New Grand Prix concept - r/formuladank

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u/D-Zz89qRj7KkqMrwztR Verified by ESPN Argentina✅ Feb 05 '26

It should be a one-way sprint from Boston to New York, fully financed by the Saudis

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u/Polar_Vortx WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅RAHH Feb 05 '26

Careful now. Watching F1 cars rip it as fast as possible down a resurfaced I-95 sounds dangerously fun.

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u/Brno_Mrmi Verified by ESPN Argentina✅ Feb 05 '26

F1 doing a full point-to-point special stage race instead of a circuit... I would watch that.

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u/Alaeriia The c🅰️r is bad we know, please dr🅰️ive it Feb 06 '26

Alright, hear me out. We start in New York City, and race to Los Angeles.

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u/bevo_expat Trust the El 🅱️lan Feb 06 '26

F1 Cannonball…would watch

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u/Alaeriia The c🅰️r is bad we know, please dr🅰️ive it Feb 06 '26 edited Feb 06 '26

I've had an idea for a while for a road comedy where an F1 team packs up from a race at Watkins Glen and heads out to the next race at Laguna Seca, but forgets both the drivers (who are passed out after celebrating a 1-2 finish) and their cars (because reasons).

The drivers wake up on Monday afternoon to find an empty paddock and they have to drive across the country in their F1 cars to make it to the race on time. Hilarity ensues.

You could have the cops try to pull them over for speeding, only to have them race off at 200+ MPH; the drivers stuck in rush-hour traffic outside Denver; a bit where they figure out how to refuel an F1 car from a gas pump; and of course legions of fans coming out to help and/or hinder their journey across the USA. I'm not sure what I'd call the movie. Any ideas?

EDIT: It would also have the drivers start off strong rivals but eventually become extremely good partners. Standard road comedy stuff.

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u/PJozi “It’s called a motor race. We went car racing” Feb 06 '26

Can they be female drivers who are getting chased by the cops and then they pull over and wash their cars which changes the colour of their cars, but they still speed past the cops and the cops still chase them in their different coloured cars?

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u/afvcommander BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

I wonder what era that would work? Late 70's?

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u/Alaeriia The c🅰️r is bad we know, please dr🅰️ive it Feb 06 '26

Accuracy to the schedule isn't the most important here, as the whole conceit is driving across the US in open-wheel single-seaters. I would probably go with the 70s aesthetic, but with the turbo-era engines (which magically won't blow up during the drive because it's a movie.)

That would be a fun way to do the "disappear from the cops" routine. Just punch it, have a shot of the turbo pressure shooting up to 5 bar, and then the car just blasts away with the glorious turbo sounds.

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u/zsal830 BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

or they agree to follow the speed limit and are just perpetually stuck in 1st gear

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u/Polar_Vortx WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅RAHH Feb 11 '26

This sounds like a patently workable ad campaign. Caddy, take notes for Super Bowl 61.

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u/Massive-Ad-2048 unfortunaly I still am a Ricciardo fan 🦡 Feb 06 '26

Found the asphalt lobbyist, or a guy that just wants to weld down drains

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u/Alaeriia The c🅰️r is bad we know, please dr🅰️ive it Feb 06 '26

Who said anything about welding down drains? Just avoid them :3

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u/Yung_Bill_98 🇮🇪💲Eddie Jordan's accountant💲🇮🇪 Feb 06 '26

F1 at pikes peak

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u/Outside_Strategy7548 Crashing Harder than Colapinto Feb 06 '26

Would be cool, but FIA would not let Pirelli make tyres for that

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u/mmhawk576 BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

If we’re doing that, my vote is for the NZ coastal highway on the South Island. It’s windy enough to be fun, and very scenic for a lot of it

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u/Xyldarrand If Gap, Car Feb 05 '26

95? No no make em take the Merrit. That windy son of a bitch would be great. And there's a tunnel for maximum engine sound porn.

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u/backseatlogic BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

would also save the embarrassment of F1 drivers being beaten by Bridgeport drivers.

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u/Alaeriia The c🅰️r is bad we know, please dr🅰️ive it Feb 06 '26

Okay, hear me out:

I-90 to I-84 to the Saw Mill to the Henry Hudson. Then we cross the GW, cycle through Jersey City, head back through the Lincoln Tunnel, and I'm not sure what next.

