Best and worst F1 circuits (current)
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- MSTER232
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Best:
- Spa
- Brazil
Worst:
- Monaco
- Singapore
I like Spa and Brazil because these tracks flow quite nicely and there's usually a great race at these circuits *cough* Grosjean @ Spa *cough* . Monaco is one of the worst because I feel that it's simply too tight and small for a good race and Singapore is absolutely rubbish because of that one retarded corner:
- Spa
- Brazil
Worst:
- Monaco
- Singapore
I like Spa and Brazil because these tracks flow quite nicely and there's usually a great race at these circuits *cough* Grosjean @ Spa *cough* . Monaco is one of the worst because I feel that it's simply too tight and small for a good race and Singapore is absolutely rubbish because of that one retarded corner:
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What was the point of a corner like that
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What was the point of a corner like that
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- Hammerhead Garage
You're complaining about the very first corner of Singapore?
Are you sure you don't mean Turn 10, the "Singapore Sling" - that chicane at the very bottom of the circuit? If so, it's there for good reason: there is no room for run-off on the outside of the corner. The chicane is there to slow the cars down, because without it, cars would be approaching a corner with no run-off at high speed.
Are you sure you don't mean Turn 10, the "Singapore Sling" - that chicane at the very bottom of the circuit? If so, it's there for good reason: there is no room for run-off on the outside of the corner. The chicane is there to slow the cars down, because without it, cars would be approaching a corner with no run-off at high speed.
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- Valley of the Sun
- WaReAgLe1997
- BCSAUBURN2010
Best
Austin- flows nicely elevation change just makes it a perfect great track
India- I love the double apex and the is the best of the tilledromes
Spa-Duh
Monza- Need I say more
Monaco-Thats a clown question bro (For all you Nats fans)
Worst
Catalunya- until the chicane was added it was a fun track the old last two turns were wicked fast then downhill into the long pit straight
Abu Dhabi- Potential for a great circuit was there however Tilkedrome formula is showcased best here
Singapore- See Above
Austin- flows nicely elevation change just makes it a perfect great track
India- I love the double apex and the is the best of the tilledromes
Spa-Duh
Monza- Need I say more
Monaco-Thats a clown question bro (For all you Nats fans)
Worst
Catalunya- until the chicane was added it was a fun track the old last two turns were wicked fast then downhill into the long pit straight
Abu Dhabi- Potential for a great circuit was there however Tilkedrome formula is showcased best here
Singapore- See Above
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- Hammerhead Garage
There's already a great circuit at Yas Marina - it's just too short for Formula 1:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5727144
And assuming they have another $400 million to fritter away, there's this:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5727145
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5727144
And assuming they have another $400 million to fritter away, there's this:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5727145
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- Antwerp
- GTP_Frank
Best : Spa
Worst : San Marino and Zolder(old track), because two off my alltime heroes died on these tracks....
Worst : San Marino and Zolder(old track), because two off my alltime heroes died on these tracks....
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- England
- Peasantslayer
Top 3
Suzuka (I like most of the corners)
Catalunya (The last sector is challenging but flowing at the same time)
Valencia (Like Monaco but there is enough room to pass)
Worst 3
Spa (Too many long corners that slow things down)
Silverstone (I must be the only British motorsport fan that dislikes the Maggots, Becketts and Chapel sequence)
Interlagos (1st corner is awkward and the slow middle sector lasts too long)
Suzuka (I like most of the corners)
Catalunya (The last sector is challenging but flowing at the same time)
Valencia (Like Monaco but there is enough room to pass)
Worst 3
Spa (Too many long corners that slow things down)
Silverstone (I must be the only British motorsport fan that dislikes the Maggots, Becketts and Chapel sequence)
Interlagos (1st corner is awkward and the slow middle sector lasts too long)
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- Wardez
- Wardez
The problem with this thread is that it's split in half. Half the people are rating circuits as drivers' circuits and the other half are rating them for how good the racing is.
Suzuka, not great for modern F1 racing, but awesome to drive or just watch a car go round.
My personal favorite btw.
One that's just bad in both categories is definitely Bahrain.
Suzuka, not great for modern F1 racing, but awesome to drive or just watch a car go round.
My personal favorite btw.
One that's just bad in both categories is definitely Bahrain.
