http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23151985-2,00.html

I actually liked the Melbourne Grand Prix

Curious is a night race actually POSSIBLE for a track like Melbourne and if we DO lose Melbourne what can India (Irungattukottai?), Russia (Neva Ring?) or South Korea (Ansan?) offer?

Quote from lizardfolk :

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23151985-2,00.html

I actually liked the Melbourne Grand Prix

Curious is a night race actually POSSIBLE for a track like Melbourne and if we DO lose Melbourne what can India (Irungattukottai?), Russia (Neva Ring?) or South Korea (Ansan?) offer?

I hope to go we dont lose it.. they could of atleast waited till webber retires, we still have a driver!

Quote from lizardfolk :

Curious is a night race actually POSSIBLE for a track like Melbourne

Yes. Every F1 circuit except Monaco can implement lighting systems and stage their race at night. Whether it's financially possible for them to do so without going bankrupt, however, is another question.

Quote from lizardfolk :

if we DO lose Melbourne what can India (Irungattukottai?), Russia (Neva Ring?) or South Korea (Ansan?) offer?

More money.

sigh, looks like "night races" are the new hype.

This shows us once more that Formula 1, and especially Mr. Ecclestone don't have ANYTHING to do with sport, it's just plain, bonehard business!
It's not good nor ethically correct to get a very very poor country like India where people starve or have to live under poor conditions involved into such a money-making bombast! And that begins with building a racetrack...
The main reason for a night race would be to be able to broadcast live in europe at "f1 prime time".
It's the same as soccer, you just can't differ if they play in Sheffield at 1800 or San Francisco at 3 am because of the bright lights they've got.
Anyway, Bernie and all of the F1 organisation are businessmen and don't care shit about sports, period!

greetz
der BF1-hater butz

Ps: I've watched my last F1 race in 1994, after that I saw clearer :-(