XPost: rec.autos.sport.f1, rec.autos.sport.indy
On 1/30/2019 7:10 AM, a425couple wrote:
On 1/30/2019 5:04 AM, D Munz wrote:
Maybe this is not new news but I just noticed that IndyCar is racing
at COTA in a couple of months (March 24th.)
I always thought that was the ultimate no-no under Bernie. As I
understood it, he never allowed a promoter to us F1 venues for other
open wheel series lest they be compared to F1.
Is that correct? Has there ever been CART or Indy at the same venue
with the same layout as F1 under the elf?
FWIW
DLM
A ways back there was certainly an avoidance of
them using the identical track the same year.
But, some of the reasons decreased, and Indycars raced
at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve from 2002 to 2006,
and that was while F1 was using the track.
And Bernie was in charge then, "Ecclestone was removed from
his position as chief executive of Formula One Group on 23
January 2017, following its takeover by Liberty Media in 2016."
Oh, and by the way, what you did not directly ask:
I would guess that on that track designed for F1 and
with the current condition of Indycar rules and
financial limits, I'd predict an Indycar will be 5 to 8
seconds a lap slower than a F1 car.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_Gilles_Villeneuve
The 1996 open wheel "split" deeply hurt the financing
and fan base and thus competitive levels of USA open wheel
racing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_Car
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