Looks like it will be a fun one mate - glad Max/Colin brought those extra track markers!.
I quite liked the straight in front of the rostrum. There are obvious safety issues with having cars run full pelt towards the pits but the issue was addressed by putting those mini chicanes at either end of it. The tight corner followed by a small chicane coming onto that straight meant that you couldn't simply apply full throttle as you exited the hairpin and the chicane at the end did force people to hit the brakes unless really brave. By putting it on the inside, drivers were forced wide before tuning making them take the proper line.
No track design is ever going to please everybody but I do think track designs should be run/tested before changes are made. Its really easy to break a long wide straight up with a couple of chicanes after the first round if we need to.
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