Imola called off due to flooding

Stuart Thomson · Wednesday at 13:16

Emilia Romagna GP called off after flooding

This weekend's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola is called off because of major flooding in the Italian region.

www.bbc.co.uk

Apologies if this is old news now

Slapped · Wednesday at 13:29

It's been hanging in the balance since yesterday.

Anyway I reckon Russell would've started on slicks.

Antonio Castagna · Wednesday at 14:08

Pete Conway · Wednesday at 15:51

And Mercedes were gonna try out their 'New' direction this weekend... I guess we'll have to wait a little longer to see them on the top step

jgf · Wednesday at 16:49

Put pontoons on the cars and chain drives from the rear hubs to propellors.

blekenbleu · Wednesday at 23:52

jgf said:
rear hubs

Paddle wheels could bolt on.

Durge Driven · Thursday at 03:30

I'll paint a wall on Sunday and watch it dry

ParkYongLee · Thursday at 07:41

Nürburgring 24 h it is then.
Back in the days Schumacher would've started on wets and would've won

Pete Conway · Thursday at 07:52

ParkYongLee said:
Nürburgring 24 h it is then.
Back in the days Schumacher would've started on wets and would've won

If you post a link we can all watch it

ParkYongLee · Thursday at 07:59

Pete Conway said:
If you post a link we can all watch it

This is so offtopic and since google seems to be too hard.

English:

German:

Pete Conway · Thursday at 08:40

ParkYongLee said:
This is so offtopic and since google seems to be too hard.

English:

German:

Top man.

But remember, contrary to popular belief "Google is not your friend"

jgf · Thursday at 17:40

Schumacher, in the rain,

The man who saved Ferrari in his 'bathtub'

Why was Michael Schumacher's victory in the torrential rain at the Spanish GP 20 years ago so iconic? Andrew Benson explains...

www.bbc.co.uk

1996 Spanish Grand Prix (BBC) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

1996 Spanish Grand Prix - full race

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Bram Hengeveld · Friday at 10:41

Glad the waterlevels are getting better now in Imola. Time for F1 to pack up and move on to the next GP.

Would be great if this GP can be refitted into this years calendar but I doubt this is an option?

Slapped · Friday at 18:18

Just got an email from F1 TV saying that due to the race cancellation they’re extending my subscription by 7 days.

It’s a nice gesture as I considered Imola to be a force majeure situation.

Ole Marius Myrvold · Friday at 19:02

Bram Hengeveld said:
Would be great if this GP can be refitted into this years calendar but I doubt this is an option?

With all the double and triple-headers, that will be hard. If it had been the 70's, 80's and 90's it would've been possible.

It is a gap between Silverstone the 9th of July and Hungaroring the 23rd of July. But showing Imola in there means there will be 5 weekends in a row with racing. Austria - UK - Italy - Hungary - Belgium.

Post Belgium there's the summer break, then Netherlands and Italy right after. Then the travel starts again.

blekenbleu · Friday at 19:27

F1 TV generously extended my subscription by 1 week to compensate for the cancelled race.
Note that extension was for 1 week, NOT 1 race...

stigs2cousin · Friday at 19:54

Last I read there are no plans to "force in " another try for Imola.

The calendar is already tightly packed and another race pushed in will stress manpower and logistics even further.

Under normal circumstances logistics from Imola to Monaco would have been a breeze, just a few hours on the highway.

But as the paddock is still partially flooded, the roads mostly unpassable and emergency services overtaxed its quite probable that the F1 circus will not make it to Monaco on time.

Add to that " a little internal trouble" in France where the Yellow Vests have no intentions to work beyond age 62 and are threatening civil unrest and power cuts and the Monaco GP is also under serious threat.

Antony Snook · 2023-05-21T12:27:23+0100

The season is to long so this is not sutch a bad thing. Shame it is at one of the traditional tracks whitch i enjoy.

jgf · 2023-05-21T19:10:53+0100

A season of racing can be too long? Incomprehensible to me, they could race year round and I'd watch (at least as much as the miserable TV coverage in this country allows).