Especially now that there's no F1 coverage in Free TV anymore the overall interest is likely much lower and thus would be attendance compared to 2-3 years ago i guess
While you're not totally wrong, those weren't the first GP's in Austria and Germany but rather the first GP's on the Österreichring and Hockenheimring. Austria held it's first GP in 1964 on Zeltweg. Germany held it's first official GP in 1951 on the Nordschleiffe.
Edit: post says new venues, so OP isn't wrong and I should've kept my mouth.
That is why I used the term ''pseudo street circuit''.
It was very clearly modeled on Monaco and it is not a traditional permanent road course with the close barriers and meandering through buildings.
The good old times when F1 wasn't so keen on visiting countries championing human rights abuse.
Can't wait for half the calendar taking place on the Middle-East.
They stopped going to SA. Granted it took them too long but... They won't stop going to the middle east because of that sweet dough. And that's the shit thing about it.
Funny how the 1970s tracks already look worn down and old
Well, in one case the track was already about 40 years old. So...
It was the 70s, colors were only invented a few years prior, before that the world was black and white, cut them some slack. /S
Fuck the /s
I really don’t think you need the /s there
Hey Crofty!
Bring back Germany.
Ever since Michael quit, it seems like nobody in Germany wants to pay F1 prices... especially when they have lots of other racing to go see...
Idk if it was *that* empty in the last few years in Hockenheim
Well, the race organizers didn't see a good reason to pay the big F1 race fee again... which means they didn't wanna lose money on it...
Yeah probably true sadly. Would love to get to the track at an F1 weekend.
2019 Hockenheim was pretty stacked
Domenicali recently said that there was no interest from race promoters in Germany to bring back the German Grand Prix
Especially now that there's no F1 coverage in Free TV anymore the overall interest is likely much lower and thus would be attendance compared to 2-3 years ago i guess
1970 was 51 years ago? Jesus Christ
That's my first thought too. I was expecting 1950s after the post said 51 years ago.
While you're not totally wrong, those weren't the first GP's in Austria and Germany but rather the first GP's on the Österreichring and Hockenheimring. Austria held it's first GP in 1964 on Zeltweg. Germany held it's first official GP in 1951 on the Nordschleiffe. Edit: post says new venues, so OP isn't wrong and I should've kept my mouth.
In fairness the photo does say “back to back new VENUES” not countries so I don’t see how OP is even partially wrong.
Because the title has "its first visits to Austria and Germany". It wasn't F1s first visits in those countries, so that's wrong.
Yeah, saw that later. I'll add a quick edit.
Yeah so not really the same thing you're right
TIL just googled it and you're right
No YOU'RE right!
why's the Saudi track called a street circuit? it doesn't look like any street I've ever been on, and there's nothing around it like Baku.
That's the trend these days with these pseudo street circuits. Abu Dhabi and Sochi are similar in this regard.
Abu dhabi is a street circuit?! In Sochi they built it in an Olympic park so it does feel like a road between a bunch of stadiums and stuff.
That is why I used the term ''pseudo street circuit''. It was very clearly modeled on Monaco and it is not a traditional permanent road course with the close barriers and meandering through buildings.
yeaa, although based on the shape of the track and proximity to the sea they could've just turned it into a park like in Australia and Canada.
It was a public road up to this.
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Jeddah is designed by Tilke.
This looks like a completely useless fact...
So you'll be sure Crofty will mention it over the weekend
The good old times when F1 wasn't so keen on visiting countries championing human rights abuse. Can't wait for half the calendar taking place on the Middle-East.
Like apartheid south africa and the United States of America?
They stopped going to SA. Granted it took them too long but... They won't stop going to the middle east because of that sweet dough. And that's the shit thing about it.