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Originally Posted by Mike Harte
One comment about Korea is that, for reasons that I am not aware of, they chose to create the circuit hundreds of miles from the capital Seoul where the largest population live. It was sited in an industrial area (ship-building I seem to remember) of the country, which from memory, didn't even have a local airport and was not really a good place to have it being no-where near any population centres.
Again, from memory it was about an eight to ten hour drive from the capital which was off-putting to locals as well as international tourist.
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I believe you were correct, the intention was create a resort with circuit and marina being integral to it. The final corners and pit entrance weren’t great because they were shaped around what would be a man-made bay.