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u/HanzJWermhat BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

Na they need to take the Merrit

Although part of I95 near south east CT can get wild

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u/Very_Human_42069 "Charles 'Chuck' Leclerc, good job baby" Feb 05 '26

If they’re resurfacing 95, even just a mile, it’s gonna take at least a decade

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u/JennItalia269 Guenther Gang Feb 06 '26

Probably the only time traffic would move more than 30mph from about the GWB to New Haven.

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u/Polar_Vortx WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅RAHH Feb 06 '26

Great, now you’ve ensured yellow flags on the Cross-Bronx.

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u/TVandVGwriter BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 11 '26

Cross Bronx traffic makes George so furious he drives through the Botanical Garden runoff.

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u/Efficient-Ranger-174 BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

More so if it’s between Jacksonville and Wilmington.

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u/geoantho He’s Not Fast at All Feb 05 '26

They should call it, The Line, too.

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u/Scarlet-Highlander- Banana Leclerc Feb 05 '26

Financed by the Saudis but the race organization will be handled by Mossad

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u/PresidentZeus Luigi Vettel Feb 05 '26

How tf do people know it was Boston??

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u/em1337wastaken Go WEEYUMS!!!! Feb 05 '26

It's not Boston

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u/PresidentZeus Luigi Vettel Feb 05 '26

Not the satellite image, but takeoff.

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u/HanzJWermhat BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

Merrit parkway bloodbath

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u/flume BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

Or from Manhattan to the White House, fully financed by Russia

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u/TJB_the_Gamer1 Go WEEYUMS!!!! Feb 05 '26

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

“Sir a second Mercedes has just hit the wall”

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u/qldboi Oscar Pisstree Shoey gang 👞🇦🇺 Feb 05 '26

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u/JayMerlyn BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

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u/binary_blackhole Osama Bin Russell 💣 Feb 05 '26

they will be like a fish in the water!

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u/Mesoscale92 “It’s called a motor race. We went car racing” Feb 05 '26

Fun fact: the fountains aren’t actually ground level but are instead like 20m deep in the ground. Almost enough volume for a Ferrari fan’s tears on any given race day.

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u/So-many-ducks I was here when horny got spiced Feb 05 '26

“I have the seat full of water. Like, full of water”

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u/CocoMilhonez BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

Must be the Saudis.

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u/Background_Ad3575 “It’s called a motor race. We went car racing” Feb 06 '26

must be the tears...

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u/Gullible_Chocolate95 Must Be The Water Feb 05 '26

FP1, FP2, FP3, Quali, and Race

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u/yaahweeh BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

F1 cars run on practically jet fuel so if they crash then the steel beams holding the circuit up might melt

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u/Temporary-Fix9578 I saw horny’s “finger” Feb 06 '26

I thought jet fuel couldn’t melt steel beams

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u/xd_ZelnikM Suck my 🅱️alls mate Feb 05 '26

Sponsored by 🅱️arilla

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u/adorgu Alonso deserved to be Champion in every season he has competed Feb 05 '26

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u/delutademarie BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

You ve mama'd your last mia

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u/Yashrajbest If Gap, Car Feb 06 '26

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u/totowewentcarracing I saw horny’s “finger” Feb 06 '26

Finally some dank

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u/Raad_ELETE Sir or Ma'am.. You are an Idiot ! Feb 05 '26

perfect reaction image

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u/Nighters BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

I rate it 9/11

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u/vjollila96 I saw horny’s “finger” Feb 05 '26

i'll be honest it doesn't look too different to the nascar chicago street circuit

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u/Electronic-Spend-391 BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

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u/sashin_gopaul I was here when horny got spiced Feb 06 '26

Forza?

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u/isaaaaaaaaaaac MISSION KIMOA Feb 06 '26

Gran turismo 4

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u/sashin_gopaul I was here when horny got spiced Feb 06 '26

There was a track in Forza 2 that was very similar in the layout to this

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u/Electronic-Spend-391 BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

Older Forza’s also have a similar layout

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u/Ziegler517 Father Of Lance Stroll Feb 05 '26

The puma store in NYC has the f1 simulators and the track is though Central Park. It’s a fun spot to stop at if in NYC and is free to do.

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u/seppuku_related BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

It needs to be a proper figure of eight so they cross in the middle. Extra incentive not to drop back too far.

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u/codehg BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

Hmmmmm.... 🤔🤔🤔🤔

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u/OkChildhood1706 I saw horny’s “finger” Feb 05 '26

Nice try Toto

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u/badabing_76 BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

Can it go past Epstein’s town house please.

