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  1.   petty43 posted:
  08.28.2010 - 3:34 pm
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is this track even going to be ready in time


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.26.2010 - 4:32 pm
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It will be close, we'll see. If it isn't ready in time for its 2010
debut one wonders what will happen as F1 has committments this year to a
19-race season.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  10.14.2010 - 5:40 pm
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They have confirmed it will be.

For those looking at the page a few years down the road there was a lot
of questions as to if this track would be ready for its 2010 debut with
the F1 Grand Prix of Korea. Indeed it was but there were lingering
questions about its completion until a FIA inspection two weeks before
the race led to an approval of the progress made.


  4.   CBASS posted:
  10.14.2012 - 7:53 pm
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2 years later the circuit still has issues with dust & the astro-turf
along some of the corners coming up.


  5.   Biscuits in a Red Bull posted:
  10.20.2012 - 7:13 am
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Circuit is very good, and challenges all aspects of a racing car, but is
poorly managed, and needs a good fan base in Korea to prosper. Currently
the only race weekend on it's calendar is the F1.


  6.   Biscuits In A Red Bull posted:
  08.20.2013 - 3:31 am
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Japanese Super GT was scheduled to run a non-championship race there in
May, but I think this didn't happen due to, erm, political tension...


  7.   Cassie posted:
  08.10.2014 - 10:17 am
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The problem with this track is that it's in the middle of nowhere. There
are no amenities nearby, and drivers had to stay in "love motels"
(prostitution houses) during the race weekends.


  8.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.25.2014 - 5:00 pm
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The goal when this track was built was that it would fuel development in
the area, guess that didn't work out.


  9.   Anthony posted:
  07.17.2015 - 7:05 am
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The only development that was fueled was the development of lower crowds


  10.   RaceFanX posted:
  10.12.2016 - 10:45 pm
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Track is mainly being used for some smaller, domestic races right now.
Hard to believe the Korean Grand Prix only last 4 years.


  11.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.29.2018 - 2:43 pm
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This track features a unique wooden pedestrian bridge over the pit
straight which featured a traditional Korean-styled construction.

This race track gained a reputation as a major white elephant flop in
South Korea. The fact it was built with public tax dollars and would
host just four Grand Prix races before losing F1 played into that. A New
York Times article was written about the track's issues pointed out that
there isn't much interest in auto racing, international or no, in South
Korea. During the track's F1 tenure there were polls that showed that
many fans thought the race was a one-off contest instead of part of an
international championship. Others confused the event with K-1 martial
arts competitions. While the race was intended to promote major Korean
corporations none signed up to sponsor it because of its local obscurity.

To its credit though, interest in racing has started to pick up on a
domestic level since the Korean Grand Prix's demise. In addition to car
racing this track has hosted motorcycle, bicycle and even roller skating
races and competitions in recent years.


  12.   Corey posted:
  03.30.2018 - 1:11 pm
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It was mentioned during one of the broadcasts that after, teams (or the
media) packed up after one of the GP's, items were left in the fridges.
They came back a year later to find those items still in the fridge.
That's how little used this track was even during F1's tenure.


  13.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.01.2020 - 1:49 pm
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This track was to host a revival of the former Korea Super Prix, a
global post-season race for rising Formula 3 stars like the Macau Grand
Prix, in 2010 but ultimately legal technicalities torpedoed it before it
was run. The original Korean Super Prix was run on a street course in
Changwon, South Korea annually from 1999 to 2003.


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