Comments on: Silverstone’s 2010 layout (Pictures)

By: Robert McKay

Robert McKay — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:28:33 +0000

“How do they expect to win the F1 back now if they’re not going to continue with the plan of building the new pit and paddock facilities?”

They really don’t want to do a San Marino and do all the reconstruction and upgrading and find Bernie doesn’t want them back anyway…

By: ajokay

ajokay — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:04:23 +0000

So much for that brand new, lovely looking pit complex they were going to build along the straight between Club and Abbey.

How do they expect to win the F1 back now if they’re not going to continue with the plan of building the new pit and paddock facilities?

By: Tom MK

Tom MK — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:07:22 +0000

Get rid of the bridge! This is the sort of design F1 needs more of. I can’t stand point-and-squirt track design.

By: Eric M.

Eric M. — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:52:00 +0000

“Your new Becketts style part will exit under a bridge, leaving little run off area.
I think the safety police would throw this idea out.”

Aye, your right, they probably would.

By: Damon

Damon — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:36:59 +0000

The changes essentially come down to adding a hairpin. That’s all. (I hate the trend of adding hairpins everywhere!)

Just like on Eric M.’s redesign:
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm8/EricMillerInKelowna/Silverstone.jpg
…I would also eliminate the shicane, but further on – when they’ve put the hairpin (and Eric put a fiddly sequence of twisty corners), there should be a long ultra-fast sweeping left. or two blitzing balls-in-the-air-pedal-to-the-metal lefts, one after the other.

By: Chaz

Chaz — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:19:56 +0000

As Glen Cambell might sing, “Silverstone (Galveston) oh Silverstone (Galveston)”…

By: Pete Walker

Pete Walker — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:52:19 +0000

I can’t believe they’re making changes to Club! In its current configuration its produced all sorts of side-by-side action and is ones of those rare corners where more than one line can be used effectively.

Otherwise the plans look good and I’m sure the new Arrowhead corner will make for some good overtaking.

By: Dino

Dino — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:55:14 +0000

Those changes are supposed to cost £5 million… surely if that money is available it ought to have been spent on something else, like the garages or spectator facilities. And was this part of the planned upgrade announced before Silverstone lost the F1 contract?

By: Robert McKay

Robert McKay — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:50:57 +0000

I wonder if we’ll see any car races using this layout, or whether it will basically just be for bikes.

By: TMFOX

TMFOX — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:51:32 +0000

Can we use you instead of Mr Tilke?