Imola Gone

[juany 0]

Seems 2004 will be the last GP held at Imola according to quotes from Mr E.

I kinda like Imola and it is a shame, but I would rather se that go than Monza.

[marina 0]

:?

According to Ecclestone Imola has its last Gp in 2004, Turkey will have its first in 2005, India is awaiting a reply from Fia,North Korea is getting F1 in 2009,Nurburging has applied for 2 mor years and Silvertone must change the track.

He said that there might be in the future 20 races, he just needs to reduce private tests to 30 days a year, and there will be space for more races.

[webber 0]

:? He said that there might be in the future 20 races, he just needs to reduce private tests to 30 days a year, and there will be space for more races.

how great will that be

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

I don't know, 20 races is a damned lot. Teams won't be too happy going over 18, because 18 is a stretch already.

I'm quite indifferent to Imola leaving. It's produced good and bad, but in the end the track layout has been sodomized to the point of chicane-mania.

[nichosnz 0]

I'm a little indifferent to Imola also, I have no problem with it going in fact I condone it, along with one of the German races. Sacrificing these will help to protect some of the other europen races, where the history is.

Although Imola is the second longest current consecutive host of F1, every year since 1980. Bettered only by Monaco, every year since 1955.

[juany 0]

Schuey reckons he will be able to save the San Marino Gp...

[webber 0]

we need imolaif not 4 senna 4 minardi and 2 be honest i quite like the lay out

(its were i got my 1st points on F1 career challenger)

[marina 0]

:cry: :cry: :cry:

I suppose those of you that aren't upset about Imola, did not watch F1 when Senna died there. That was a ver very sad day and therefore I feel that by ending Imola, its closing a chapter in F1 that we did not want to close.

Schummie has said that Ecclestine sometimes speaks a lot but doesn't mean it. According to the Imola track officials their contract ends 2004 and they are going to try and sign for more years. We will see.

[nichosnz 0]

:cry:  :cry:  :cry:  

I suppose those of you that aren't upset about Imola, did not watch F1 when Senna died there. That was a ver very sad day and therefore I feel that by ending Imola, its closing a chapter in F1 that we did not want to close.

Why do you think that, to kling on to every circuit that ever killed someone based on that is just morbid. Yes Senna died there, yes he was a great driver, but none the less he was still just a man!

BTW other well known circuits and F1 that have claimed F1 drivers lives: The old Nurburgring, the old Hockenheim, Reims, Ain-Daib, the old Spa, Rouen-les-Essarts, Zandvoort, Watkins Glen, Ostereichring, Kyalami, Zolder, Reims-Gueux, Le Mans, AVUS, Clermont-Ferrarnd, Buenos Aires, Mixhuca, Oulton Park, Goodwood, Brands Hatch, Paul Ricard, Lauritzring as well as Monza, Monte Carlo, Montreal, Silverstone

[webber 0]

hay thats a lot

[nichosnz 0]

Yes it is, mostly in France, Britain and Germany. The old Nurburgring took more lives than any of the others.

[webber 0]

but y were they still running at it until it became the new Nurburgring

[nichosnz 0]

After all the fatal accidents there they did not stop racing until Niki Lauda's near-fatal accident in 1976. Kind of odd logic really. The new Nurburgring was first raced in F1 in 1984, but was not held regularly until 1995.