Tricky I'll agree with, but I think some people need to adjust their definition of dangerous. The drivers know about it and should be able to allow for it, wouldn't be suprised to see at least one driver get rear ended by the end of Sunday though.
If the pit entrance is going to be changed, I hope it's the entrance itself and not the last turn. The way the long right-hander hugging the wall links into the left-hand side dip over the kerb looks really aggressive and cool
e: Also, if that same area on the left collects standing water, a wet race could be veeery interesting
I think Webber would be well advised to accept that he will be 3rd into T1 and let Alonso and Vettel beat each other up at T3. One or both will end up wide there.
This is my main concern, the way that last turn links onto the straight, it is freakin amazing, something i can't remember exists on any other track.. I'm afraid they'll change that for next year..
Valencia is just a horrible carpark, it's not even a good layout. At least this track has some exciting turns, and when it's finished it should look really good.
I think the main problem with the tracks (or regulations of tracks) is that all the new ones could be interchanged between countries. Apart from maybe Malaysia, every track could be dropped in another country and no one would notice.
Silverstone feels British, Monza feels Italian... etc.... whereas all these tracks feel like Tilke. This top down approach to enforcing motorsport on the people of the countries is creating such a hallow atmosphere.
But on a side note I think Tilke has actually done a good job here, yea it doesn't 'feel like korea' but in a few years time it will. And you could easily drop Silverstone anywhere, all it is, is a jumped up airstrip perimeter road.
Its what happens when you get a designer to design the tracks. Lets face it the majority of great racing circuits were predetermined by the loacal topography/roads or tracks, or were designed roughly rather than by slide rule and computer.
Well said. But I think it already feels like Korea, it's not somewhere like Bahrain and Turkey where the locals won't turn up because they don't care. It seems to have gone down very well so far, and the organisers have made an effort to advertise it and get people in to watch it. Even if that means giving out free tickets, it still shows a willingness to make the event successful in its own right, rather than supporting it with government money forever.