F1 at Bathurst?

Danny@APT · Post by **Danny@APT** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:42 pm

How much more interesting would the Aussie GP be if they used Mount Panorama instead of Melbourne's Albert Park?

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/ ... 11836.html

Pics- http://www.formula1.com/gallery/other/2011/611.html

Danny@APT · Post by **Danny@APT** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:48 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=672cqOf-IVg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkrnwG2c ... re=related

drifter · Post by **drifter** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:21 am

Complete carnage springs to mind

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:50 pm

that would be awesome if they went round there, going down the chase would be amazing
the V8 super cars do about 160mph down there

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:29 pm

Button knocked 20 secs off the existing lap record in Hamilton's 2008 car not a great deal when you consider the time differential between saloon race cars/ GT and F1 on more conventional GP circuits

Danny@APT · Post by **Danny@APT** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:43 pm

To be fair it's far from the smooth and grippy surface that an F1 car loves, and the only areas I'd expect a huge difference would be the few high speed corners and two long straights. Plus Lowndes was only a second off Button's time, so there would be more to come with an optimised set-up and bigger balls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNjIFzULPZk&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu0QaB_20Y4&NR=1