haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) (11/09/85)
The following is a tentative Formula 1 schedule for 1986: March 9 South Africa or Argentina 23 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) April 13 Spain (Montjuich) 27 San Marino (Imola) May 11 Monaco (Monte Carlo) 25 Belgium (Zolder) June 15 Canada (Montreal) 22 Detroit July 6 France (Dijon) 13 Britain (Brands Hatch) 27 Germany (Hockenheim) August 10 Hungary (Szilasliget) 17 Austria (Zeltweg) Sept. 7 Italy (Monza) 21 Portugal (Estoril) Oct. 12 Mexico (Mexico City) 26 Australia (Adelaide) In addition, the following dates are open (possible venues in brackets): April 6 [Venezuela (Curacao)] August 3 [European (Silverstone)] 31 [Holland (Zandvoort)] Knowing FISA, these will change many times over before March rolls along though... \tom haapanen watmath!watdcsu!haapanen Im all lost in the Supermarket I can no longer shop happily I came in here for that special offer Guaranteed personality (c) The Clash, 1979
rll9466@wucec2.UUCP (Richard L. Lantz) (11/11/85)
In article <1858@watdcsu.UUCP>, haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) writes: > The following is a tentative Formula 1 schedule for 1986: > > March 9 South Africa or Argentina > Knowing FISA, these will change many times over before March rolls > along though... There is a problem with both venues on the March 9th date. South Africa has it it's current political unrest, which makes it undesireable. Argentina on the other hand, is still officially at war with Britian. This poses certain political problems with the British teams: Tyrrell, Williams, McLaren, Brabham, Lotus, etc. which is quite a few of the participants! In view of the observations of the Curacao F3000 event, it seems unlikely that F1 will race there. Most of the observations being that the F3000 cars were too powerful for the current circuit. Of course, FISA will change some thing some where along the line... Rich Lantz rll9466@wucec2.UUCP 6060 Pershing Ave #204 St. Louis, MO 63112 (314) 725-3061
haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) (11/13/85)
In article <1176@wucec2.UUCP> rll9466@wucec2.UUCP (Richard L. Lantz) writes: >> March 9 South Africa or Argentina >There is a problem with both venues on the March 9th date. South Africa has it >it's current political unrest, which makes it undesireable. Argentina on the >other hand, is still officially at war with Britian. This poses certain >political problems with British teams: Tyrrell, Williams, McLaren, Brabham, >Lotus, etc. which is quite a few of the participants! GPI suggested the British drivers might be arrested as spies... [0.5 :-) ] Argentian is still probably a much more stable location than South Africa. The weighty factor on South Africa's side is that the race there has become established over the years, and as always, FISA is till in need of some stability in schedules. >In view of the observations of the Curacao F3000 event, it seems unlikely that >F1 will race there. Most of the observations being that the F3000 cars were too >powerful for the current circuit. No location was announced for the April open date; Curacao was my guess, since at that time it's still too cold to race in Europe (at least in Germany and Britain). Japan and New York were rejected by FISA... \tom haapanen watmath!watdcsu!haapanen Im all lost in the Supermarket I can no longer shop happily I came in here for that special offer Guaranteed personality (c) The Clash, 1979