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**nicegirlflor** · 12-29-2010, 02:38 PM

How are big slicks going to separate the men from the boys? More foot to the floor racing?

(Elevation does make things interesting; the middle sections of Monaco and Bathurst and the first section of Instanbul come to mind.)

Fortunately Tilke seems to be moving towards bringing walls closer to the circuit again, as seen in Korea and Abu Dhabi, but his 'longest straight in F1 + hairpin' philosophy seems flawed. He's tried it out at every single track he's designed and it's never really worked, when will he learn?

I think elevation has more to do with it than anything else. Take the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca; without the drop in elevation, it's just another chicane.

Looking at satellite pictures of Abu Dhabi, I realized that Tilke doubled back a few times just to make the track longer.

12-29-2010, 02:38 PM	#29
nicegirlflor Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 373 Senior Member	How are big slicks going to separate the men from the boys? More foot to the floor racing? (Elevation does make things interesting; the middle sections of Monaco and Bathurst and the first section of Instanbul come to mind.) Fortunately Tilke seems to be moving towards bringing walls closer to the circuit again, as seen in Korea and Abu Dhabi, but his 'longest straight in F1 + hairpin' philosophy seems flawed. He's tried it out at every single track he's designed and it's never really worked, when will he learn? I think elevation has more to do with it than anything else. Take the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca; without the drop in elevation, it's just another chicane. Looking at satellite pictures of Abu Dhabi, I realized that Tilke doubled back a few times just to make the track longer.
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