Ferrari Mailing List: Re: [Bulk] Re: Austin track

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

I liked what David Hobbs said during the broadcast of Spa.  He explained
that Spa was a course all the drivers liked in part because it seemed like
you were going somewhere, which, after all, is what a road course should be
all about.
Tom Reynolds
Tulsa, OK

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grahame Reinthal" <grahame [at] reinthal.com.au>
To: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] att.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 2:51 AM
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Ferrari] Austin track


> Hi Francis,
>
> Glad to hear this view, and yes, I was just reacting to the homogenisation
> that now seems to be the Tilke trademark, especially in contrast to road
> circuits like Spa, Watkins Glen, Mt Panorama, etcetera.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Grahame
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: francis newman [mailto:francis [at] fntn.co.uk]
> Sent: Saturday, 4 September 2010 6:41 AM
> To: Grahame Reinthal
> Cc: francis newman; The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Austin track
>
> Sorry Grahame
>
> Although Tilke designed it, Tavo Hellmund was insistent on what he wanted
> and to my mind this is a really good track with various interesting series
> of corners and good height differential. All too easy to be critical JUST
> because Tilke had a hand! I think it looks like a very good track.
>
> Best
>
> Francis
>
> On 2 Sep 2010, at 02:34, Grahame Reinthal wrote:
>
> > Oh dear, it's another boring Tilke track - sighs!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Bennett [mailto:pbennett [at] macnet.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, 2 September 2010 11:19 AM
> > To: Grahame
> > Cc: The FerrariList
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Austin track
> >
> > It's going the wrong way CCW!!, even Indy F1 track is CW.  Wonder why?
> > Quite flat, max elevation is 153 feet at turn 1 and what looks to be a
> > very long straight on one dwg isn't long on the second.  Anyone have GPS
> > coordinates?
> >
> >>  Here it is!
> >>
> >> http://www.autoblog.com/photos/austin-f1-track/#3319527Note the uphill
> > entry to turn 1!
> >>
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