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F1 2013: The US GP in Austin, Texas.

Ferry_vO

Ferry_vO

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About 30 minutes until the start, here are the qualifying results:

PosNoDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Laps
11Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing-Renault1:38.516 1:37.065 1:36.33812
22Mark WebberRed Bull Racing-Renault1:38.161 1:37.312 1:36.44114
38Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:38.676 1:37.523 1:37.15517
411Nico HulkenbergSauber-Ferrari1:38.339 1:37.828 1:37.29620
510Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:37.959 1:37.854 1:37.34520
63Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:38.929 1:37.368 1:37.37619
76Sergio PerezMcLaren-Mercedes1:38.367 1:38.040 1:37.45221
87Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault1:38.375 1:38.078 1:37.71521
917Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault1:37.821 1:37.439 1:37.83624
1012Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari1:38.082 1:38.031 1:38.03420
1119Daniel RicciardoSTR-Ferrari1:38.882 1:38.13118
1214Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:38.894 1:38.13918
135Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:38.588 1:38.21716
149Nico RosbergMercedes1:38.743 1:38.36419
154Felipe MassaFerrari1:39.094 1:38.59217
1618Jean-Eric VergneSTR-Ferrari1:38.880 1:38.69615
1715Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:39.25010
1816Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:39.35111
1921Giedo van der GardeCaterham-Renault1:40.49110
2022Jules BianchiMarussia-Cosworth1:40.52811
2120Charles PicCaterham-Renault1:40.59610
2223Max ChiltonMarussia-Cosworth1:41.40110
Q1 107% Time1:44.668

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Note - Button penalised 3 grid places for passing under red flags in FP1. Pic penalised 5 places for unscheduled gearbox change. Gutierrez penalised 10 places for impeding Maldonado during Q1.




Can Vettel make it eight in a row this afternoon?
 
While the track is gorgeous,
I've decided not to go up there for the race until they get a better handle on the parking.

I might do MotoGP again and/or V8 Supercars though.
 
Panther_99FS said:
To what extent?
Unless you're rich, with Austin, you pretty much have to park miles away & then ride a 45min to 1hr bus ride to the track.
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Spa and Silverstone for example are notorious for their parking problems, as are tracks located in big cities like Sao Paolo or Kuala Lumpur.

Zandvoort is another fine example; very expensive parking and only one narrow road in & out so long traffic jams every race. By train it's two hours from where I live to the city, just 60 miles.. Best option is to drive to a nearby station and take the train from there for the last bit, but once you arrive you still need a brisk 15-20 minute walk to get to the track.
 
Oh, andd as for the race..? :apathy:

Well, at least we got to see Vettel set a new record (Eight wins in a row in one season), but I'm all in favour of adding penalty weight for each victory by now...
 
Ferry_vO said:
Spa and Silverstone for example are notorious for their parking problems, as are tracks located in big cities like Sao Paolo or Kuala Lumpur.

Zandvoort is another fine example; very expensive parking and only one narrow road in & out so long traffic jams every race. By train it's two hours from where I live to the city, just 60 miles.. Best option is to drive to a nearby station and take the train from there for the last bit, but once you arrive you still need a brisk 15-20 minute walk to get to the track.
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Spa & Silverstone are old tracks - the traffic situation was different when they were designed versus the present.
Austin is a new track that's out in the middle of nowhere. Due to it being new and "out there" location, traffic & parking shouldn't be as horrific as it is.

If the track was in downtown Austin, then I could understand -however, the track is out in the country in area of low populace. There is almost literally nothing around the track & thus why the parking situation makes zero sense.
 
Panther_99FS said:
While the track is gorgeous,
I've decided not to go up there for the race until they get a better handle on the parking.

I might do MotoGP again and/or V8 Supercars though.
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Wife had to work, I know lame excuse. I did have great parking at MotoGP on my Duc, and assumed the bikers would be allowed right up to the ticket gate for F1.
 
Victory103 said:
Wife had to work, I know lame excuse. I did have great parking at MotoGP on my Duc, and assumed the bikers would be allowed right up to the ticket gate for F1.
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Oh yeah, the MotoGP is entirely different! (Which is why I said I'll probably do that again..)
 
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