Can we run a reverse race at Silverstone?
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- Опубликовано: 9 апр 2020
- Silverstone reckon they can run a race anticlockwise. But can they?
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run a reverse race at monaco theres no run off to start with so it can’t get any worse
agreed go wild
HaHa, Yes Please!!!
Great idea😂👍
There is run off though. End of Sainte Devote, Mirabeau, Nouvelle Chicane and the final corner all have space for cars to run wide if they miss the braking zone or crash
Shit, for that matter I'd vote to do the 24h Nurburgring course if we weren't caring about run off areas. Some juicy suspension data could be gathered for sure
"You can't run a reverse race at Silverstone due to safety issues."
Monaco: "Hold my beer"
Ikr. One word,
Baku.
@@jamiedenton2321 There would be room to create escape roads for some of the corners in the opposite direction, but not all of them, and that's where the problem lies.
Dennis B even Singapore, yet these RUclips experts ...
@@glorious_help The same as with Baku.
@@TheJokerit19 But cranes can be used to remove any wrecks from those corners and where this isn't possible then a red flag for 5-10 mins while the vehicle is loaded onto a flatbed isn't the end of the world. Silverstone has more runoff than Monaco, Singapore, Baku, Canada and Brazil combined, in forward, reverse or upside down.
I feel like this idea isn't simple but it can be completely within the realms of possibility.
Edit: It would be significant effort to prep the track for a reverse race though, I wouldn't mind just running Silverstone multiple times in the normal layout if I'm honest.
Imagine spa in reverse Radillon and Eau Rouge would probably be scary AF...
Grid Autosport had that layout for the GT races and it absolutely is
@@fishwater "FLy pretties, FLYYYYYYYYYYY"
There’s a video somewhere of I think ricciardo doing it and it looks scarier than you could even imagine. The road just disappears at 200mph
@@harryeyre1322 It was Max Verstappen: ruclips.net/video/cS_dVpupXdc/видео.html
You'd be at Eau Rouge, your stomach would be at Radillion 😂😂
I've done this many times on RR3, often with an oncoming car.
Hey you play real racing 3 too? Nice
2020: "Cars might go wide here, bounce over the gravel trap and tyre barrier, slide over the tarmac, and eventually hit the grandstand and potentially injure someone"
1960: "Cars might go wide here, let's put some hay bales in front of these telephone poles and maybe tell people not to sit in the grass on the outside of a corner"
1930: "Don't go wide"
"We had the road put there for a reason, stay on it"
1 BC: kill as much people as possible, bloodbath time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
beinz heans .... geee geee goo goo gaa gaa! Ahuh huuuh!!!
Basicly, all the grandstands are empty now...
1930 is best. Spin out? Take corner wide? No. Don't. Not allowed. End of discussion.
This might be your greatest video ever - succinct, informative, even has its own theme tu- oh, there's more
Very fair points all round - still, it'd be pretty neat if they could, as evidenced here:
ruclips.net/video/mZyishYeSgU/видео.html
Though there are tracks with less run-off areas and they are not really dangerous, for example....street cirquits :D Pretty sure these cars can withstand all this, tires now cant fly off and kill anyone so actually I would say if they really want to race Silversone in reverse they will be able to do it.. or the last solution can be to just have strips slowing cars down like France has but that would probably make the track boring as hell.
@@FightingTorque411 That's it! Have them all play the F1 game! No safety issues and everyone can be socially distant so you wouldn't even need to wait for corona to go away.
@miso - ‘Tyres can’t fly off’. Kimi wants a word with you... ;)
@3:08 nah leave the grandstand unprotected; rename the corners to clupped and corpse
this is one underrated comment
You could also just have that grandstand be empty, I guess
@@Reydriel The way we're going all the grandstands would be empty anyway
Well I'm only 23 seconds in and Stuart has started singing. Guess the lock down is affecting us all huh?
And it affects some more than others.
(Screams loudly) 'IM GOING CRAZY!' 😂😂
Nice rover.
*incoherent raving in agreement*
I've always wanted a reverse track option for the F1 games though. No reason not to really.
DirtyBlastard Probably some licensing problem
@@tyle.s9084 the same devs have no issues using normal and reverse layouts in Grid series. and I absolutely hate it
@@vsm1456 do you know what licensing is?
@@tyle.s9084if my son grows up to be a lawyer i'll disown him
@@zbou23 you know lawyers don't decide these things right? They just help the executives understand the law and write up paperwork for them. Their job is to protect their clients to the best of their ability. You'd have to be incredibly naive to say something like this. A lawyer can be the best thing that ever happened to you. Without them you're absolutely fucked and people can trample all over your rights. Wait until you grow up and need a lawyer because some sick fuck caused you some harm or cost you everything just to make a buck. You'll be begging some lawyer to help you then.
Actually, there *is* one track licensed to run races in both directions: Knockhill. Only a few problems with that track, though. Like it's only FIA Grade 3, barely 2 kilometres long and in an ultra-rural region of Fife in Scotland. If we double it's track length, spruce up it's runoff and completely excavate it and plop it somewhere closer to Edinburgh, then I think it's good to host F1.
I love Knockhill but I think F1 cars would just about to airborne 3 or 4 times per lap. It's wild. FIA would never approve of that.
Heck yes! Scottish Grand Prix, make it so!
Pannonia RIng in Hungary is another one
Knockhill Racing Circuit (KRC) just got planning permission for a Grade 1 Upgrade and a 1.6km extension, making it around the same length as the Red Bull Ring and (I think) a bit shorter than Canada. We don't know much, but if the plan is approved, then they'll go for it.
The Grade 1 upgrade includes:
- 28 Car Pit Lane
- Wider Straights + Turns
- Improved Crash Barriers, runoff + Kerbing
- Grandstands (yay!)
- More Marshall Posts
- A 1.6km Track Extension, conforming to FIA Grade 1 standards
You mentioned about it being in a rural area of Fife. Sadly, yes, this would prevent the possibility of F1 visiting town, as there is only really one 'main' road into KRC and it's a pretty narrow B road. It's already busy enough when BTCC or BSB visit. However, the Council of Fife would try everything to get the F1 circus in, even if that meant making more roads, widening roads etc, I think they'd do it. Tourism would pump that money back.
@@daillyarran Knockhill can't have 'gt3 racing due to noise limits so no chance of F1
“You can’t race backwards”
Gran Turismo track designers: Hold my beer.
NFS Hot Pursuit 2 track designers: Hold my mirror
*laughs in Mario Kart
This does explain why i never like the reverse configurations...it always just feels wrong
GT Sport's original tracks almost all work pretty well both ways, it's pretty cool. Granted, it's virtual and they don't have to worry about safety at all, so I guess they have much more freedom to design such circuits. Still, I wish we could see Maggiore and both Dragon Trails irl
Ye let that happen, F1 has become boring anyway.
One race normal, one in the old Bridge layout, sorted
Also seeing the endurance layout at Bahrain brought back some horribly slow and dull memories
Same thought, here. The older drivers would surely be up for it!
Was the Bahrain Endurance layout that bad?
@@Mandarin9900 A LOT
@@DaniloVaz72 That's not a very detailed reason why
@@Mandarin9900 Because instead of the fast S section which opens up for overtakes if someone's fluffs their lines, everyone went through the slower section without much option for overtaking. