Night Races- No Thanks !

[Erki]

Last year's Champ Car race at Houston was a night race and the track was a street course. Maybe they used the regular street lamps...?

[L5->R5/CR]

The IRL is even more 'bloody fast and dangerous' than F1 but they held a night race at Homestead yesterday.

I see no reason why F1 could not hold a successful night race.

I'd actually watch a F1 race live if it was a night race...

[Dazz9908]

Hey, Have thought about this,
Rain, If rains it will make harder to see! For both the drivers and the TV audience,
The Mist reflects the artificial light to make an white blanket, for TV viewing would be confusing and the drivers would absolute hell!

[call_me_andrew]

Last year's Champ Car race at Houston was a night race and the track was a street course. Maybe they used the regular street lamps...?

I think they brought in a temporary lighting system. I believe Champ Car also held a night race at Cleveland's airport course.

If Daytona can run a 24 hour race with artificial lights (at limited levels), then I think a lot of road courses could handle it as well.

I'd rather they ran a night race in Europe, however. I think Hockenheim would be the best track to support a lighting system. The race would be in the afternoon for me, and it's only the late evening in Europe. If you want to please European television viewers, you'll want the race on while they're watching television.

I never get up to watch the European races live. You can't make me get out of bed that early. I wait until the afternoon rebroadcast to watch.

[call_me_andrew]

I just remembered that a few weeks ago I managed to come across a kart race on television.

The race took place in a parking lot, at night, and in pouring rain.

It looked fine on television and aside from the drivers struggling with the wet/oily track the race was pretty good.

[ArrowsFA1]

Can anyone explain what's so great about a night race To me it's nothing more than a(nother) gimmick.

[I am evil Homer]

Track lighting isn't a problem...seeing the flags is. This week's autosport has some interesting opinions, esp the points made my Brundle.

[ShiftingGears]

Hey, Have thought about this,
Rain, If rains it will make harder to see! For both the drivers and the TV audience,
The Mist reflects the artificial light to make an white blanket, for TV viewing would be confusing and the drivers would absolute hell!

All the more challenging aye? : But I take your point. HOWEVER, it could rain so much in a daytime race that visibility is extremely poor for spectators and drivers anyway, so visibility isn't really a problem for night races. Unless someone turns the lights off. I don't think it will be much different from the daytime races at all, bar air and track temperature.

One thing i do wonder is how much extra it will cost to light the whole track at night. If anyone has any estimations do tell.

[I am evil Homer]

Autosport quotes a guy who says at least 300,000 Euro. That's purely light hire and power, not the set-up costs which would take days.

[ArrowsFA1]

I wonder what Honda's earth car would look like under the lights?