Well, a track need a straight where the cars can start. As cars have to be separated at least 5 meters and you have 22 cars, you need 110 meters.
Yes, I know that's not much. You probably could fit it in the left part of circuit, right?
Now, follow me, please.
If you are going to race GP2 and GP3 series on Saturday (and probably you will) the number of cars increase to twice that amount. This means 220 meters.
Well, no big deal again.
You must design boxes for, again 22 cars minimum and 40 probably.You have to accommodate a garage with space for two cars eleven times (more like 20 for the feeder series) and you have to have like 20 persons working around each car, so pit boxes cannot be less than 10 meters or so.
Same distance, around two or three blocks.
People in stands, right at the straight will find hard to spend one thousand bucks to see cars for a couple of seconds every 2 minutes. At 300 kph a car spends one second to move 80 meters or so.
Even that can be accommodated in the left portion, I concede.
You also want to have some distance to the first curve or the start would be really, really funny. The cars at the back would arrive faster to the curve than the guys that qualified in first place. So, if you don't provide a distance for the leaders to accelerate, you would have bunched cars at the exit.
That's like 400 meters, give or take.
What? Six or seven blocks total? It still fits.
Of course, you want some distance from the last curve to the starting line, because you have to have a pit lane with enough distance to decelerate. Add another 200 or 300 meters.
All this means that a decent straight under one kilometer is hard to come by.
Yes, I know Monaco is exempt, but, hey, it's Monaco.
Finally, I would say one of two things, with all due respect, Wesley.
Let me explain I don't want to offend anyone.
Straights are places where you can rest a bit. It's very, very hard for your head and ribs to turn all the time.
So, either you don't race yet or you are Iron Man.
I'm old and wasted, have cracked ribs and a few scars that hurt, so it's not wonder that these days practically the only place I can race is in a straight, preferably driving a hearse.
So, you are perfectly justified to disagree with me, even if you haven't raced competitively.
However, you could follow my drift for a second and understand quite easily that even young drivers are not made of steel. If you take out the right part of the circuit, many drivers would hate you.
At least I would. After 40 years of karting this is my ideal series: Hearse Drag
