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    Tracks that could be upgraded to F1 Standards

    What tracks could be upgraded to F1 Standards in your view.

    Lausitzring, Paul Ricard (If they get rid of the artificul colour thing), Mugello, Brno, Road America, Daytona, Laguna Seca,.........?

    What do you think?

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    Pretty much any circuit ready to invest millions to put in corporate facilities and cover whatever surrounds the circuit has with tarmac. For this reason, I'd prefer that Road America and Phillip Island aren't up to F1 standards.

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    Paul Ricard is definitely is F1 standard! The coloured asphalt is there for a purporse - it denotes abrasiveness of asphalt when a car has an off and aid deceleration.

    Pretty sure Mugello is.

    Road America should but you it needs someone with a money to burn

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    Silverstone should be upgraded to F1 standard.

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    Every FIM accredited circuit practically is isn't it? I would have though that protecting a bike rider who has no crash protection would be a harder job than a car which is crash tested.
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    If they're going to upgrade any track, I hope it's Mount Panorama. Unlikely to happen, though.

    That place should hold an F1 race, even just once. It would be one for the ages.

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    No way! That would be bloody dangerous.

    If you had a case of jumped wheels or something similar to the case of Hamilton and Alonso on the weekend, at a place like Skyline or The Dipper, then a car would jump the fence and plow into the bush possibly 25ft below.

    Pure ludicrousness.
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    Bathurst could be done, if you were prepared for some massive engineering making bigger runoffs and catch-fencing. It'd change the character of the track for the worse, though.

    I don't believe what people say about suspension of F1 cars not being up to that circuit, after all in 2006 in Montreal Heikki bounced backwards off the wall and still finished the race.

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    I spent my childhood in Mexico, and I would go for both of the tracks -
    Fundidora Park in Monterrey and Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FIA
    What tracks could be upgraded to F1 Standards in your view.

    Lausitzring, Paul Ricard (If they get rid of the artificul colour thing), Mugello, Brno, Road America, Daytona, Laguna Seca,.........?

    What do you think?
    Upgrading the track is the least of the problem - many could do that! It's the stuffing of Bernie's pockets that keeps most track owners uninterested!
    "You can mop the blood up later." - R.A. Lafferty

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