A Beginners Crash Course Guide to Formula One Tracks
1 July 2008An ordinary circuit by & large consists of an extended piece of straight tarmac on which the starting rows are placed. The pit lane, where the F1 drivers stop for refilling & replace tyres during the race, and where the constructors work on the cars ahead of the motor race, is traditionally sited next to the starting rows. The plan of the remaining parts of the circuit varies enormously, even though in a great number of cases the race track is built in a clockwise direction. Those few race tracks that go anti-clockwise (and as a result have mainly left-handed turns) may cause grand prix drivers health pains owing to the enormous sideways forces produced by F1 vehicles pulling their heads in the reverse direction to normal.
A numerous number of the tracks presently in operation are specifically constructed for racing events. The current street courses are the Circuit de Monte-Carlo and Melbourne, Australia although street races in other urban cities come and go (For Example, Las Vegas & Detroit) & suggestions for such circuits are constantly talked about ? in recent times London and Beirut. A number of other courses are also entirely or partially laid out on normal public roads, like that of Spa-Francorchamps. The fascination & love of the Monaco race are the principal explanations why the circuit is still in use today, since it’s considered not to meet the stern safety requirements obligatory on other courses. Three-time F1 World champion Nelson Piquet famously depicted driving in Monaco as “like riding a bike around your own living room”. Visit F1Tribute.com online now and find everything about Formula One.
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