Hi guys!
Some of the gang from Friends of Formula 1 Austin, formula1journal.com, my wife, and I were lucky enough to spend a little time today with Bruce Knox, CEO of Formula 1 United States, and Ali Putnam of 3-Points Partners.
Below is an artist's rendering of the track facility and of the pit complex that Bruce Knox allowed us to photo. He admitted they're a little dated, but they haven't been released to the public before and are the most detailed we've seen.
We talked about a lot of things...here are a few that spring to mind:
To everyone who has helped with email and phone efforts when we've asked, Mr. Knox and Ms. Putnam repeatedly expressed their immense appreciation. They also recounted the Austin City Councilmembers' complete astonishment at getting emails from Russia, Latvia, Germany, and the UK, and at having the Austin City Council streaming video server crashed by all the viewers nationwide and worldwide, all over Europe, and Asia.
HKS's role, among other things, will be to do the architecture of the stands and pit complex, change the look, make the hospitality and kitchen areas work for F1, etc. I think this Tilke version may just show a generic style of pit buildings, but I'm just speculating. They will be done in a Texas style rather than the plain, boxy Euro style seen there.
Also, the area encompassed by T15-19 could hold two full Cowboys Stadium complexes, and we're told the design of that area will look very different from the way it looks on this rendering.
Other:
-There will be RV and tent camping.
-There will likely be a music venue on the track side of Wandering Creek Blvd in the T15-19 area mentioned above, capable of handling 10,000+ fans after events, and possibly another larger venue across the blvd for bigger music events.
-There's talk of maybe profiling the kart track following the F1 course.
-FTP is still open to the idea of a fall date, pairing our GP with Brazil, so long as it's on a Texas bye or away weekend. Interestingly, when flying to Brazil, the F1 cargo planes already make an extended layover in Dallas as is, so this would be a natural fit in more ways than one.
Some of the gang from Friends of Formula 1 Austin, formula1journal.com, my wife, and I were lucky enough to spend a little time today with Bruce Knox, CEO of Formula 1 United States, and Ali Putnam of 3-Points Partners.
Below is an artist's rendering of the track facility and of the pit complex that Bruce Knox allowed us to photo. He admitted they're a little dated, but they haven't been released to the public before and are the most detailed we've seen.
We talked about a lot of things...here are a few that spring to mind:
To everyone who has helped with email and phone efforts when we've asked, Mr. Knox and Ms. Putnam repeatedly expressed their immense appreciation. They also recounted the Austin City Councilmembers' complete astonishment at getting emails from Russia, Latvia, Germany, and the UK, and at having the Austin City Council streaming video server crashed by all the viewers nationwide and worldwide, all over Europe, and Asia.
HKS's role, among other things, will be to do the architecture of the stands and pit complex, change the look, make the hospitality and kitchen areas work for F1, etc. I think this Tilke version may just show a generic style of pit buildings, but I'm just speculating. They will be done in a Texas style rather than the plain, boxy Euro style seen there.
Also, the area encompassed by T15-19 could hold two full Cowboys Stadium complexes, and we're told the design of that area will look very different from the way it looks on this rendering.
Other:
-There will be RV and tent camping.
-There will likely be a music venue on the track side of Wandering Creek Blvd in the T15-19 area mentioned above, capable of handling 10,000+ fans after events, and possibly another larger venue across the blvd for bigger music events.
-There's talk of maybe profiling the kart track following the F1 course.
-FTP is still open to the idea of a fall date, pairing our GP with Brazil, so long as it's on a Texas bye or away weekend. Interestingly, when flying to Brazil, the F1 cargo planes already make an extended layover in Dallas as is, so this would be a natural fit in more ways than one.
