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Old 23 Aug 2014, 13:58 (Ref:3446546)   #26
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Mr Pink should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Originally Posted by Chiana View Post
So, I don't understand why you cannot have a bit shorter tracks... I mean, that was the actual reasoning(/excuse) used for Hockenheim's total destruction, shorter laps = audiences could see the cars more often in the Grand Prix. Today you cannot have new short tracks or long tracks or fast tracks or slow tracks or simple tracks, every Grade 1 track needs to have 5,5 km standardized length, same copypaste technical sectors and same general speed. They all look the same too, but that's not (necessarily) all down to Tilke and gang but the FIA safety directives. Meanwhile the old pre/non-Tilke Grade 1 tracks just get the asphalt-treatment and in some cases ugly plastic surgeries (Silverstone etc)
This is spot on. I can't for my life understand how "the people in charge" think that sterile, lookalike circuits is the answer.

As for the WEC they should look at circuits like Potrero and Road America instead of Shanghai and the likes.
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