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The United States Grand Prix |OT| Formula 1 Returns to the US
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Did he bump into a bunch of people when he got up and walked away? That's how I would imagine it.
RapidCancel
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Airport shuttles were fannntassstic. I was in and out of the parking lots quick and easy and there were barely lines at all. I don't really keep up with F1 but I had a great time there this weekend. Can't wait for April when MotoGP comes down.
My photos in the press: http://www.houstonpress.com/slideshow/formula-one-racing-at-circuit-of-the-americas-38202911/
They resized/recompressed them though. I'll load a few on flickr later tonight and post in the photography thread.
They resized/recompressed them though. I'll load a few on flickr later tonight and post in the photography thread.
Cool, only had a chance to check out a couple of them, will return to check the rest later. Can anyone climb that observation tower thing?
Yeah for a fee of $35 and for only 10 minutes.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Are we officially back to the shadow?
LOL, yeah....uh no thanks.
Not quite, I'm working on a writeup of my time at the event, and then sometime this week (maybe Friday if I can't find good wifi here in Austin) pictures from race day!
RapidCancel
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You'd be surprised how many people I saw up there throughout the day...don't think I ever saw it empty till the end of the day.
Well whats more outrageous? That or paying $10 for a can of beer? Haha.
ConfusingJazz
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I was in the airport lot as well, which was fantastic the first two days.
For some reason on the third we were one of the worst lines.
There is WiFi even in the buses, you're covered. I'm also planning on relating my experience on the circuit, but I am not a good writer so it will be a dump of broken English.
None the less, great weekend. My only regret was carrying a DSLR around when I didn't get any real good photos, at least nothing that someone else did and can easily be found on the web.
It was a pretty exiting race. I think the Austin race track is very very good! Kudos to the people who designed it!
Here's the set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7418894@N07/sets/72157632058455260/
Here's a couple of photos from the set:
DSC03425-Edit by bitmipsyndicate, on Flickr
DSC02783-Edit by bitmipsyndicate, on Flickr
DSC02351-Edit by bitmipsyndicate, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7418894@N07/sets/72157632058455260/
Here's a couple of photos from the set:
DSC03425-Edit by bitmipsyndicate, on Flickr
DSC02783-Edit by bitmipsyndicate, on Flickr
DSC02351-Edit by bitmipsyndicate, on Flickr
Adam Scott Aukerman
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I've no issue with the track, it looks fine (although I really don't like how shamelessly derivative it is). By the standard of the last ten years, the race was 'eventful', but really F1 got in such a dire situation in that time entertainment-wise that you can't really call that a positive benchmark. Compared to the first half this season, it was pretty, pretty dull.
If it had been Alonso chasing down Vettel instead of Hamilton, that would have helped though. At this point in the season, it's really all about the championship for me. The only real surprise in that regard for the whole race was Alonso making the start that he did.
I absolutely relish the possibility of the championship being decided in a downpour at Brazil though. Hopefully the rain actually happens at it levels the playing field a bit between Alonso and Vettel, so we're left with a situation in which the championship can go either way for the majority of the race.
OK so here is my little write up of the events last weekend.
The shuttle system to and from the track was terrific, at least for the Airport location. Never had to wait to get on a shuttle and the ride was short. Eventually they should get the entire walkway (and the rest of the track) fully paved making it an even easier walk than it was.
I thought that the track location was great, rolling hillside all over central texas made for great viewing for the most part from pretty much anywhere at the track. Only bummer about my seat was that there was a taller guy infront of me and the seats were shallow enough that he blocked a portion of T12 from my view. Then the VIP suites in T13 and T2 blocked part of T1-3... They should just relocate all the VIP suites to the outside of T1!
Food and drink were pretty expensive but I was expecting that so I planned accordingly. Great to see smaller options available for food, would love to see more local food trucks and local beverage options in the future. The Korean BBQ Nachos I had were terrific! More options in general would help fight the line issues too (I never stood in line for coffee, but to hear that the Krispy Kreme truck behind T12 ran out of everything AGAIN and again was kinda silly).
The support races were decent, but need to be better for the next event. Seeing the historic F1 cars was fun, but I didn't bother to stick around to watch them "race" since I knew there wasn't going to be actual racing involved when the cars are worth as much as those are. Similar thoughts about the Ferrari races. The GT3 race was fun to watch but would have been better if it was for points!
