So, who else pronounced 'Grand Prix' as 'Grand Pricks' as a kid?

Is there another way to pronounce it?

Well, I seem to recall watching F1 before I started learning French. So probably me.

Both were a while ago mind.

I was just kidding. I was quite excited about this new track when I saw the digital rendering of it but the photos(?) I've seen have left me a little cold.

Moi.

Good thing summer is a commin huh?

Correct pronounciation would be like .... Grand Pee, but without 'd' and with 'r' after 'P'

NO.

Center is the middle of something. Centre is an establishment.

*At the center of the universe is a supermassive black hole.
*The man is being treated at the medical centre.

I wish people would pay attention in elementary school.

Well in British English it's always centre.

Isn't that the Canadian usage?

Since when does the universe have a centre?

It's a common misinterpretation to assume that your own country's spelling is globally correct.

Ferrari HQ is at that center(re) by the way.

me and I thought it was hillarious

Hey mate, guess what, it's different dialects. No need to get up in a rise because I don't speak the way you do.

Dont you mean primary school...

Good catch. He probably meant the Galaxy.

Oh no! What if they had named the track "Circuit of the Galaxy"?

I am assuming he meant what he wrote. In the US (and Canada maybe?) we call the initial years of schooling (up to about age 12) Elementary School.

And in the US anyway we use center. You might see the occasional "centre" but that is someone trying to be all sophisticated and foreign sounding. Like using shoppe (used chiefly for quaint effect).

On a side note I went to John Lewis and asked a nice young lady if I could try on some pants when I first arrived in the old country. I know better now.

Come on yanks, if you don't like English you could always use German.

Hope you didn't ask for a fanny pack as well.

That's state to state though, and even sometimes district to district. The district I went to had K-4th as Elementary, 5th and 6th as Intermediate, 7th and 8th and Jr. High and then 9th-12th is High School.

The middle bits are different. I was in a K-6 elementary, started 7th in a two year Jr High, moved to a place where they had 7-9 Jr High and Soph-Sr High School. Other places had 6-8 Jr High and four year High School. And "school" has a different meaning over here compared to the land of tea. In the early 80s when I first started working abroad, we were doing a college tour and I referred to them being "in school". Boy did they get their knickers in a twist. By god they were in Uni and weren't going to take some septic saying they were in school. Meanwhile back in the colonies you could ask someone that went to a place like Hastings Law School or one of the California Poly Technical colleges if they were in school and without hesitation or malice everyone would answer "sure". It's two countries separated by a common language.

Back on track, found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcB3ulaHDbc

Note the Ford F150 is out front the whole way in this video. Suck it Ferrari!

Do you guys think there's any chance of Indycar and ALMS running on this track? It'll be great if indycars also use this circuit.

Liking the elevation changes, but am i the only one thinking that the way the landscape climbs all the way to T1 and then levels out just after means that if there is ever a "webber" style crash on the way to T1 some spectators are going to get a face full of F1 car?

No, the stands will be set well back.

Track seems narrow. And bumpy.....

Very dusty offline

Was that a Jordan leaving the pits or returning to the track at about 1:19?

Too fast to be a Jordan...

must have been bouncing back on track then

View from the top: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q51U1maRqEk...feature=related

Interview with Bob Varsha about the circuit and races...

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/sha..._formula_austin

Lon Bromley was hired as the director of safety for the circuit. Lon is an icon with significant experience in CART the Champ Car. You would often hear his voice as "safety one" back in the CART days talking to race control. Great addition. http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/sha..._formula_austin

For those wondering about the reasoning for the circuit name an interview with Matt Hovis of Exopolis, the creative agency for the project...



http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/sha..._formula_austin

But it is not supposed to be more than a US grand prix. It is not supposed to feel like everyone's grand prix. It should be the US grand prix and feel like a US grand prix. Yes, everyone is welcome and everyone is invited, but the purpose it to make it uniquely yours. Don't make it like the "Tilke Track" version of a US grand prix where it doesn't really metter where it is.

It is the United States Grand Prix. But the circuit is for all kinds of things.

That's a nice bit of PR BS.

There's quite a nice presentation video of the circuit on the official Circuit of the Americas site.

http://www.circuitoftheamericas.com/

Who says what it is "supposed to be"?
I think you have a very parochial view that does not reflect the realities of the potential being exploited here.
When a brand is first established, one needs to ask the scope and purpose.
Obviously the organizers want to make the possibility for support as broad as possible.
Not just Texas. Not just USA. But the entire North and South American continent can participate and feel to be part of it.
This means a much larger base of potential sponsors and fans from a much greater region can consider this their home race.
They have adopted an inclusive strategy not an exclusive one. Makes it "our" race rather than "their" race for a greater audience.
I'm sure Mexico and others are glad for it. As a Canadian, I'll be the first in line for tickets to Austin.

That's a little over the top the other way. So you wouldn't be in line if they called it something else?

Has there not been any news report of the naming of the circuit on Autosport? I don't remember seeing any and site search didn't produce any results either...

Dig the name. Circuit of the Americas. Has a nicely vintage/classic feel to it.

This

Of course I would be. The name has little to do with it.
But it shows an inclusive attitude of the organizers.
And I like that and makes me want to support.

Hell, I went to Indy, even though I hated to give Tony George any of my money.

I went by TG's house a few weeks ago and he is still trying to sell it (at bargain prices too). He may need you to send a few more $ his way.

I might consider it, but only if his head was part of the deal...

I like the name, it reminds me of Road America, the finest racing track in US (imo).

I hope it lives up to the promise.

Aerial photos.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2...219399881419693

Aerial photos of dirt, awesome.

It already has a more advanced series of roads than those in and out of Silverstone!

And, it'll only get better, yet.