Thread: Thud!

Thud. N A1GP in Australia! Thud! Atlantic series is over! Thud! IRL is on the ropes! Thud! F1 is a soap opera, the races! Thud! RIP open wheel around the world of motorsports.

-kmamaji-

Idiot..lolz

The first race of the A1GP season is on the Gold Coast in Australia in 9 days time.

-kmamaji-

Or is it that cars are still in Britain and their teams know What’s going on!

Hey irfan, you call me an idiot and then agree with me...what's that all about?

-kmamaji-

Well, if you start a thread in the tone of a troll you might get people reacting to it as a troll-post, even if what you mean to say is basically true.

From previous experience of A1GP, I am sad to assume Ally is right, quite disappointing, but sort of expected.

Single seater racing worldwide is not dead. A1GP and (the hopefully dead) super league formula were always odd ones out, with strange business models, and strange ways of trying to build a fan base. The downturn of IRL and Atlantics are mostly unrelated to A1GP, and their US environment is virtually disjoint with the one A1GP operates/-ed (?) in. American OW racing may be on its last breath, but I think the conclusions shouldn't be drawn too much beyond that.

Europe will have gazillions of second and third level formulas next year, and it seems that there actually is enough sponsor money around to keep drivers running year after year in GP2, GP3, F2, one of several F3s, WSBR, FRV6, FRenault, Palmer Audi, F Masters, Euro series 3000 etc. without actually being successful.