German "Ascari" nearly ready

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German "Ascari" nearly ready

Post by Andy G » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:55 am

http://pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=25243

Interesting! Havent seen any UK companies with bookings yet?
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Re: German "Ascari" nearly ready

Post by BigD » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:14 pm

Looks about the same distance as the ring from Ijmuiden. :thumbsup

Looks awesome. 8)

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Re: German "Ascari" nearly ready

Post by Scotty C » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:18 pm

just watched that half an hour a go.

Not going to be cheap.
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Re: German "Ascari" nearly ready

Post by kenny » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:42 pm

It was all going so well until Tilke was mentioned.

The 1 in 4 slope into the decreasing-radius hairpin with what looks like very little run off will be interesting.

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Post by BigD » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:53 pm

Scotty C wrote:just watched that half an hour a go.

Not going to be cheap.
Looks like 399 Euros via trackdays.de for a full day. Not too bad. :twisted:

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Post by Scotty C » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:58 pm

could be a nice weekend away with a Ring & Bilsterberg trackday :thumbsup
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Post by mckeann » Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:48 pm

hope they do bike days

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Post by kenny » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:10 pm

just to reiterate...
kenny wrote:The 1 in 4 slope into the decreasing-radius hairpin with what looks like very little run off.
mckeann wrote:hope they do bike days
We'll need a sweepstake for that one.

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Post by mckeann » Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:41 pm

you know i love a challenge :D

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Post by Mr Momo » Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:06 pm

Looks like a PoW camp....
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Post by campbell » Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:49 pm

Nice video.
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Re: German "Ascari" nearly ready

Post by mikeyb13 » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:33 pm

Here, then the ring with Spa on the way home would make for a good wee summer run.
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Post by Scotty C » Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:05 am

mikeyb13 wrote:Here, then the ring with Spa on the way home would make for a good wee summer run.
You forgot Zanvoort on the way out with a night stop in Hamsterjam. If calsberg did boys weekends away :thumbsup
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Re: German "Ascari" nearly ready

Post by rossybee » Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:49 am

Mr Momo wrote:Looks like a PoW camp....
PH chappie wrote:You might have already guessed from the photos, but the circuit is being built on an old British Army ammunition dump. Each of those double-walled warehouses will be renovated and converted into workshops, private garages and business premises.
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