Wynnfield Testing Complex

[Flaming_Wuzzle]

So this is the beginning of what will eventually be a massive track complex featuring multiple test circuits, including a high-banked oval, an urban circuit (much like the one at Monteblanco, except it won't be a direct copy of Monaco), among other things.

This is the first circuit I've drawn up, which was originally planned to be the only circuit until I saw a bunch of empty space on the paper and got some more ideas.



It features three crossovers (two of them running parallel to each other), and apart from the needed elevation change to accomplish the crossovers, the track is pretty flat. It also has two club circuits that can run races at the same time.

Comments and suggestions for edits to the circuit are welcome so I can incorporate your feedback into the final design.

[ScotsBrutesFan]

Unless the parallel cross over is an underpass, rather than the single track raising onto a bridge. There could be elevation issues with the longer club circuit's pit lane and exit.

You don't give a scale, for the lengths.
I'd say that the corners on the longer circuit are too sweeping to allow any overtaking.
The short circuit is very short, and would only have T1 for overtaking, and then only if the straight was long enough.

[f1 forever]

Hey, ScotsBrutesFan it´s a test circuit so it´s not necessary to have overtaking spots.

[f1 forever]

I actually love this track. It looks challenging and it has got some interesting sections. The problem I noticed is the lack of space in the main pits, cause the second last turn needs quite a lot of runoff.

[ScotsBrutesFan]

Originally Posted by f1 forever

Hey, ScotsBrutesFan it´s a test circuit so it´s not necessary to have overtaking spots.

Wouldn't a team want to test different brake settings at different fuel tank weights and brake balances etc. The place to do this would be in "overtaking" spots on a test circuit.

[Yannick]

The different lengths of the two pitlanes make me think that this track has an issue regarding scale.

Anyhow, I like those long bows on which you've based your design.

[Flaming_Wuzzle]

Okay, for a solution to the lengths problem, I had originally designed the first two turns (the former now a chicane) and the hairpin afterward to be similar to the first three turns at Imola before it got chicaned to death. So I made the track an overlay in Google Earth, tried to line up the first three turns on my track with where the first three turns would have been at Imola, then got out the measuring tool and found the lengths of various sections:

Full Circuit: 4.31 miles/6.94 km
Full Circuit pit lane: 0.56 miles/0.9 km
South Circuit: 1.39 miles/2.24 km
North Circuit: 2.46 miles/3.96 km
North Circuit pit lane: 0.39 miles/0.63 km
Main pit straight: 0.49 miles/787 meters

[Lustigson]

Those are quite realistic measurements, FW. The half-mile pit lane might be a bit long, though.

[Flaming_Wuzzle]

Originally Posted by Lustigson

Those are quite realistic measurements, FW. The half-mile pit lane might be a bit long, though.

Not really. The half-mile figure is the entire road, starting at the point where you go off the track. The pit lane itself is only about half of that.

[Lustigson]

Originally Posted by Flaming_Wuzzle

Not really. The half-mile figure is the entire road, starting at the point where you go off the track. The pit lane itself is only about half of that.

OK. That's not so bad, then. And I see it has an Hungaroring-esque pit lane entry through the first turn, too.

[Flaming_Wuzzle]

Originally Posted by Lustigson

OK. That's not so bad, then. And I see it has an Hungaroring-esque pit lane entry through the first turn, too.

Well, last turn, but yeah.

[Lustigson]

Right. Last turn.