 3rd

I'd easily chose Monza over Monaco as a race to go to as the the atmosphere with the tifosi makes it an amazing experience, especially if Ferrari are doing well

In comparison Monaco is a bit sterile and not a lot to do there, unless you're watching from your super yacht surrounded by hot super models and you're invted to all the best cocktail parties

Another plus for Monza is it's an easy train ride from Milan which has Linate an international airport, Lake Como is an easy drive, so you can tack on a mountains/lakes excursion to go with your Euro city break

Italian food is the best too!

Jim, lowyder993s has been to Monza so hopefully he'll see this and share his experience

100% with Rusnak on Le Mans. I'd even consider camping in my 1970's car and be smoking a cigarette while doing some personal hygiene at the communal open air bathroom just like the beginning of the film.

Vegas and F1 on my bucket list. Together? Not sure. They need to keep the real race tracks alive for this long time fan.

I have only been in-person for F1 at two tracks - Indy (2000), and COTA (2014-2021). For me, I find street circuits less interesting to watch than dedicated tracks, in most cases. And compared to the two tracks I’ve been to, visibility of the race on a street circuit is more limited for most viewing.

So, unless someone offers to buy my tickets to the Vegas race, I’ll continue to spend money on tickets for COTA. It’s one of the best venues, and it’s also my local track for HPDE events.


-rb

Other than Laguna Seca, most tracks only give you a view of only 1 turn anyway. Laguna lets you walk around, or you can choose to sit and watch your 1 turn.

A street circut, Law Vegas, would do nothing for me. It's all about the money, racing is second. After the Miami fiasco, it might be better.

When I went to the COTA F1 race last year, I was very happy that our seats at turn 12 gave us a view of many other segments of the track. You could always see cars racing.

Not sure if this is an April fool's joke but Nico Rosberg supposedly signed a deal yesterday to replace Nicholas Latifi at Williams. If this is accurate Latifi decided to step down to reserve driver to help the team .

http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/825278/Rosberg_to_return_with_Williams_Latifi_gets_demote d/

Does Nico still have his Super license? I think it is an April Fool's prank.

Good question . I have found two websites that are reporting the story to be true . I would think this would be a big story . I am thinking April fool's joke unless a official statement comes out .

Read the full article - great prank

Monza F1 race experience
 

We went to Monza in 2016 for the F1 race, Rosberg drove away from the field. Our seats were at the Ascari chicane. The Porsche cup race was very entertaining. Those guys beat on each other like NASCAR in the 70's. Per the Captain I can highly recommend it for a European F1 experience. We stayed in Milan, the food and wine was fantastic.

I have been to almost every road course in the USA including Riverside and a few of the major ovals (Indy, Fontana, Daytona). I prefer Road America and Watkins Glen for the viewing and park like atmosphere. Back in the 80's and 90's you could climb down the hill and get near the track between the kink and Canada corner at RA. It was really something to see the Cart Indycar's at full chat on the straight. DL

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Hockenheim has stands all over. The end of lap all the way to turn 1 is just a huge bowl of stands. It is a great place. My first F1 race to watch was there as a Christmas gift from my wife and 1 year old son. I was right across from the pits. See blue arrow on photo.

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Indy was pretty good too, all except for the not racing part in 2005...

Nurburgring is great but stands are disbursed all over. I was down by Dunlop curve. I swear I thought I had to walk to France just to get to my seat.

Canada? MEH. Great to watch on TV but the stands are not in great places and the infield is just a forest so you can't see anything. First time I was on start/finish straight and my seat was so low that I couldn't see the cars coming down the straight. The hairpin is decent though. Worst part is getting to the island on the metro. Ok going to but after race is a nightmare.

And this is for Glen, who is always complaining about lack of consistent penalties for exceeding track limits.

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Turn 15 is my favorite spot.

Turn 15 is a great place, because of the late braking and passing moves taking place at Turn 12, plus the infield action of Turns 13-16.

I was surprised at how good Turn 9 seats are. You can see Turns 6-17. Plus they are inline for the concerts taking place at night, so you can see/hear the concerts without needing to be down in the grass with the masses. And there are good selections for concessions at Turn 7 and 9.


