Austin F1 Circuit Construction & Updates (On-Topic Only)

[hairy_scotsman]

See the white rectangular area on the hillside above turn 3? It began to take shape a week or two ago and I'm wondering what it is. Looks like it could potentially be a secondary RV area, but COTA is saying that's ruled out for this year.

[hairy_scotsman]

Also, I took some pics yesterday, including some decent T10-11 panoramas:

[hairy_scotsman]

Permanent GS going up at T15?

[hairy_scotsman]

New Statesman photos from yesterday:





















More here: http://galleries.statesman.com/galle...081012/#612424

[hairy_scotsman]

Statesman: Final layers of asphalt at Circuit of the Americas coming soon

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/...e-2433548.html

[hairy_scotsman]

We just posted 67 new photos shot on a tour yesterday morning by our buddy Art Nunes:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

Samples:

[ronmon]

These are the best shots yet for giving a real sense of the elevation changes. Turn 1 looks even bigger than I thought from that first photo above. It looms way above the pit building. The last one is kind of a mini corkscrew. I like it.

Very nice work!

[hairy_scotsman]

These are the best shots yet for giving a real sense of the elevation changes. Turn 1 looks even bigger than I thought from that first photo above. It looms way above the pit building. The last one is kind of a mini corkscrew. I like it.

Very nice work!

I thought the same when I first saw them. Art did a great job and I was impressed with the way he spotted angles and shots that revealed elevations & other features that so many others, including F1 & other racing photogs, have missed. I'll pass your praise on to him.

[hairy_scotsman]

One of our FB followers found this "First Lap" video & posted it on the page. Only problem is that it's excruciatingly slow.




So Vance sped it up a bit. LOL.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=508312402516643

[hairy_scotsman]

COTA released some new paving images today: