F1: the abandoned and deserted.

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Manoah2u
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F1: the abandoned and deserted.

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I enjoy some photogenic scenes. I enjoy the classic F1 picture topic a great lot, too.
Would like to collect as many of pictures of - as sad as it may be - abandoned F1 stuff.

Things like tracks; Hockenheim, old Monza, abondonded F1 cars collecting dust, etc.

let's see how many we can find

Former European GP - Valencia, Spain

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France

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Rouen-les-Essarts

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Monza

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hockenheim

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fuji

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Mclaren Honda - warning; this may be shocking

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bMW F1 car in turkey

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Toyota F1

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Not sure if F1, still.....

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bring them please!
"Explain the ending to F1 in football terms"
"Hamilton was beating Verstappen 7-0, then the ref decided F%$& rules, next goal wins
while also sending off 4 Hamilton players to make it more interesting"

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Juzh
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Monza banking wrapped in fog haze just looks menacing. Straight out of a horror movie. Probably zombies around the corner.

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RicME85
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Surprised how bad Valencia looks

Vettel Maggot
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I am too, it looks like a warzone!

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bdr529
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Reims Circuit
Nothing like a fresh coat of paint to make things look new again,
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http://www.circuitsofthepast.nl/en-US/ Good site for info and pictures of Old race tracks
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mi ... 5rJy9oCeFM Formula 1 circuits inaugural 1950 season

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bdr529
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Autodromo de Sitges-Terramar in Spain, built in 1923 and used until the 1950′s
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Video of Audi R8 LSM Carlos Sainz / Miguel Molina drive the track, and some old footage,
It's in Spanish click on CC for english subtitles
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J.A.W.
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Truly evocative thanks guys, & at the same time an indictment on the lame 'designer' artificial circuits in use today,
- which are generally so chock-full of boring bends & lacking the inherent 'flow' of a 'natural' track..
"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"

Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).

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bdr529
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Keimola Motor Stadium Finland 1966 to 1978

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It seemed much larger before the fire. :shock:
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Thunder
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Great Thread, great Pictures. Thanks for that.
turbof1 wrote: YOU SHALL NOT......STALLLLL!!!
#aerogollum

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1158
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bdr529 wrote:Keimola Motor Stadium Finland 1966 to 1978

It seemed much larger before the fire. :shock:

Didn't the owner of the land use fill to cover up the tower entrance and raise the ground level due to people climbing in and on it? I thought I read that somewhere.

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bdr529
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1158 wrote:
bdr529 wrote:Keimola Motor Stadium Finland 1966 to 1978

It seemed much larger before the fire. :shock:

Didn't the owner of the land use fill to cover up the tower entrance and raise the ground level due to people climbing in and on it? I thought I read that somewhere.
I was just joking It's not the same tower, in the first photo you can see people standing on the top of the tower and on all 3 levels,
I think this is a smaller version some where else on the property
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J.A.W.
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How many towers were erected there?
Sure looks pretty much identical basic-structure-wise - in the pix..
"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"

Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).

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bdr529
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J.A.W. wrote:How many towers were erected there?
Sure looks pretty much identical basic-structure-wise - in the pix..
just look at the rungs in the ladder there usually 1 foot apart

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bdr529
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Here's a better photo
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1158
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bdr529 wrote:
1158 wrote:
bdr529 wrote:Keimola Motor Stadium Finland 1966 to 1978

It seemed much larger before the fire. :shock:

Didn't the owner of the land use fill to cover up the tower entrance and raise the ground level due to people climbing in and on it? I thought I read that somewhere.
I was just joking It's not the same tower, in the first photo you can see people standing on the top of the tower and on all 3 levels,
I think this is a smaller version some where else on the property
#-o :lol:

I got my thoughts confused. The then owner concreted up the door to the large tower to keep people out. He also tore up the racing surface after people were racing on it illegally.

I'm sure I read about an abandoned F1 track where they used old tires and fill to keep people out. Now I have to find that...