-rb

Turn 8 of the USS Grand Prix looks like a killer.

Have you seen Vettel’s hair. He looks like he joined a rock band from the 80s.

Interesting changes to the track itself.

Vettel can't catch a break
 

Fined $5500 for taking a lap around the track on his moped. Fans loved it I'll bet. He looked like he really enjoyed it too.

$5,500 eruo is about equal to 20 bucks for most of us at his income level. I heard they are going after "unauthorized jewellery" for the drivers. So Lewis will have to lose the visible piercings, and watches and rings are not allowed on the drivers.

I can understand the safety aspect, in a fire the fire suit is doing it's job, but a piece of metal will get hotter than skin, and stay HOT a lot longer. Some of the drivers said they have piercings in places not visible under normal conditions. I really don't want to know where, and I hope they are safe.

:D

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I'm thinking that after cashing the check from UBER Eats.................Vettel will make a substantial profit on that lap. :D

Did he actually deliver something? That would be more hilarious.

Maybe a resume!

I'm sorry to say I think Lawrence is going to tell his kid,"I can't afford you. "

I don't know where his head is at, but it didn't seem to be in the car.

Best
Les

What a disaster of a weekend so far for Aston Martin , they have flushed a lot of $$$ down the crapper . Not good for Latifi/Williams either . Albon got some penalty for a fuel infraction and I think he takes grid penalty .

A shame about Alonso , a simple miss shift throws away a great qualy run . Nice to see McLaren in the top ten . Haas and Alfa off the pace along with Alpha Tauri . Mercedes creeping up. It might be a good race 😁

Carlos tried too hard to make up for an unlucky qualifying.
Max had a chance on the second restart, but as Charles said, they were able to control the race.
George:3rd!
Great race!

Best
Les

I really, really like how LeClerc and Ferrari are performing. They are just getting the job done.

The COTA MotoGP race was a great one.

2022 F1 Thread
 

And Mercedes is likely to win the constructors championship by finish with two cars every race. Red Bull is fast, but fragile.

Vettel has to be questioning himself about the decision to join AM . What a nightmare weekend and horrible start of the season for the team . Stroll Jr. working hard on a race ban and dad has the team spinning in circles and burning $$$ .

Enjoyed the race, tough luck for Carlos and Max.
Got some questions that maybe the brain trust can answer, there was one camera view that showed Leclec leading Max (he was close, can't remember when in the race it was), thae cars were coming straight at the camera and you could see the Ferrari porposing but Max was not, was that because the RB was following closely or what. The talking heads pointed it out but never expanded on the reason for the RB running smooth. I had thought that Ferrari was kind of the leader of the teams as they try to control the bouncing. Found it strange that the porposing goes away in the corners, camera view showed it, talking heads commented on it but no reason as to why, the camera view looked to be into a fast corner but don't know if its cornering or braking that eliminates it.
Seems everyone is having a hard/long time getting the hard compound tires up to temp. I heard that there is a lower tire blanket temp limit as part of the new rules, anyone know what that temp is and what the difference is from last year?

Good race, and results!

Ferrari had one of the worst episodes of porpoising this weekend. It looks like other teams have reduced the effect.

Regarding the cause of porpoising, after observing it in three different races, on three different tracks, I think it is caused by a combination of aero PLUS a certain amount of pavement rippling. If it was just caused by the low underfloor pressure sucking the chassis down until the airflow stalls, then it should be speed dependent and happen on every fast straight.

But it seems to really happen when there is a combination of high speed plus some pavement issues. For Australia, the approach to Turn 9 seemed to be the worst place for porpoising, even though there were faster sections of track.

LeClerc/Ferrari were dominant on Sunday. He just pulled away from the pack, even Max. I think the Ferrari power unit is superior right now, as shown by the performance of the three teams using it. The difference in track position is probably more related to aero/chassis issues, as well as driver.

That said, I think that Mercedes made some power unit improvements this weekend, reflected by the performance of the Mercedes and McLaren teams, as well as Williams/Albon. Aston Martin has chassis, aero and reliability issues slowing them down, and Williams has Latifi.


-rb