Comments on: Singapore Look To Slightly Alter Circuit Layout

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:37:28 +0000

Guys I’m just happy the night race is coming back.

It is such a cracker and really makes you appreciate how fit the drivers
are by the schedule they are forced to keep

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:13:53 +0000

There is only one alteration needed to Valencia – they need to move the whole thing to the test track 12km down the road!

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:10:46 +0000

It looks to me that Singapore is changing the wrong bits. It’s the pit lane area that needs improving, not the corner sequencing…

By: Steven Roy

Steven Roy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:57:11 +0000

I don’t think the circuit in the configuration it ran last year should have been given a safety certificate. The pit entry was ridiculously dangerous and the pit exit fed into a chicane. They may be changing the pit exit but they are doing nothing about the pit entry. Remember the Trulli incident? The circuit was supposed to run in the opposite direction but at the last minute they changed their minds. The direction of the track was changed with no thought about the safety implications.

Last year people bought into the idea that Singapore was a great race and track. It wasn’t. It was at night so everything was sparkly. In reality the circuit is no different to Valencia apart from the setting.

I guarantee at the end of 2009 when people name their disappointment of the year the vast majority will say Singapore because of the distorted view so many people have of the first race there.

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By: Stephen Hill

Stephen Hill — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:51:38 +0000

I’d say leave the Singapore circuit alone. Sure the layout and track surface could be refined, but I have a feeling that any “improvements” will simply make the circuit easier to drive on and thus, less competitive.

Because the new circuit was a little rough around the edges, it made the drivers concentrate even more than normal, it made the really good drivers shine through and made it an awesome spectacle to watch.

In short, I’ll miss the sparks if they smooth the track, something we only get to see in the dark.