Shanghai gone from 2009

How i would love to see Motogp bikes howling down conrod straight or climbing up the famous mountain. Mt Panorama, Bathurst.

hasn´t india a new track in 2009?

maybe they want to go to a new market

but i would like to see SouthAfrica back

Abu dhabi is also Building a Race-Track and there are rumours about Russia too
so i think we will see few changes the next few years

Dorna will go where it is cheap and they can make a lot of money

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (stroker @ Apr 10 2008, 04:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>How i would love to see Motogp bikes howling down conrod straight or climbing up the famous mountain. Mt Panorama, Bathurst.


They used to get airborne on Conrod and loose it ..... then when that guy hit the Armco at Shell corner and was torn in two .... it pretty much saw the end of the Bathurst eastr bike weekends ....... so ...... I think Bathurst is a prime example of a track that we will never see motogp bikes at




Edit: .... oh and the riots didn't help either ....... and the banning of booze .....

german eurosport commentators said there are rumours about a Hungarian race

we will see

Good Riddance, Shanghai

What a ridiculous track for motorcycles. It's like all the worst features of Motegi x1000 but wait there's still more, we'll throw in a bunch of awkward turns and then of course the track is so wide it's hard to actually keep more than 1 bike in the same corner in frame at the same time.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (drumfu @ May 6 2008, 03:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Good Riddance, Shanghai

What a ridiculous track for motorcycles. It's like all the worst features of Motegi x1000 but wait there's still more, we'll throw in a bunch of awkward turns and then of course the track is so wide it's hard to actually keep more than 1 bike in the same corner in frame at the same time.
i agree, i hate these cookie cutter tracks. there built for F1 not bikes.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (drumfu @ May 5 2008, 07:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Good Riddance, Shanghai

What a ridiculous track for motorcycles. It's like all the worst features of Motegi x1000 but wait there's still more, we'll throw in a bunch of awkward turns and then of course the track is so wide it's hard to actually keep more than 1 bike in the same corner in frame at the same time.

Yeah Shanghai is a bogus, progressive-apex, F1 Tilke nightmare. Plus when only 20,000 people show up, it looks like you are running an exhibition in a ghost town. MotoGP is falling on hard times. Deservedly so. You have to be hard-up for bikes to watch these 800s. I'm gonna send Dani a crop if he wins this year.

I like Motegi though. Doesn't make for great Motogp racing but the track is exquisite.

Suzuka would be nice, I liked that track, but of course from the lazy point of view I'd rather have races in my time zone or later (that is Europe, Africa or America).
I think a race in South America and Africa would be good, would make the WORLD championship part more credible.

The circuit design is pretty poor... its not very technical and too many empty grandstands.

i found the shanghai track rather dull..tons of seats but no-one in em ?

so im glad its gone

as for a replacement then im not to sure....

Most likely I think we are going to see another Euro circuit in Hungary.

http://blogger.xs4all.nl/daisy/archive/200.../12/360987.aspx


Pannonia Ring is a likely candidate as it is purpose built for motorcycle racing. But as the article says above they would need to update the facilities.

http://www.pannonia-ring.com/index.php?popup=0&id=7

They are also building a new track by Lake Balaton in Hungary that could be a candidate.