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24th August 2011, 15:44 #11
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Originally Posted by edv
Makes as much sense , and as much spectacle as driving on a frozen lake . Maybe more spectacle , as there might have been a few more spectators , as they wouldn't be freezing thier nuts off .
I mean , why not , eh ?
It got all of us talking about it .
By the way , are you the edv from the Holmes site ?
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25th August 2011, 00:19 #12
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Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
People are just tryin' to have a little bit of fun.Marco Simoncelli 1987-2011
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25th August 2011, 01:01 #13
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When DC was driving on the paved sections of road, I was expecting tumbleweeds to roll across the view.
I can't imagine the car enjoyed that little run one bit. It would have been funny if they put some big, knobby air-bag tyres on it and raised the ride height for the dirt/construction site.
Oh, another thought. Maybe RBR should set the thing up with uneven sized tyres and a huge wing over the cockpit for a speedway style blast - imagine that!
Ok, I will stop now - but having the ways and means to fool around with an F1 car out of it's natual environment would be a great thing.
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25th August 2011, 01:14 #14
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Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
Considering that Red Bull sold over 4 billion cans of modified fizzy drink and returned a profit of €3.785bn, I think that the results prove your claim wrong. Obviously it did make sense to their marketing managers, otherwise they wouldn't have done it.The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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25th August 2011, 05:24 #15
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25th August 2011, 05:34 #16
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Originally Posted by Rollo
Originally Posted by Rollo
I wouldn't buy their canned beverage or think, "Ooh, Red Bull is cool," just because they drove their F1 car on dirt. They could have done it like at Yeongam, after the first layer of tarmac was laid, when Chandhok drove it. At least you get to see the track. Here, there was nothing to see, just an F1 car struggling at 20 mph.
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25th August 2011, 07:37 #17
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Ok Captain, you've made your (somewhat laboured) point. Time to move on?
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25th August 2011, 08:15 #18
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25th August 2011, 12:47 #19
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The more they open exposure to the track, the more interest will grow. As things progress I'm sure we will see a lot more about the track and more videos and such floating around.
Smart money would be to get some of the NASCAR drivers previously in F1 out on the track in a car once it's paved. Better yet a seat swap type thing where they take both an F1 car and a NASCAR car to the track. Time for JPM to make a run or two.
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25th August 2011, 14:11 #20
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Looking forward to the first race there, may even head over for it.
I think a good marketing move to run the Red Bull car there, keeps the locals happy and therefore the local voters. If you don't keep the locals happy you may end up with a circuit with some severe restrictions.
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