That's what I like!

 

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/246623/...te-green-light/

“This project is on track,” comments Richard Suttle, lawyer for the Austin Grand Prix organisation.

 

That's gonna make this track have a HUGE emphasis on getting a good start off the line. If you bog down and time it wrong you'll get passed a lot faster.

 

Is this the only thread on the Austin 2012 race?

Updates:
Track name is Circuit of the Americas - http://formula-one.speedtv.com/artic...k-gets-a-name/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TQGC5XCUHg

$25 million in state funding cut - http://assets.bizjournals.com/austin...rmula-one.html

Latest aerials of construction - http://f1newsaustin.com/2011/04/medi...ta-track-tour/

 

This is awesome.

 

I used to live in Austin. You'd have a hard time putting a track of this size in Austin without massive elevation changes. Lance Armstrong moved there years ago in order to get the hills into his training schedule. Friends of mine have gone out to check out construction and they say they are working 24/7 to finish on time.

 

Gonna be sick cant wait until next year.

 

Can't wait!

 

I'm surprised that you guys are still interested in F1 after the michelin balls up all those years ago at Indy. :0)

 

There was always interest and there will continue to be. Its not like everyone here only loves watching cars go around in circles.

We have our own road racing history and like the F1 bosses say, F1 needs the US more than the US needs F1

It was the FIA's fault for not allowing Michelin to fly in replacement tires. Hopefully they wont repeat such stupidity ever again.