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Old 03-10-2004, 23:01   #23
Graham
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Re: british grand prix axed for 2005

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Originally Posted by sherer
On the subjects of new circuits I don't know why they don't make a new Nurburgring or old Spa etc. With elevations and fast sweeping corners. All the new circuits are just third and fourth gear corners with a long straight and a hairpin thrown in.
Sorry, but I think circuits like Bahrain and Singapore are a little more sophisticated than that!

The new circuits have good technical challenges, they have multiple points at which it's possible to pass, they are designed to be a lot safer and they make the old circuits look positively tedious by comparison.

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It seems strange that in the old days with little money they races on circuits that were over 8 miles long and now the longest is abuot 3 miles except Spa which used to be 10 anyway.
Not strange when you consider how difficult it would be to televise a race on an 8 mile circuit!
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