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Makes sense to have the race. Sergio Perez is pretty much the next big thing, so for him to have a home race is necessary.

With New Jersey also on the calendar next season, I wonder if the sport will stick with 20 races and drop one race off the calendar, or have 21 races. My guess is that the teams would want a 20 race limit and we’ll see a race dropped. Dropping Abu Dhabi would be a dream, but being realistic I think that we’re more likely to lose either both Spanish races because of Spain’s economy or South Korea, which would be a shame.

Peraltada is not gonna happen, that s****y section in the stadium is more likely and that will make it one of the worst tracks on the calendar. Would love to be proven wrong though!

Peraltada is not gonna happen, that s****y section in the stadium is more likely and that will make it one of the worst tracks on the calendar. Would love to be proven wrong though!

The stadium section doesn’t exist anymore.

I think the most viable solution for the Peraltada would be to Hockenheim-er-ise it.

No, I don’t mean castrating it.

When Tilke re-profiled Hockenheim, he added a chicane of sorts in between the hairpin and the entry to the stadium section. And while the entry is quite slow, the drivers can accelerate on the exit. A corner like this could be replicated behind the pits to cut the entry speed to the Peraltada, but not dramatically slow. The drivers would still take the corner at speed, but they wouldn’t be going at full throttle. The trick is to slow them down just enough to make the corner safe, but not so much that the challenge is gone. Something like this is what I have in mind:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5488644

I also changed the very sourthern end of the circuit to cut out a corner and increase the entry speed to Turn 9.

The other alternative is this, which is a little more extensive in its changes, but it still handles the Peraltada with the same logic – that the entry speed can be controlled with a medium-speed extension of the existing Esses just as easily and effectively as it can be with a brutal chicane:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5488647

And in the most extreme version, the chances for an accident at Peraltada are further reduced by lengthening the circuit, thereby decreasing the overall number of laps:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5488653

Because the corner can’t be taken at full speed. It’s simply not safe enough.