Formula 1 FIA World Championship 2019

[heywoodu 16,434]

Five years ago this seemed as unlikely as Williams winning the team world title this year or Mercedes not getting a single point anymore in 2019. Just...wow, no way I ever thought this would be possible throughout the years I've visited Zandvoort from a young age 

[heywoodu 16,434]

Aaaaaand it's official

 

Trains to tiny Zandvoort station are gonna be packed Everyone aboard, choochoo!!

 

Spoiler

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

Even I can get  about this.

[heywoodu 16,434]

1 hour ago, dcro said:

Even I can get  about this.

This is one of the more surprising things I've read this year  

[dcro 10,210]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

This is one of the more surprising things I've read this year  

 

What? I used to follow F1 a lot (until 2010).

 

But anyway, I grew to love Zandvoort while watching some TV series about 70s seaons of F1.

[Federer91 3,372]

I'm all aboard the classic european tracks, i prefer them actually, but are they going for a 30 race season. 

[heywoodu 16,434]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

What? I used to follow F1 a lot (until 2010).

 

But anyway, I grew to love Zandvoort while watching some TV series about 70s seaons of F1.

I though you never had any sort of interest in F1  

 

One can discuss whether it's a good track in terms of racing, but I definitely love the entire 'atmosphere' around the track. The dunes, the pictures so close to the sea (you leave the parking lot and are on the beach @hckosice ), it's just beautiful.  I just hope the dunes won't be thrown down and replaced with grandstands, the dunes are part of what makes Zandvoort unique  

[heywoodu 16,434]

2 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

I'm all aboard the classic european tracks, i prefer them actually, but are they going for a 30 race season. 

Nope, most likely this is going to replace Barcelona, where visitor numbers have dropped significantly without Alonso (or Alonso in a good car). Nowadays the Barcelona grandstands seem to be half filled with Dutch fans anyway  

[Federer91 3,372]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Nope, most likely this is going to replace Barcelona, where visitor numbers have dropped significantly without Alonso (or Alonso in a good car). Nowadays the Barcelona grandstands seem to be half filled with Dutch fans anyway  

 

Well that sucks. Couldn't they have swapped Baku or Bahrain instead...

[heywoodu 16,434]

1 minute ago, Federer91 said:

 

Well that sucks. Couldn't they have swapped Baku or Bahrain instead...

Pretty sure they still have contracts with them