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30 Aug 2005, 19:32 (Ref:1394787) | #1 | ||
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Peter Brock Raceway
This is a new circuit named after Aussie legend Peter Brock. It was designed specifically for V8s and takes a lot of influence from Hidden Valley. As usual for me it is quite a fast circuit with plenty of elevation change!
The main straight is about 1.4km long with a slight downhill gradient, increasing towards T1. T1 leads into a series of fast uphill esses before the slow T5. This then leads to a very fast T6. It is nearly flat out and, like Piratella at Mexico City, slighty banked. This leads to another section of fast esses, this time with a steep downhill gardient, making them a bit of rollercoaster ride. These lead onto a curved 'straight' into the decreasing radius T11. There is then a medium length, uphill straight into the very tight hairpin of T12. This is nearly as tight as Loews at Monaco but with the fast run up to it I would hope that it would be a good overtaking oppertunity. The entrance has been made considerably wider for this purpose. Another straight leads to a series of gradually tightening esses that go downhill into the slow last corner. Hope you like it! |
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31 Aug 2005, 20:08 (Ref:1395808) | #2 | ||
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It's not bad. I can't help but think the esses before the final corner are a little unnecessary and just complicate it a little.
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31 Aug 2005, 20:28 (Ref:1395839) | #3 | ||
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I added this section because I feel that it would highlight the good drivers and show the poor ones for what they are. The challenge of a steep downhill section that gradually tightens is, I feel a good one. Braking through the corners is left as late as possible with the section rewarding bravery in the last 2 corners-a lot of time can be made here. I would see the last 2 corners as being fairly wide to allow last gasp efforts at overtaking, late on the brakes. Just my opinion but I do feel that there are enough straights on the circuit and that these esses just add slightly more excitement from a driving and possibly a spectating point of view.
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1 Sep 2005, 11:31 (Ref:1396297) | #4 | ||
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Why not do the track the other way around?
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16 Sep 2005, 20:10 (Ref:1409574) | #5 | ||
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I quite like the idea of running the track the other way around - I still prefer the original but as a track I think that clockwise would be just as good here as anti-clockwise. Plus the overtaking points are not lost!
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5 Oct 2005, 00:08 (Ref:1424071) | #6 | ||
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Look good... its fast and flowing with some tight corners...
Don't know why, but when I first saw it, looked a bit like Adelaide International Raceway... |
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