Motorsport-Saison 2006 bei Premiere

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Das A1GP Rennen in Laguna Seca wurde gecanncelled

Next weekend's A1 Grand Prix race at Laguna Seca has been cancelled, autosport.com can reveal.

The move will be officially confirmed later today, but autosport.com understands that the decision to can the race has been taken for operational reasons.

The cancellation means that Team France have won the inaugural A1 GP title, as their tally cannot now be overhauled by nearest rivals Team Switzerland in the one remaining meeting.

Reports suggest that concerns about the safety of the Californian track have led to the A1 GP round's abandonement. But the circuit hosted a round of the American Le Mans Series, which is listed as a grade two event, as recently as October 2005.

 

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Ich kann die A1 Serie einfach nicht ernst nehmen wenn ich sowas lese! Alles höchst unprofessionell!

 

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Ich glaube hier geht es ums Geld und nicht um die Sicherheit . Die Strecke ist absolut ok und sicher. Ist echt schade, daa es sich hier um einen traumhaften Kurs handelt.

Was die Serie an sich angeht, ich finde sie klasse. Spannende Rennen und die Wagen sehen verdammt gut aus

 

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Ja, vor allem gerade die letzten paar Rennen waren nicht von schlechten Eltern.

 

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Trotzdem finde ich die Serie präsentiert sich sehr unprofessionell. Ich bin gespannt ob es ein 2. A1 GP Saison geben wird. Machen die damit überhaupt Gewinn?

 

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Und die Übertragung lässt auch noch zu Wünsch übrig, aber nicht undbedingt auf Premiere Seite.

 

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Ausgerechnet Laguna Seca, diesen geilen Kurs. Allgemein muß die A1 von diesem komischen Nationen Käse weg, die Fahrer sollten im Mittelpunkt stehen, und private Teams. Außerdem ist das Qualifying totaler Käse. Da gibts noch viel zu tun, die Rennaction aber gefällt mir eigentlich gut.

 

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Das Rennen findet nun doch wie geplant statt

A1 Grand Prix officials are to press ahead with plans to hold next weekend's penultimate round of the championship at Laguna Seca after all, autosport.com can reveal.

The championship organisers have informed all teams that the race will now go ahead as originally planned, despite having told them 24 hours ago that it was cancelled.

The situation has arisen because work being carried out to ready the track for the race was disrupted due to storms that hit California. This caused damage to the run-off areas, as due to the inclines at the track the heavy rainfall washed away most of the gravel.

Last night, A1 GP officials did not believe that the work could be completed in time for the race and took an internal decision to cancel the race.

Plans were made for the formal announcement of the cancellation this morning, however, that statement was not issued.

Further meetings have since taken place between the track and the A1 GP today, leading organisers to be confident enough to reverse their original decision in the belief that the circuit will be ready for practice on Friday morning.

An A1 GP spokesperson told autosport.com: "We initially believed that the work required for Laguna Seca would be not achieved in time, causing us to inform the teams of our decision to cancel.

"However, after further meetings with circuit officials we have been assured that the necessary work will be done and we have chosen to push ahead with plans for the race."

Laguna Seca officials have assured A1 GP that they will increase their resources to complete the work, switching to a 24 hours per day work schedule if necessary.

A formal statement confirming that the race will go ahead will be released later tonight.

The A1 GP cars are currently on their way to the United States following their race in Mexico last weekend.

With the American rounds reinstated, there remains a slim chance that Team Switzerland can overhaul the dominant French team in the battle for the inaugural title.

 

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Sorry aber das toppt die von mir gestern kritisierte Unprofessionalität von A1 noch mehr. Unglaublich, gestern kein Rennen, heute doch wieder. So vergrault man Fans.

 

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aber die f1 ... ich sag nur Indy 05 .