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Originally Posted by Teretonga
safety should be paramount but how far do you go.
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As far as it takes to prevent potential tragedies. A proper circuit is designed combining all the elements, but safety first, you don't really need 100's of meters of sand everywhere, AMOF in all my designs a certain amount of grass after the asphalt is needed so that the racer has options in case of a small mistake, but someone flying further will be hold by the energy absorbing material, be it gravel or sand or whatever they're using these days.
For the spectators, that's what the infield or stadium sections are for and also like some european tracks, hills around the circuit are a good thing.