United States Grand Prix - Formula One (F1) - Austin

[quikag]

Grape, you know the track has a few more revenue streams than the ticket sales for the F1 race, right???

[Grape]

you are probably referring to the lack of parking on site? From what I hear, a 3 day parking pass is more than some of the lower priced tickets to attend. All other spectators are having to be bussed in from all over town on shuttles. Seriously stupid situtation really.

We tried getting parking for the V8 Supercar race in May and they can't even figure out how to sell me a handicapped pass for a friend of ours that is riding with us. track points us to ticket master and ticketmaster points us back to the track. amatuers.....

no, i mean literally, there will only be 40K tickets sold. The facility cost 900 million, and the sanction fee per event is 25 million. so a 5 year bus plan is 1.025 billion total, which means if you sell 40k tickets each of those five years, they need to retail for $5125 each to break even after 5 years.................ya good job guys.

[Slowhand]

If you're looking for something to geek out with, here's a statistical simulation of the optimal lap time at COTA:

http://www.optimumg.com/technical/simulating-the-united-states-grand-prix/

[Bputacoma]

Silly Vettel. Doesn't he know the horns suck.

[aggie97]

Cant wait to see how much money they make when all 40k people show up lol

you are probably referring to the lack of parking on site? From what I hear, a 3 day parking pass is more than some of the lower priced tickets to attend. All other spectators are having to be bussed in from all over town on shuttles. Seriously stupid situtation really.

We tried getting parking for the V8 Supercar race in May and they can't even figure out how to sell me a handicapped pass for a friend of ours that is riding with us. track points us to ticket master and ticketmaster points us back to the track. amatuers.....

[Bputacoma]

If I didn't know better, I'd swear you just hate everything.

#becauseracecardriver

[suckerdin]

If I didn't know better, I'd swear you just hate everything.

lol.

[Darren M]

Cant wait to see how much money they make when all 40k people show up lol

If I didn't know better, I'd swear you just hate everything.

[Slowhand]

no need to reply. it was a statement of fact. not up for discussion.

That's exactly what you were going for.

[naynay]

Fucking really? We've already had one stupid argument in this thread (you're all welcome), don't bring your shit with Frost and them in here. That's some stupid ass shit that doesn't reflect particularly well upon your argument, regardless of whether you're "right" or "wrong".

no need to reply. it was a statement of fact. not up for discussion.

[Grape]

Cant wait to see how much money they make when all 40k people show up lol

[Slowhand]

F1 race track: union built

Fucking really? We've already had one stupid argument in this thread (you're all welcome), don't bring your shit with Frost and them in here. That's some stupid ass shit that doesn't reflect particularly well upon your argument, regardless of whether you're "right" or "wrong".

[naynay]

F1 race track: union built

[Slowhand]

ya, only 1 season plus 2 races left to enjoy the v8 song bird.

new motor: 1.6L turbocharged V6 capped at 15,000 revs. i'm not a big v6 fan. frankly, i was more interested in the initial decision to switch to a turbocharged 1.6L inline 4.

Ecclestone and Montemezelo both have voiced their displeasure with the sound of the new engines and how they think they'll negatively affect viewership. Combined with the fact that the new engines will send operating costs through the roof at a time when cost cutting is being pushed so hard (although, when isn't it?), there's a chance that they'll scrap them. Ferrari would, but I don't know how Mercedes and Renault would feel about that after they've sunk however much into development already.

[momo]

Tough to argue with that. I'm fully expecting to not enjoy the race itself as much while I'm there, but from everyone I've talked to the atmosphere is well worth it. I also needed to get in a race before they switch to the god-awful V6s in 2014 (which even Bernie himself said sound terrible) and what little of the panache that exists is gone.

ya, only 1 season plus 2 races left to enjoy the v8 song bird.

new motor: 1.6L turbocharged V6 capped at 15,000 revs. i'm not a big v6 fan. frankly, i was more interested in the initial decision to switch to a turbocharged 1.6L inline 4.