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the fact that the chinese a1gp and the australian a1gp will take place in the day will not be good for a1 and it is not the first one. Berni ecclestone and sheikh Maktoum had a deal that the a1gp will take place in the off season. i hope that a1 can support f1 attacks
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I agree. From my experience from Brands when the series had just started, I got a distinct impression that the organisers care for the spectators and want to make sure that we have a good time. The whole weekend was IMO a big spectacle with good racing and good presentation, just what is needed for something like this. Its more than I could say for another certain single seater championship, despite my love and devotion to it. |
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Well, to be fair, that was the first race so they were always going to push the boat out in that respect.
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I don't know if it has satisfied it's own ambitions (Sheik Makhtoum would no doubt say yes, publicly, at least) , but it has certainly met my expectations, and exceeded them.
This is no doubt partly due to the NZ team punching far, far above it's weight. But constantly close racing is always going to be entertaining. I doubt we'll see such dominance from one team in the future, which will make the contest all the more exciting. The way the teams which struggled at the beginning of the season made up ground was very encouraging in this respect. A very successful inaugural season, IMO. |
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Some positive sounds coming from Team Ireland's Mike Gallagher on their new official web site (www.a1teamireland.ie):
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2 May 2006, 22:44 (Ref:1599740) | #33 | |
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What about it...? Tis PR...
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I've sorta stop listening to be honest....
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It's excellent PR and I particularly like the livery of the Team USA car. I'm continuing to listen and to watch.
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Well done to Team USA for taking some initiative. As far as publicity goes they couldn't find an event better than the Indy 500.
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Going back to thebear's question - yes it is, but it's only one team...nice move tho, but I haven't found anything for anyone else (also read - haven't looked).
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There's something like an A1GP summit going on in South Africa this week, so I hope we shall know more about the plans for the second series during the course of the next week or two.
One thing you have to the A1GP people credit for is learning from their mistakes, so I'm sure it will be better. Ermerson Fittipaldi has come up with a neat idea, which is basically that teams should run young, prospective drivers on the Friday, presumably in their second cars. Although now I think about it, that would mean having an impossible number of cars on circuit at the same time... Maybe they should have separate sessions if the time permits, or just one session for the newcomers. |
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Hms could be a plan. Would like to see more testing.
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I am willing to bet that there will still be 22/23 cars but with some new countries entering and some of the weaker ones no longer being supported. I guess we might hear something this week.
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Ok, but Asian and Arabic countries should be on the series, despite most of them are weakest ones. Mostly when among A1GP purposes is to increase interest about motorsport in these regions.
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I would hardly call Lebanon and China the weakest ones (in terms of competitiveness they are, but not financially). It seems to be the European teams that are weakest, e.g. Italy, Austria for example.
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well i can say lebanon have a very good driver Beschir and he showed that in F3000 and in first race starting from 24 to 7th... but he decide it to not drive after the 2nd race cz of the politics in the team i guess...
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