Maybe i can enter. I have got a car based on the old Standard 8 and Moris 8. Its called the urin 8 and i just use it for pi**ing about in at weekends. Looks a little bit like a Tuk Tuk.

Posted by Keefers Kathu on September 6, 2011 10:54

No we're not content to settle for anything less than having the F1 races Moto GP and other world class racing events being held in any other place than Phuket in Thailand ! When people go to see an F1 race in Malaysia what do they do after wards the same goes for a big city like Bangkok absolutely boring. The best place in Thailand to have a world class track is Phuket as after the race is over there is lots for the people to do and see.
I have been trying for years to get this point across lets see more people get on the band wagon and push this idea.

Posted by capt canada on September 6, 2011 14:53

Street racing? Great stuff; another dimension to Phuket. Don't know which elements of 'Phuket's English-language ''mainstream'' media' didn't report it; perhaps the publisher doesn't like noise... Regardless, six years ago one English-language Phuket paper ran an interview with a Phuket-based Le Mans driver who suggested a 24-hour race in Patong. Supported the team, too, by putting its stickers on the car. That certain paper seemed to support F1 powerboat racing off Phuket, too, didn't it? How things change! Vroom vroom!

Posted by I. N. Dorset on September 6, 2011 15:56

I hope everyone makes a tuk tuk driver to be demolished and vehicle-controversial, so would have one problem less phuket

Posted by alois on September 6, 2011 16:20

Melbourne Australia has hosted a race for the F1 calendar since the early'90's. The circuit is around the inner suburban Albert Park Lake which is a recreational area for Melburnians and skirts inner city suburbs rich in Victorian architecture [late 19th Century]. Initially, the beautification of the landscape of the 'Lake' was transformed but the ramifications with the 'set-up' of the track are on an annual basis with deployment of the concrete safety barriers etc. approx. 4 weeks prior to the event and the 'pull down' of the same approx. 4 weeks after the race. The street circuit track is located between the city and heavily populated eastern suburbs so the road closures affect and delay motorist commuters in transit to their employment and/or residences for up to 2 months.. Race-car events are contentious for environmental reasons and in Melbourne's case increased greenhouse gas emissions through induced traffic snarls add to this claim.
More contentiously, the 2011 Melbourne F1 Grand Prix incurred a $50 million loss. This is based on the tax payers money invested in this event by the state the government.
The desire to cut costs was rebuked by Bernie Ecclestone who simply retorted that the event could be moved to another Australian or Asian city. Attendances to the 4 day spectacle and final race [on day 4] have been down from year to year so it's been hard to quantify the financial benefit to the state of Victoria. The current economy certainly evokes opposition when $50 million over 4 days could be better served in the local community.
Many of the F1 events globally are short on spectators which is a good indicator that the revenue is in the TV licensing rights and sponsorship rather than the locality of the event. Certainly food for thought if Thailand and particularly Phuket aspire to hosting an F1 event.

Posted by Pe-Terr on September 6, 2011 20:55

ED:I don"t always agree with you but this time you have it absolutely right. F1 is only for pollution and needless money to be lost to enrich someone else.

Posted by Wyn on September 8, 2011 11:09