The stuff leading up to the race looked nice, and seeing Michael try to get his Mustang running was great, but if you weren't on the main straight there was no point in the marching band. Maybe they forgot to pipe the sound out to the rest of the track?
Nothing I'll say about the race that wasn't already said. Terrific from basically every aspect (and the crowd around me was great to watch with as well, very into F1 and mostly from the USA outside of one couple from Japan and one from Australia) Loved seeing Lewis reel Seb in lap after lap, and the track was slick enough that there was basically always something happening in the twisty bit after T12. Would love to see a non 1 stop race though
Only thing I'd like to see is maybe give the non-GA people who attend the race a single ticket they could use to get up the tower. Would have loved to get to the top of that thing, but not for $35. Also, a better handeling of foot traffic over the various bridges over the track, shouldn't take 45 mins to get from T15 to T1.
Long story short, can't wait to be back (most likely in 2014, but if I can get cheap hotel/airflight down here for next year I might just roll GA tickets and only stay for the weekend). Austin seems like an awesome place, loving my stay here beyond the race so far. Torchy's is tasty! But nobody told me how big the tacos were...
The shuttle system to and from the track was terrific, at least for the Airport location. Never had to wait to get on a shuttle and the ride was short. Eventually they should get the entire walkway (and the rest of the track) fully paved making it an even easier walk than it was.
I thought that the track location was great, rolling hillside all over central texas made for great viewing for the most part from pretty much anywhere at the track. Only bummer about my seat was that there was a taller guy infront of me and the seats were shallow enough that he blocked a portion of T12 from my view. Then the VIP suites in T13 and T2 blocked part of T1-3... They should just relocate all the VIP suites to the outside of T1!
Food and drink were pretty expensive but I was expecting that so I planned accordingly. Great to see smaller options available for food, would love to see more local food trucks and local beverage options in the future. The Korean BBQ Nachos I had were terrific! More options in general would help fight the line issues too (I never stood in line for coffee, but to hear that the Krispy Kreme truck behind T12 ran out of everything AGAIN and again was kinda silly).
The support races were decent, but need to be better for the next event. Seeing the historic F1 cars was fun, but I didn't bother to stick around to watch them "race" since I knew there wasn't going to be actual racing involved when the cars are worth as much as those are. Similar thoughts about the Ferrari races. The GT3 race was fun to watch but would have been better if it was for points!
The stuff leading up to the race looked nice, and seeing Michael try to get his Mustang running was great, but if you weren't on the main straight there was no point in the marching band. Maybe they forgot to pipe the sound out to the rest of the track?
Nothing I'll say about the race that wasn't already said. Terrific from basically every aspect (and the crowd around me was great to watch with as well, very into F1 and mostly from the USA outside of one couple from Japan and one from Australia) Loved seeing Lewis reel Seb in lap after lap, and the track was slick enough that there was basically always something happening in the twisty bit after T12. Would love to see a non 1 stop race though
bring back refueling!
Only thing I'd like to see is maybe give the non-GA people who attend the race a single ticket they could use to get up the tower. Would have loved to get to the top of that thing, but not for $35. Also, a better handeling of foot traffic over the various bridges over the track, shouldn't take 45 mins to get from T15 to T1.
Long story short, can't wait to be back (most likely in 2014, but if I can get cheap hotel/airflight down here for next year I might just roll GA tickets and only stay for the weekend). Austin seems like an awesome place, loving my stay here beyond the race so far. Torchy's is tasty! But nobody told me how big the tacos were...
Could be the last time we see a HRT at a race!
gutterboy44
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Some of my pics from the GP. It was an awesome weekend.
Album of some more pics http://imgur.com/a/Qzyyl
Album of some more pics http://imgur.com/a/Qzyyl
Psychotext
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Nice shots. They have a real "other worldly" feel to them.
gutterboy44
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Bus is definitely going for P1!
Thanks! I love shooting in RAW and fucking around in post with photoshop. I always keep some pics that simply document an occasion but most of the time I like to choose only a few that i consider interesting. I also love playibg with the subtle tilt shift effect. Works awesome with race tracks and cars.
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