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Yeh too many tight corners, not enough fast open ones. And having tight turns at the end of long straights is a QR National defect so why copy that?

Actually a bigger version of the Club circuit could be good but its hard to tell the scale so....

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Dont tight corners give more opportunity for overtaking rather than faster corners? I watched the hungarian GP the other week, thats a fast flowing track and there were only two passes all race.

Yeh too many tight corners, not enough fast open ones. And having tight turns at the end of long straights is a QR National defect so why copy that?

Actually a bigger version of the Club circuit could be good but its hard to tell the scale so....

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Something like Mangy Cours... Sharp first turn, leading into a varying radius, sweeping second turn, which leads to the back straight (pretty long too) which terminated at the tight Adelaide hairpin.. Or something like La Source hairpin, tundering through Eau Rouge, followed by the Radillion kink which is linked to a long back straight, which once again terminates at a very tight chicane (Les Combes?)..

Probably my two favourite parts on any circuits on the F1 calender...

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Yeh too many tight corners, not enough fast open ones. And having tight turns at the end of long straights is a QR National defect so why copy that?

Actually a bigger version of the Club circuit could be good but its hard to tell the scale so....

yeah its a bit of a shame - when they announced this it sounded like a major extension - but looking at the track map it is 99% same as current with some extra linking tracks so they can hire them out seperately and make more money :)

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instead for renting the track for 10 a day now they can charge 30k

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ardc suck teh balls

I thought the same thing. It's hard enough (and expensive enough) getting on the track now for chumps like us. I can just see them jacking up the prices to cover the costs....

Looks great, shame i probably wont be able to afford to drive there.....

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Interesting that the new circuit runs clockwise now. Should mean lower speeds on the main straight due to running uphill, but then again, the old 'turn 1' will bring you onto the straight with more speed to start with.

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I think the investment by the NSW government is a promising one as it will be drawcard for other motorsport events to come down under. However is it just me or is Sydney really bad for spectator numbers of motorsport and even sport in general? Eastern Creek was designed for motorcycles and have a look how that went, the GP is held in freezing cold penguin friendly Phillip Island. Being so close to Sydney I would have thought the numbers would have been quite large but you just have to look at recent V8 Supercar races to see numbers are well done, even when compared to those of Victorian rural races like Winton. I would hope that with the track investment they incorporate off street racing at a reasonable price to encourage young people to do it in a controlled environment and even offer subsidised driver programs for people under 25.

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EC is a rubbish place to spectate, hence the reason the numbers are so low. Awkward positioning of stands and spectating areas is to blame for this. i don't see how this new layout will solve that problem.

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i watched the super taxis there a while back. we could see them into turn one, down into the hair-pin, up over the top and disapear around the mountain, then back into view again. how much do you want to see? this was sitting on the hill. there is no seating position at any track where you can see the whole track. i payed $600 for my ticket at Melbourne, we saw them come down the straight through turns one and two and that was it. and i loved it because i was there. the atmosphere of being at the track is awesome, and nothing stops you from walking around to get different vantage points. sydney are just poor supporters of anything, whether it be sport or motorsport. i dont think the track has anything to do with it.

EC is a rubbish place to spectate, hence the reason the numbers are so low. Awkward positioning of stands and spectating areas is to blame for this. i don't see how this new layout will solve that problem.

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