Minister Pushes for Bangkok F1 Race Plan with 2024 Deadline

[Advocatus Diaboli]

Just imagine how many pit stops would be required to hand over brown envelopes …. At least they couldn’t get the drivers for not wearing a helmet. Speeding maybe?

[Unamerican]

15 minutes ago, Cereal said:

Montreal is a street circuit

Since when? 

[Ironmike]

I can see it now F1 cars going 300 miles an hour and then theirs grandma on her 3 wheeler selling somtum in the middle of the street. 

[OneMoreFarang]

Imagine the traffic chaos if this would actually happen within Bangkok.

Crazy!

 

[thecyclist]

2 hours ago, mr_lob said:

This would be like a carrot to a donkey for the Red Bull escape artist...surely then the rozzers would haul him in, right? Right? 🐖✈️

Escape artist??😃😃

He just left the country with a lot of money. No artistry there. 

Just like that other "artist " ,who has since returned, and might have to do another runner. 

[Homburg]

Will this be with an option to switch to speedboat racing when it rains?

[Surasak]

2 hours ago, hitext said:

How are the F1 drivers going to react when they see a 1982 Honda Wave coming the wrong way towards them...

 

...with Dad (no driving license) driving and a toddler standing in front of him, Mom (no helmet) sitting behind carrying a baby, 3 kids clinging on for dear life behind her, and several chickens in a basket out front? 

You exaggerate, surely!🛵

[thesetat2013]

They better start fixing the roads now if they think they can get F1 racing here. Everyone knows how slow the road crews are and how shoddy their work is and never lasts for long

[brianthainess]

2 hours ago, JesseHumphry said:

Why would they do that instead of using the Buriram Circuit? If it's good enough for MotoGP surely it's good enough for F1. 

It would cost far less and would be less of a hassle to deal with. The propensity of the FIA and Liberty Media to opt for street circuits is quite frankly insane. Dedicated circuits are how you get the cars to come alive. This isn't just a bad idea for Thailand, it's a bad idea for the sport in general. Sure, Albon gets a home race, but again, you have Buriram and it's a solid track. 

But then no one would get paid for "Ongoing feasibility studies"................

[joloit]

Imagine 20,000 Thai spectators at the race driving back home. Each pretending to be notch of the race!! Fascinating!!

[Sig]

There are so many city street circuits already. I'd love to see them do a run from somewhere in Chiangmai province over the winding roads to Maehongson. The road conditions may be less than desirable, but that'd make it that much more interesting! Or maybe a motorcycle race would be amazing to see there. It would be a long course to control, but I can't imagine it would be any more expensive to organize than a race through Bangkok streets.