Mind blown - real reason behind modern mickey mouse circuits

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If you've ever wondered why we can't have circuits with fast sweeping corners any more and why F1 loves long straights combined with slow corners/chicanes a youtube comment left under a video showing a lap of old superfast Silverstone might have an answer.

youtube comment said:

New Silverstone has lost its aura, its soul, everything that made it great. This is an emence track and Bernie and Tilke have a lot to answer for. They like long straights and slooooow corners because its easier to zoom in on the sponsors.

Obviously, Tilke didn't do the redesign but still, it could make sense. I'm going to put my tinfoil hat on.

Here's the vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-tDO_LdUGs

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KevinCamaroSS said:

Vaud said:

COTA was a Tilke track? They weren’t all bad.

I did not think COTA was a Tilke circuit, didn't the Americans do their own thing?

It is a Tilke circuit, the Fisher price colour scheme is a dead giveaway.

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boyse7en said:

HustleRussell said:

Who gives a stuff about one car breezing past another on the straight with am 18kph DRS advantage?

90% of the people who post on here for a start. Count the number of "that was a boring race, no one overtook anyone" posts that accompany every post-race thread.
To many, the quality/excitement of a race is purely down to the number of overtakes that happen

Yes and no. When people say they don't like races where nobody overtakes anyone they refer to cars being unable to stay close without artificially induced methods like DRS.

Modern overtaking achieved through DRS is plain crap because it doesn't allow for much defence. Had F1 deployed a form of powerboost that could be used by all drivers at all times (to gain advantage and to defend) it would have been much more natural. Restrict the amount of powerboost available per race to a 200/300 seconds and it would add even more natural drama.