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Old 10 May 2019, 19:35 (Ref:3903055)   #8
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No, with the motorcycle course, run clockwise, that kink makes the approach angle for any potential overtakes even shallower; the motorcycle turn is about 90 degrees, too, anyway. And on top of that, the tighter Turn 2 (effectively) will mean the cars are even more spread out through Turns 3 and 4, and thus out onto the infield "straight". So you'll also hurt overtaking into Turn 7 doing that.

At this course, it would be less of an issue if Turn 1 (Turns 7 and 12 also) had a more rediused curb on the inside, like F1 had when they ran here. That almost angular apex pinches down the racing line. Having a curb more like F1 did would also reduce the issue of the instant drop in track width going from the oval/pit exit to the infield road section. You already see curbing like that on the approach to Turn 8 at Long Beach and Lisboa at Macau.

As for spacing of rows, yeah, that's fine at a large oval where the slipstream will pull you back into touch, but doesn't work at almost all road and street courses. Long Beach would be a prime example of the impracticality of that. Spread them out that much, and the leader will be into the backmarkers as fast as the Toyota LMP1s are into lapping the GTs.

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