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- NJ/USA
- Blitzbay
Best:
Montreal
Monaco
I don't really have a 3rd because other than those 2 there aren't any I really enjoy.
Worst:
Korea: I'll stick with this pick until somebody notices that the track has been abandoned, clearly nobody in Korea cares about its track and that's a shame because it could be a great circuit.
Valencia: Good idea, bad in reality.
Hockenheim: I loved the old circuit and the new circuit appears way too neutered for my interest.
Montreal
Monaco
I don't really have a 3rd because other than those 2 there aren't any I really enjoy.
Worst:
Korea: I'll stick with this pick until somebody notices that the track has been abandoned, clearly nobody in Korea cares about its track and that's a shame because it could be a great circuit.
Valencia: Good idea, bad in reality.
Hockenheim: I loved the old circuit and the new circuit appears way too neutered for my interest.
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- Tijuana, B.C.
- MRT_Cinnamon
Best:
-Spa
-Suzuka
-Montreal
Worst
-Tilkedromes (except for Malasia and Shangai, I actually like those)
-Spa
-Suzuka
-Montreal
Worst
-Tilkedromes (except for Malasia and Shangai, I actually like those)
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- Bratvegas
As a fan of Formula 1 since 1997 and someone who has watched the backlog of season reviews from 1989-96, I disagree with this. Anybody with a modicum of sense can see that Monaco is a bad track, Spa and Hockenheimring have been neutered and Monza has longevity, but is not necessarily a brilliant track.
And I personally don't like new Silverstone.
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Liquid
Yes, this is true. However, I'd much rather watch a race on any of these tracks than falling asleep watching a Tilkedrome race.
What I really was trying to get to is how the best tracks like Imola, Portugal, and tracks like this have/are disappearing from the calendar.
These neutered jewel tracks are much worse than the old versions, and Monaco really isn't fit to hold a race for these cars anymore. But for these tracks to be replaced by all of these lifeless tracks such as Korea, Shanghai, and others is something I can barely stand.
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- Bratvegas
Sepang is a Tilkedrome, and a damn fine one at that. It's the perfect return to someone who claims that everything he does is terrible. Brilliant track.
Interlagos is perhaps the only 'classic' track left on the calendar which is truly great.
The problem with circuits these days is that the cars are almost too aerodynamically perfect. Aerodynamics kill overtaking, and take away a lot of the slipping and sliding which happens on track. It's not the tracks' fault that the cars are too advanced.
Interlagos is perhaps the only 'classic' track left on the calendar which is truly great.
The problem with circuits these days is that the cars are almost too aerodynamically perfect. Aerodynamics kill overtaking, and take away a lot of the slipping and sliding which happens on track. It's not the tracks' fault that the cars are too advanced.
), I just don't understand why they have done this to brilliant tracks.
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- Bratvegas
Advances in safety.
We can look at 1980s Silverstone and say, "Wow, it was so much better". But if you were to imagine being in the 80s, people would be saying, "Well, it's nothing like it used to be in the 1950s. Chopped and changed for the worse".
And while I personally liked it, old Hockenheimring was a test of engine endurance, which would yield pretty bad races in this age of bulletproof V8 reliability. But if I remember correctly, Hockenheimring was also changed due to safety. The marshalling access roads from the Nordkurv to the pits were poor. It became too outdated to maintain, with sections of the track in rural nothingness, much like the Nuerburgring.
We can look at 1980s Silverstone and say, "Wow, it was so much better". But if you were to imagine being in the 80s, people would be saying, "Well, it's nothing like it used to be in the 1950s. Chopped and changed for the worse".
And while I personally liked it, old Hockenheimring was a test of engine endurance, which would yield pretty bad races in this age of bulletproof V8 reliability. But if I remember correctly, Hockenheimring was also changed due to safety. The marshalling access roads from the Nordkurv to the pits were poor. It became too outdated to maintain, with sections of the track in rural nothingness, much like the Nuerburgring.
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Hmm, good points. I would like to think that we are seeing a transitionary period in F1, where a balance will hopefully arise between the reliability of the current and future technology, and the excitement and unpredictability of track design and races that we all want to see. How that will happen, I'm not sure, but right now I think it's pretty obvious that things aren't going so well in those categories.
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