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[MagpieRacer]

Zandvoort looks a bit broken.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Hermann Tilke redesigning the Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez for potential future Moto GP and F1 races in Argentina

El sueño de la Fórmula 1 vuelve a rugir en Buenos Aires con la remodelación de su circuito

El legendario Autódromo Óscar y Juan Gálvez de Buenos Aires, Argentina, se prepara para una transformación integral que podría reabrirle las puertas a la Fórmula 1 en un futuro no demasiado lejano. Aunque el detonante de las reformas es la llegada de MotoGP en 2027, el objetivo de fondo es mucho...

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(Bike layout. Would be extended in sector 3 for F1).

Wow that new layout is hideous, only because it looks nothing like the previous circuit and doesn't feel like the same place. Seems like a shame to tear up a circuit with so many historic layouts like that for something which won't offer the same.

If you were to give me that track layout without the background and said "it's a Tilke redesign of a classic F1 circuit", Buenos wouldn't be near the top of the list. (I'd have guessed Nurburgring, Jarama, Rouen and maybe even Anderstorp before Buenos).

Tilke has redesigned tracks previously though and they've all been bangers. A1-Ring is still pretty much the same shape as the Österreichring was, just smaller; new (better) Hockenheim was recognisable because he didn't touch the stadium section at the end while making a manageable but infinitely race able new section; Fuji Speedway went from a high-speed track to a technical layout that still has a few crazy fast corners and ends with mistake-generator corners that promote overtaking down the massive straight.

It also seems like a missed fun opportunity to send F1 around the lake again, even if it necessitated a fun-police Chicane or new apex somewhere to break up the high-speed right.

 

[toastet]

Looks like 3 km length with the old layout having 4,3 km. Should include the loop around the lake.

 

[Liquid]

Hermann Tilke redesigning the Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez for potential future Moto GP and F1 races in Argentina

El sueño de la Fórmula 1 vuelve a rugir en Buenos Aires con la remodelación de su circuito

El legendario Autódromo Óscar y Juan Gálvez de Buenos Aires, Argentina, se prepara para una transformación integral que podría reabrirle las puertas a la Fórmula 1 en un futuro no demasiado lejano. Aunque el detonante de las reformas es la llegada de MotoGP en 2027, el objetivo de fondo es mucho...

soymotor.com

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(Bike layout. Would be extended in sector 3 for F1).

It was a terrible track when it returned to the calendar in 1995 and this layout looks no better.

Seems like a shame to tear up a circuit with so many historic layouts like that for something which won't offer the same.

The Autodromo Galvez with the long loop is long gone and something to just accept so I don't mind a redesign of the terrible 1990s layout as long as it's good. Bringing it back with a horrible speed-slowing chicane defeats the point of bringing it back and it surely runs against your Old Hockenheimring principle; the race would be extremely boring on that loop and tailoring it for safety wouldn't make it a challenging blast through the grass.

I like the trackside greenery around the proposed map though.

Hermann Tilke

Ah. That'll not be in the final product then.

 

[Fezzik]

2026 sprint calendar

Singapore is an interesting choice

 

[MagpieRacer]

2026 sprint calendar

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Singapore is an interesting choice

Canada will be a fun one as well, Miami works well as a sprint and Zandvoort wanted to go off with one.

Hopefully the 2026 cars enhance the racing and make the sprints more exciting.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Ugh. Sprint community service is coming along to ruin the British GP weekend