1 of 2 F1 appearances this year
Jp

Odered/signed up for 2 PSL's. Could turn out to be a bad investment if things don't go well. Here's to being optimistic!

The Personal Seat Licenses don't make much sense if you are only attending F1 and live farther than a days drive away.
It only makes sense for locals.
I've only seen it in NASCAR where there is mostly a local crowd.
It does make sense for other stadium sporting events.
Most on this BB and international fans would pass and wait for the ticket sales.
Hotels are already stupid price. We are looking at San Marcos for reasonable rates.

Hmmm...and the other is where?

I'm a local and I don't think it makes sense even for us, esp at those prices.

A $1000-$5000 PSL for just F1 and Aussie V8s, when we don't even know how long the USGP has been secured? No way.

The Personal Seat Licenses don't make much sense if you are only attending F1 and live farther than a days drive away.
It only makes sense for locals.
I've only seen it in NASCAR where there is mostly a local crowd.
It does make sense for other stadium sporting events.
Most on this BB and international fans would pass and wait for the ticket sales.
Hotels are already stupid price. We are looking at San Marcos for reasonable rates.

I agree.
Paying a $5000 premium for 30 events (2 events x 15 years) adds about a third to the ticket price.
Why would anybody do that?

Circuit of The Americas will be a world-class destination for performance, education and
business. It will be the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the United States designed for any
and all classes of racing, from motor power to human power, and be the U.S. home to both the
Formula 1 Grand Prix and V8 Supercar World Championships.

I thought it was announced last spring, 10 years, starting in 2013?

All projects run behind that have this scope and magnitude. I will be doing a projection later this week that realigns the schedule with the actual progress and projects the outcomes. I think the schedule can be met, but that depends on factors that are beyond the control of the constructors...Weather, supply of prefabricated materials, unknown issues, etc. are my concerns. They have consumed all of their "float" or "slack" time. Any delays will threaten the completion. But, I am optimistic and they have a very good team on the project.

The United States Grand Prix

Tilke’s latest creation, the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, will host its first Grand Prix in November. On paper, there’s much to anticipate about this new venue, with a Silverstone-inspired opening sequence of fast corners and ample elevation change.

And F1′s return to the States is certainly something to be celebrated. F1′s popularity in America may never rival that of NASCAR or the National Football League. But being a minority sport which in a country of over 300 million people is hardly a bad thing.

And it’s clear from the feedback I’ve read on F1 Fanatic the sport has many dedicated and passionate followers in the USA.

great photos - thank you! Really show off the elevation changes.

http://c279842.r42.cf1.rackcdn.com/4f1da07...20-%20Final.pdf

MotoGP conspicuously absent.

Oh, I thought the METF funding was fine again. At the moment they basically don't get any(yet)?

Because MotoGP already has races in the USA (Laguna Seca and Indy), so it wouldn't be "the home", unlike the other two.

No conspiracy ;)

Will Buxton You'd better be putting some windows in it! Don't want to be coming all the way to Austin to stare at a wall instead of the track!

So India had no commentary box windows, and USA is not going to have media centre windows?

Here are 30 photos I shot this morning:

It all looks very encouraging. It already looks better than Korea did when it was finished....

Tavo Hellmund spotted at Jerez test session...with potential USGP sponsor?

http://www.pitpass.com/45571-Hellmund-spotted-at-Jerez

Thanks for that.

It's not really though. If he's showing around other promoters that might be interesting, but him operating as a sponsorship broker only interests Bernie. He get the money for the Whoever United States Grand Prix and Tavo gets a % of the 6-7mil fee.

So they don't have windows? Who's designing this shit, oh wait...it's Tilke, right. It's abit poor that now Delhi and Austin have rather poor facilities for the commentators. Come on, they're supposed to be state of the art F1 circuits that cost a fortune to build and an even bigger one to host an F1 race, the people are supposed to have some serious money.

Can you see the windows? The whole wall on the first floor facing the track is windows.

He will have meant American first floor. Which actually doesnt' make sense because that would be the garages. Unless the media center is going to be in a building behind the pits where the trucks would normally park but aren't because it's a fly away race.

I think the media center is the building in the front left, right above the unidentifiable Petronas sponsored car which somehow managed to get its airbox caught in the guardrail.

Enough with the vindows already.... question for Tim.

Is there an Austin radio station that talks about the build up @ COTA?
Just downloded the TUNEIN RADIO app on the I-Pod.
http://tunein.com/radio/Austin-r100042/
Jp

The only one is KLBJ-AM, where Jeff Ward doesn't really talk about the buildup, but rather lambastes the whole project based on its planned receipt of METF funding. He's an idiot, but he's loud and angry, so he has a following.

The sports stations are Texas Football, the NFL, and more Texas Football all day. I've talked to them about it a bit but they really seem to have no clue.However, I think once they start to get wind of the amount and nature of F1 intrigue and shenanigans, they'll be ready to get into it.

The only one is KLBJ-AM, where Jeff Ward doesn't really talk about the buildup, but rather lambastes the whole project based on its planned receipt of METF funding. He's an idiot, but he's loud and angry, so he has a following.

The sports stations are Texas Football, the NFL, and more Texas Football all day. I've talked to them about it a bit but they really seem to have no clue.However, I think once they start to get wind of the amount and nature of F1 intrigue and shenanigans, they'll be ready to get into it.

They play football in Texas?