Comments on: Video: Valencia street track vs road course

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:44:26 +0000

Hey Zilman this post will answer your question.

By: ziilman

ziilman — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:39:08 +0000

Does anyone know when tickets for valencia will be available?

By: Valencia Guy

Valencia Guy — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:17:13 +0000

What can you expect from a country which already sold everything???

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:39:17 +0000

I agree with William when he says, “the overtaking problem is not so much the fault of tracks as it is the cars.” But when GP2 cars struggle to overtake on a track like Ricardo Torno, it’s clearly not right for F1. It’s just too small – almost like an 80% scale model of an F1 track.

As for Monaco, drivers were complaining it was too tight for overtaking in the sixties. It stays on the calendar because money talks.

By: William Wilgus

William Wilgus — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:21:54 +0000

To my way of thinking, tight, twisty tracks should provide more opportunities for passing—any driver mistakes / car bobbles in tight, slow turns are `more expensive’ than in high-speed turns. The over-taking problem is not so much the fault of tracks as it is the cars. BTW, if tight, twisty tracks are no good, why is Monaco still on the race calendar?

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:17:46 +0000

There are no protests in Singapore because the government there actually went to the trouble of consulting its people properly before commissioning the track, something that hasn’t happened in Valencia. In fact, the Valencia track constructors appear not to have followed their own environmental impact protocol, so desperate were they to put in this track against the local people’s protests…

By: Journeyer

Journeyer — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:28:11 +0000

I’m so excited, especially for Singapore – I’m going there! Why are there no protests in Singapore? First, they’d love to become the Asian Monaco and beat out friendly rival Hong Kong (whose role this year will be related to the Olympics). Second, what the SG government wants, they get. End of story.

Anyway, well, these are really good city circuits – designed by Tilke too! Glad to see he can come up with some brilliant layouts (after Istanbul).

By: f1minute.com

f1minute.com — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:52:42 +0000

“GP2 (now that will be fun)”

oooh, hadn’t thought of that one

By: Seb Carter

Seb Carter — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:03:59 +0000

The street circuits this year look really good, with none of the right angles and slow, tight undramatic racing we have seen with previous circuits. Valencia looks really good, with some actual overtaking spots and corners over 120kmh while Singapore has some extremely wide long straights lading into tight over taking spots. overall i think the street circuits this year will be really really good for f1 since they will provide us with not only the glamour, but also the racing to match.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:01:29 +0000

With it being a street race I’m not sure if there will be much testing done of the circuit before the race weekend. As it’s a European round I’d expect Formula BMW Europe, Porsche Supercup and GP2 (now that will be fun) as support races.