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Max Verstappen has won his home Grand Prix at Zandvoort for the second time in a row after a strategical race involving all three Pirelli tyre compounds. Mercedes' George Russell finished second with Charles Leclerc completing the podium.
Eager to avoid having asphalt run-offs, race organisers have created a special one-metre wide area that runs behind the kerb at Turn 12 where the gravel has been encased in a resin type material. This makes it look like gravel but it in fact totally solid.
It means drivers running slightly wide at the corner will not disturb the stones, so it should help reduce dramatically any gravel getting pulled on to the racing line that could prompt the need for a red flag.
The smooth and bumpy nature of this solid area also means that it will offer minimal grip, so drivers will be deterred from trying to abuse it and getting too near the real gravel.
“You can't really use it: it's too slippery and bumpy for cars. But at least it avoids getting all kinds of debris on the track, so it's a nice development for other tracks.”
They had test this solution really? I hope this resin holds together really.organic wrote: ↑31 Aug 2022, 18:26https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/exclu ... /10361014/
https://cdn-2.motorsport.com/images/mgl ... trap-1.jpg
Eager to avoid having asphalt run-offs, race organisers have created a special one-metre wide area that runs behind the kerb at Turn 12 where the gravel has been encased in a resin type material. This makes it look like gravel but it in fact totally solid.It means drivers running slightly wide at the corner will not disturb the stones, so it should help reduce dramatically any gravel getting pulled on to the racing line that could prompt the need for a red flag.
The smooth and bumpy nature of this solid area also means that it will offer minimal grip, so drivers will be deterred from trying to abuse it and getting too near the real gravel.“You can't really use it: it's too slippery and bumpy for cars. But at least it avoids getting all kinds of debris on the track, so it's a nice development for other tracks.”
I was thinking the same thing about the resin. My neighbours had a resin drive layer and once the wind and rain undercut is slightly it crack, and a car throwing these chunks about would be bad news.bluechris wrote: ↑31 Aug 2022, 18:47They had test this solution really? I hope this resin holds together really.organic wrote: ↑31 Aug 2022, 18:26https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/exclu ... /10361014/
https://cdn-2.motorsport.com/images/mgl ... trap-1.jpg
Eager to avoid having asphalt run-offs, race organisers have created a special one-metre wide area that runs behind the kerb at Turn 12 where the gravel has been encased in a resin type material. This makes it look like gravel but it in fact totally solid.It means drivers running slightly wide at the corner will not disturb the stones, so it should help reduce dramatically any gravel getting pulled on to the racing line that could prompt the need for a red flag.
The smooth and bumpy nature of this solid area also means that it will offer minimal grip, so drivers will be deterred from trying to abuse it and getting too near the real gravel.“You can't really use it: it's too slippery and bumpy for cars. But at least it avoids getting all kinds of debris on the track, so it's a nice development for other tracks.”
Well it's a test anyhow...
It's probably just acrylic. It's fine if it's deep enough. (16 inches or so).Espresso wrote: ↑01 Sep 2022, 01:41Well it's a test anyhow...
But Dutch bicycle paths are topcovered in a similar kind of resin....and everything drives over it. It holds normal traffic. Let's see how it handles a sliding F1 car.....
If it works it would be a great solution for getting rid of the debates...
Max was cruising after the first stop. IIRC.
Probably much thinner as far as the binder/matrix goes. On residential driveways its something like an inch of penetration per building code depending on aggregate size. So maybe 5x thicker in a trackside application? The strength of the edge would be my concern.Zynerji wrote: ↑01 Sep 2022, 01:58It's probably just acrylic. It's fine if it's deep enough. (16 inches or so).Espresso wrote: ↑01 Sep 2022, 01:41Well it's a test anyhow...
But Dutch bicycle paths are topcovered in a similar kind of resin....and everything drives over it. It holds normal traffic. Let's see how it handles a sliding F1 car.....
If it works it would be a great solution for getting rid of the debates...
Its improved compared to last yearWouter wrote: ↑01 Sep 2022, 09:37Well, this years trophy. Do you like it? I don't.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FbgTtdmWAAI ... name=small
Last year was even worse.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FbgTtdjWQAE ... me=360x360
Congratulations. I hope everything goes smoothly.
And from AMuS:“We have cars which are a lot more mechanical, and at tracks like Baku and others they’re a bit harder than we’d like it to be, and I guess Zandvoort is going to be one of those tracks as well. We have banked corners where cars are getting quite low, and we saw this year that once we get low, things turn out to be very bumpy.”
According to the engineers, there is only one of the next three locations where Mercedes can come up trumps again. Ironically, in the Ferrari stronghold of Monza. "Zandvoort and Singapore are bumpy tracks. That could mean that everyone has to go up with the ground clearance." If that were the case, directive 039 would still catch up with Mercedes.
