Madgwick Corner

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I really don't want to appear to be the Goodwood whingemeister, but have they had the special foot-shooting jig out again?

Yesterday's announcement of a new ped crossing (bridge obviously!) at Madgwick... surely that ruins one of the best locations on the circuit for viewing? I suppose it depends on angles, but as far as I can imagine, it is going to block a prime viewing point.
I understand the idea is to get the infield just before Madgwick better used for viewing and access to the assembly area.



The web site does say "Careful consideration of the bridge location has been made to ensure the superb views of the cars racing from the Startline remain."

It has been so long since I have been, I can't think how this will look!

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Maximus_Meridius101 said:

I’ve seen some argey bargey there over the years, that would make me think very carefully about putting any sort of structure there. They’d need to consider drivers sight lines as well. I wouldn’t fancy going flat out into Madgwick if I wasn’t confident that the exit wasn’t blocked, before I commited.

Good point... I hadn't seen it from the driver's point of view (though I have done a few laps).
As drawn in the illustration, it looks like a bit of a disaster waiting to happen. Surely it would have to have a massive span to have the piers behind the tyre wall in order to be properly safe.

For the other plans.... I really hope there is a mini-skylon in the Festival of Britain section at Gate2 (I seem to remember they did Festival of Britain as a theme before though - probably 2011?)

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I realise the illustration on the web site isn't supposed to be exact!

I just can't see where it can go without it being a BIG problem to viewing.
As above, across the track before the corner would kill the view from Madgwick to the start line, though it would be the shortest route and away from the run off area.
Anywhere else, it has to be either in the way for the racing, or in the way for viewing.

For what it is worth, historically, I don't think there was ever a bridge over the circuit either.

Not really seeing what problem it is there to solve... never have I thought when I am at Madgwick, "I would like to get to the assembly area but would have to go through the Members' tunnel - Oh that is just too far to go".

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DeejRC said:

Well that sketch has it smack in the middle of the run off for a start, so I don’t think that will be happening...

More logical is either further round after the exit or at the end of the pit straight before the corner starts.

Too far around the corner puts the bridge the wrong side of the main runway which would almost certainly be a problem - though peds do cross the other runways I suppose.

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RichB said:

What a good photo to show how little the new bridge impacted on the views. From that position it almost blends in with the trees on the hills in the distance. I thought it was a good addition and alleviated some of the bottleneck in the main tunnel.

Thanks!
I posted it without comments as it was originally 'my' thread and I initially thought it would be a negative when it was mentioned in one of the Goodwood emails some months back.
I didn't deliberately frame it in order to hide the bridge - I too was really surprised how it had merged in to the hills in the background.
I did use it a couple of times and I suppose it does make the inside part of the circuit a bit easier to access and therefore more 'use' can be made of what was previously either corporate only, or a bit of a dead end.

Ref the other poster's comments about the toilets... I was a bit disapointed further around the back of the circuit... went for a pee and then went to wash my hands - loads of soap squirted on my hands only to find there was no water to wash it off with. That was on the Friday when it wasn't too busy too.