ROUND 18: 🇶🇦 FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS QATAR GRAND PRIX 2023

Circuit stats
First Grand Prix 2021
Number of laps 57
Circuit Length 5.419 km
Race Distance 308.826 km
Lap record N/A
2022 winner N/A

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  • e_mc2@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Can we do a vote for the race with the least atmosphere? This would be a great candidate.

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      1 year ago

      Look at the thing in a map, it’s just plopped in a big empty space. There’s no bustling nightlife or cool scenery around.

      • smeg@feddit.uk
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        1 year ago

        Most of the traditional tracks are also in the middle of nowhere, old airfields near a bit of forest hardly have “bustling nightlife” and I’d argue that some nice shots of the desert are pretty cool scenery. There are plenty of reasons to dislike this track (soulless cash grab, dangerous conditions, sport-washing), no need to have a go at the location itself!

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          1 year ago

          That’s a very fair response. I think that rolling tree-covered hills are way more interesting visually than flat desert that gives way to pitch blackness after sunset. But that’s purely subjective, sure.

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    1 year ago

    Shameful from FOM to even allow the race to go ahead, let alone complete with so many complaining about the heat. Zonlicht for safety first.

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    1 year ago

    Am I the only one who thinks how 2021 season ended fucked with Hamilton’s head. He’s not been an same never since.