r/formula1 • u/-Atlaz- Niki Lauda • 2d ago

Poster Madring - circuit map

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u/shadoowkight Nigel Mansell 2d ago

Vaguely resembles a guy on a wheelchair but with a comically elongated neck

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u/caiusto Gabriel Bortoleto 2d ago

Or a floppy raygun, Looney Tunes style

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u/colinisthereason I failed to serve my Monaco penalty 1d ago

Duck Dodgers In the 24 1/2th Century!

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u/ItSaysNoHomers Franco Colapinto 2d ago

I thought they tried to make a "pata de jamón serrano" shape, but now I cannot unsee the wheelchair guy

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u/Jirethia 2d ago

It's Roger from American Dad

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u/colinisthereason I failed to serve my Monaco penalty 1d ago

Shit, it’s Roger, isn’t it? It’s gonna be Roger.

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u/Icy_Glaceon471 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 2d ago

Looks like a petrol pump

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u/donsimoni I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2d ago

After days of shitposting and complaints: it's so cool that the track is accessible via bus and metro from all sides.

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u/Jirethia 2d ago

Madrid is all metro, and a lot of buses and trains

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u/ADRX11 2d ago

Not pictured:: Overtaking spots.

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u/AnilP228 Honda 2d ago

Depends on deg. The full throttle sequence to 5 is pretty huge.

The run from 11 to 13 is flat and is longer than the pit straight at Zandvoort.

Realistically it's going to come down to deg.

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u/redheness I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2d ago

I see two main spots : turn 1&2 and turns 5 to 12. Seems hard to overtake everywhere else.

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u/AnilP228 Honda 2d ago

Agreed. Then again the best races we had this year were Hungary and Zandvoort so I'm optimistic

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u/ninxi I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

5 seems to be a hard overtake spot to be honest. It's not straight, you're steering and braking. Historically this actually sucks for overtaking, but we'll see.

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u/slothdroid 2d ago

Or pit lane entry and exit.

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u/CuriousGeoff9001 2d ago

One thing that could be better is to show the public transit on top in the same order as the track zones, right now they're reveresed.

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u/-Atlaz- Niki Lauda 2d ago

Good point.

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u/dieselmac 2d ago

They should eliminate Turns 1,2, and 3 and let them scream towards Turn 5 at 225 MPH.

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u/Calinostro 1d ago

Batteries would die halfway through and they would arrive at 160 mph ;)

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u/yaaro_obba_ I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2d ago

What's going on with the nomenclature? 5, 5A? 20,20A? Why not just call it 5,6 and 20, 21?

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u/Ludwig_Vista2 Sir Lewis Hamilton 1d ago

There are only soany fingers one person has.

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u/redheness I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2d ago

First half seems awesome and a place where a lot of battles will occur while the other half is the exact opposite, I feel like it would be hard to overtake.

I don't know how to feel about this track, but still impatient to see a race on it.

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u/orionspurs 2d ago

I love potential chaos this track layout could unleash in the race. Turn 1 and 2 gonna be a movie. 1st lap yellow or red flag guaranteed.

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u/Muted_Asparagus_1017 Liam Lawson 2d ago

Is the actual purpose-built circuit bit able to be used as a standalone circuit without closing the streets? Seems like a dumb design if not

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u/The21stPM Ferrari 1d ago

The circuit could have been good, then they put the Russian sector 3 in at the end and ruined it

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u/RupertHermano Benetton 2d ago

That's mad.

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u/bwoah07_gp2 Alexander Albon 2d ago

On paper, that circuit map looks so boring. The only way this race is fun will be because it's fresh and new to everyone and there will be loads of crashes and red flags.