Thailand's first world-class racing circuit makes debut

[khunjamesjohnson]

How exciting, paying money to simply watch a car drive past. I can stand on a footpath and see it for free every minute of the day

I can stand on the footpath & watch kids kick a football around for free every minute of the day...... but lots of BIG kids pay BIG money to go & watch the same thing in a stadium.... How exciting.

Just sayin.

Go to and F1 race or a MOTOGP race and you will be blown away. Guaranteed.

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Edited October 9, 2014 by khunjamesjohnson

[thaiguzzi]

It makes malaysia circuit looks like child's play. Soon f1 will dump kl and make mahathair looks like an idiot. F1 will have to come in all 4 fours begging to use newin's circuit instead.

Sorry, i just can't let go. Suriya4 believes he/she and their type are the solution to this marvelous country's problems. But in reality, they are the main problem to Thailand's solution. Nationalistic, racist, introvert, snobbish, your sort make me puke and will forever hold your country back.

[chooka]

How exciting, paying money to simply watch a car drive past. I can stand on a footpath and see it for free every minute of the day

I can stand on the footpath & watch kids kick a football around for free every minute of the day...... but lots of BIG kids pay BIG money to go & watch the same thing in a stadium.... How exciting.

Just sayin.

Go to and F1 race or a MOTOGP race and you will be blown away. Guaranteed.

been to an F1 only because I was working and found it totally boring just a car driving around.

[khunjamesjohnson]

How exciting, paying money to simply watch a car drive past. I can stand on a footpath and see it for free every minute of the day

I can stand on the footpath & watch kids kick a football around for free every minute of the day...... but lots of BIG kids pay BIG money to go & watch the same thing in a stadium.... How exciting.

Just sayin.

Go to and F1 race or a MOTOGP race and you will be blown away. Guaranteed.

been to an F1 only because I was working and found it totally boring just a car driving around.

You had to work at an F1 race and it was boring?

Go as a spectator and not as a dishwasher. You might enjoy yourself.

Back home, many of the races draw 250,000 spectators for the weekend. Hotels full, clubs buzzing, all kinds of entertainment and events happening race weekend.

Best drivers in the world provided with multi millions worth of the latest technology. What I find interesting is the top ten drivers are multi millionaires putting their life on the line every weekend.

Just watch a gaggle of MOTO GP bikes hitting the first few corners. It's spectacular.

It's a party but I can see why you wouldn't like it.

[chooka]

How exciting, paying money to simply watch a car drive past. I can stand on a footpath and see it for free every minute of the day

I can stand on the footpath & watch kids kick a football around for free every minute of the day...... but lots of BIG kids pay BIG money to go & watch the same thing in a stadium.... How exciting.

Just sayin.

Go to and F1 race or a MOTOGP race and you will be blown away. Guaranteed.

been to an F1 only because I was working and found it totally boring just a car driving around.

[chooka]

How exciting, paying money to simply watch a car drive past. I can stand on a footpath and see it for free every minute of the day

I can stand on the footpath & watch kids kick a football around for free every minute of the day...... but lots of BIG kids pay BIG money to go & watch the same thing in a stadium.... How exciting.

Just sayin.

Go to and F1 race or a MOTOGP race and you will be blown away. Guaranteed.

been to an F1 only because I was working and found it totally boring just a car driving around.

You had to work at an F1 race and it was boring?

Go as a spectator and not as a dishwasher. You might enjoy yourself.

Back home, many of the races draw 250,000 spectators for the weekend. Hotels full, clubs buzzing, all kinds of entertainment and events happening race weekend.

Best drivers in the world provided with multi millions worth of the latest technology. What I find interesting is the top ten drivers are multi millionaires putting their life on the line every weekend.

Just watch a gaggle of MOTO GP bikes hitting the first few corners. It's spectacular.

It's a party but I can see why you wouldn't like it.

Definately was not a dishwasher, free access to all areas including the pits.

[SilverBeast]

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I would like to see the condition of the track in a year or two when some maintenance and upkeep is due.

not needed- made in Thailand,last forever!

Yes the surface is perfect ! Its just that they dint put the 30cm reinforced concreete base layer down first ! So it might end up like the Pattaya Rama 9 motorway, its so undulating and bumpy you cant do more than 200KPH in a decent race car, get to a point you just cant stand the pain!!!!

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Bah, 200kph. That's nothing. We do those speeds in our cars and we call them $500 Chump cars! lol.

Track looks superb!

They should consider carefully before they name the corners, though... You can only imagine the international commentators trying to pronounce the Thai (potentially twenty character long) names! alt=biggrin.png> alt=biggrin.png>

I remember going to Kyalami, South Africa back in the 1970s, watching 'delivery bike' races. It was hilarious; 40 bikes into the first corner and 12 come out the other side! Also remember Cortinas, Escorts and Skylines, battling it out with my favourite - the Capri Perana V8. Showing my age now, but consider how treasured these memories are - 40 years later!

People should take their kids, it is a great experience. Also a dying one as a spectacle - soon there will be electric cars humming around a track, operated by remote control. Like a dream Scalextric...

Any top fuel dragsters in Thailand? Another fantastic spectator sport.

I think the Drag Racing scene is probably lacking in Thailand...

[draftvader]

There is plenty of drag racing in Thailand. Any night of the week in Pattaya when a rich target runs....

[kartman]

Go to youtube and watch 2014 Goodwood Revival, racing from circa 50 years ago and basic aero i'm sure if the current spectators were time warped back to that era and then forward most of them would go home it's only the hype that keeps them attending not the racing.

[Bluetongue]

Anyway World Superbikes is a start, the calendar isn't official yet but the WSBK director confirmed in August that the Thai round is on. Both F1 and MotoGP want many millions up front from the circuitand require more infrastructure than Buri Ram has at this stage anyway. Hopefully a good roll up

will encourage other events, I for one would attend the whole three days and drag the family along

on raceday too, they enjoy the races but don't understand enough about the sport to enjoy qualifyingetc

[Strangebrew]

Where are traffic cops when you need them? bet BIB was pissed all that baht for speeding bribes

[newermonkey]

Yes the surface is perfect ! Its just that they dint put the 30cm reinforced concreete base layer down first !

How do you know this?

Because i have lived in thailand for 30 years, I just know. if you want to show me photos of the solid concreete base going in I will fall off my chair.

[H1w4yR1da]

Yes the surface is perfect ! Its just that they dint put the 30cm reinforced concreete base layer down first !

How do you know this?

Because i have lived in thailand for 30 years, I just know. if you want to show me photos of the solid concreete base going in I will fall off my chair.

I've no idea as I wasn't there during the construction. Neither, it appears, were you.

So basically you're guessing. Kind of understandable as I am also dubious when it comes to Thai construction methods.