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Good dialog Gents, Thanks.

By the way - this was the scene in Torrington CT on Saturday morning:

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid...y=117853503114

ChrisZ

As much as I dislike all the famous people walking around the grid and some of the silly stuff only Americans would do at a F1 race I thought it was a pretty good show. The water cover incident is excusable in my opinion. There are so many things to get ready especially when part of the track needs to be open for traffic during the day. I don't think it was at all fair to Carlos but I think that will be addressed in future regulations.

Once we got through the first few laps I thought it was a hell of a good race. Lots of passing for sure. And although I like Verstappen, it was fun to see a weekend where he didn't just dominate the race.

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Originally Posted by problemchild

We all value different facilities differently but my reaction to COTA struggling is "who cares?" An isolated dusty track that runs only a few club-type races per year at inflated costs. Perhaps it would be better for club racers if they were struggling for survival.

Sorry but I cannot relate COTA to our iconic facilities like Watkins Glen, Road America, Road Atlanta, Mosport, etc. Disregarding any travel or logistical factors I would much prefer to race at Mid-Ohio than COTA.

Much like NASCAR peaked a decade ago, F1 is booming right now ..... but certainly not sustainable. They should be scooping up Michaels $800 million dollar buy-in ASAP. In a few years, that buy-in number may be higher, but it can also be a whole lot smaller. The trends of our modern generations rarely last for years, much less decades.

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Agreed - We all have our favorite track lists. COTA is in my top 5, ahead of Mid-Ohio. I also much prefer visiting Austin than Mansfield.

Also agree that lower costs from COTA struggling would be great for a few years, until the facility completely closes and is redeveloped for Texas McMansions, apartments and strip centers.

COTA was the only gift that’s kept on giving when nobody else would finance a race, and saved us having a GP at all.

F1 owes them, and maybe all USF1 fans do, too.

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Originally Posted by cory mcleod

Agreed - We all have our favorite track lists. COTA is in my top 5, ahead of Mid-Ohio. I also much prefer visiting Austin than Mansfield.

Also agree that lower costs from COTA struggling would be great for a few years, until the facility completely closes and is redeveloped for Texas McMansions, apartments and strip centers.

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It seems to be booked all the time !

Maybe it'll be like these big hotels where the 2nd or 3rd owner is the one that makes money.
A local resort (Bacara) was built for $220mil, sold 10 years later for $104mil, then more recently for $500mil (Ritz).
So the original developers / banks / investors took a bath.