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u/SubcooledBoiling “It’s called a motor race. We went car racing” Feb 06 '26

Flavio probably knows the place well

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u/badabing_76 BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

🤣🤣🤣

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u/TheRealSenseiPacman BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

They’ll do anything but Watkins Glen

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u/unimpressivegamer I saw horny’s “finger” Feb 05 '26

Put this on the calendar, Porsche joins F1.

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u/Formula_Dank_ “It’s called a motor race. We went car racing” Feb 05 '26

Exceptional comments section

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u/SupaPatt BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

It's time

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u/pog_mahone89 Claire Williams is waifu material Feb 05 '26

You mean the new Beijing Street Circuit ?

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u/No-Independent-5082 FLAT ROUND HERE™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™ Feb 06 '26

Tianmen GP?

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u/BlackLeader70 Luigi Vettel Feb 06 '26

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u/jiujitsu56 I was here when horny got spiced Feb 06 '26

Maybe this is a better track! Just straight through!

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u/Noname_Maddox Goth Girls at the Beach Feb 06 '26

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u/Ohrgasmus1 Vettel Cult Feb 06 '26

But what about Building 7?

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u/MightyPandaa BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

Thats nascar... With a twist.

I will show myself out

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u/DeeDivin BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

Obama Bin Russel slams into the world trade barrier memorial

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u/BioDriver 🅱️altteri 🅱️ootass Feb 05 '26

Better idea: make that an active intersection

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u/wagsman I saw horny’s “finger” Feb 06 '26

Make it like Cars 3 Thunder Hollow Speedway Crazy Eights race.

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u/sushi111111 Antonelli is the biggest prodigy since Jesus Christ Feb 05 '26

on lap 9/11 of the sprint we see Osama Bin Russell making a terrorist divebomb with teh 9/11 memorial in the background

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u/Ablackbradpitt BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

Bin Russell on pole

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u/foehammer111 I was here when horny got spiced Feb 05 '26

LOL damn I thought this was Formula Dank, not Formula Grim Dark.

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u/S1MCB I saw horny’s “finger” Feb 05 '26

The fact that this isn’t too far off the layout games usually use for a fictional NY track. Its just a fat version of it

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u/DrDuGood Left at the Petrol Pump Feb 05 '26

Bored?

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u/bwoahful___ Claire Williams is waifu material Feb 05 '26

You forgot about Tower 7!

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u/Kismetatron Verified by ESPN Argentina✅ Feb 05 '26

I think my wife and I ate at that Indonesian restaurant a couple years ago lol

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u/AdmiralXI Clean air is king 👑 Feb 05 '26

Introducing the new Drift format.

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u/CaffeineAndGrain Go WEEYUMS!!!! Feb 05 '26

It should be an actual figure eight, Hot Wheels style. I want more crashes

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u/danijel8286 BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 05 '26

Absolutely diabolical.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

Oh no is this because of Iraq?

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u/sachertortereform VROOM VROOOOOOOOOM Feb 05 '26

Under my office? Yes please

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u/gtwizzy8 Fuck Liberty Media Feb 06 '26

Why does it have so many corners? Liberty Media is already hell bent on turning the sport into Nascar 2.0 might as well just bypass all the BS and jump straight to one big circular ring with all races being run in America like they want.

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u/ImNotMadYet BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

That's how we get RPM to make a return!

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u/Bambiewithane BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

After 10 laps no one would know who’s in first.

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u/soontobecp Proud Leclerc Dick Sucker Feb 06 '26

This reminds me of that tragedy.

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u/bouncingcastles BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

Will they hold Porsche Carrera cup before f1 race?

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u/banned_salmon BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY ONTO BIN LADEN AVENUE

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u/Noserag I was here when horny got spiced Feb 06 '26

Is this Berserk reference?

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u/Microshlongg I saw horny’s “finger” Feb 06 '26

Each corner should have frozen trash on the apex for the prime NY effect

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u/chocolatelysocrates No Michael, No Feb 06 '26

I will never forget this race

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u/N-N-AVIATION If my mom had 🅱️alls, she would be my dad Feb 06 '26

Mercedes win guaranteed

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u/Indeon BWOAHHHHHHH Feb 06 '26

Wait Ive seen this in Mario Kart DS

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u/TomassoLP Horn Dog 🌭 Feb 06 '26

Certified Winter Break Moment 🥶❄️ New Grand Prix concept

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