Didier Pironi at Watkins Glen in Tyrrell 008

Didier Pironi at Watkins Glen in Tyrrell 008

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[maman7178]

quels sons

[BebalonesIC]

this is awesome...i love old F1 footage from The Glen

[1WehrmachtSoldat]

look at the violent steering at the end of the back straight trying to make the outer loop and the esses!..well over 200 kph!

big balls!

that big bend had francois cevert for breakfast few years earlier.

[supratt2jzgte]

This is how a race track should be. Watkins Glen, the Old Hockenheim etc. Long, fast corners, and very fast straights are the way circuits should be built.

[gamrguy101]

love the way he works the weel (especially at the carousell, the entrence to the boot, and the toe)

[Metal4Truth]

@paizuriman well hold on, Turkey is a nice track. abu dhabi and bahrain ill agree with

[GTRF1V8]

love this place. this place is like spa-francorchamps and silverstone. the glen has those incredibly fast esses, the carousel, and the boot, yet you can still pass in turn 1, the bus stop, and possibly through the toe. and, thanks to the chicane, this place is actually better now than before, since there's another good passing zone. beats the hell out of bahrain/abu dhabi and the tilke circuits.

[Albinobluenardz]

@thestaggie Yes I agree. Miller is boring. The only thing going for it is the length but no elevation changes and a crappy layout ruin it. If F1 were to return, I just don't want to see them on a street course since the history of those in the US is not very bright.

[thestaggie]

@Threadoflength Laguna Seca has no overtaking oppurtunities. That sounds like every other multi-hundred million dollar piece of garbage Hermann Tilke pumps out every second year. I'm not a big fan of it but Laguna at least has character. Maybe with some investment in the pit complex and improving safety features by extending the run-offs, the FIA might have a look at it. It has a better shot than Long Beach in my opinion.

[thestaggie]

@Albinobluenardz I'm sorry, but the Miller Motorsports Park is a horrible track. It has no character what so ever, just like every other new track. Road America would be nice, but that needs investment. The whole pit area & paddock needs to be entirely re-built and it needs improvements to the run-offs and other safety measures. The Glen would be good too.

[Albinobluenardz]

@Threadoflength Yes very true! Long Beach would be neat. I was just thinking that Miller Motorsports Park or Road America would be neat too if they were fixed up of course.