Bahrain circuit modications

JRS · 26 Jan 2010 at 19:13

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8 corners added. Increases the lap length to a tick over 3.9 miles.

Hopefully it'll add something to the spectacle, rather than add another section of track to the GP calendar where no bugger attempts an overtaking move.....

Flibster · 26 Jan 2010 at 19:19

JRS said:
Hopefully it'll add something to the spectacle, rather than add another section of track to the GP calendar where no bugger attempts an overtaking move.....

Latter rather than former tbh...

JRS · 26 Jan 2010 at 19:20

Flibster said:
Latter rather than former tbh...

Hope springs eternal, as yet undulled by all the crappy things they've done to one of my favourite sports over the years....

Duke · 26 Jan 2010 at 19:28

Bahrain is at least one of the better of the Tilke-drones though.

JRS · 26 Jan 2010 at 19:34

Duke said:
Bahrain is at least one of the better of the Tilke-drones though.

Damning it with faint praise there Duke

Alex_6n2 · 26 Jan 2010 at 20:41

That's pretty long. Extra corners is always good imo. Levels the playing field more as no one has any experience going into the race.

Skeeter · 26 Jan 2010 at 21:51

I cant see a single new overtaking oportunity in there... Its just a bunch of single file medium speed corners. Like the first few corners at Suzuka, just a procession of cars.

Need more tight turns, epic straights and hairpins back. The hackup of Hockenheim, while it got rid of the epic forest, atleast added 2 genuine overtaking oportunities.

utajoker · 27 Jan 2010 at 08:45

so the new corners are between turns 5 and 13?

JRS · 27 Jan 2010 at 17:25

utajoker said:
so the new corners are between turns 5 and 13?

The new T5 is the first corner added, and it meets back up with the original layout on the exit of T14.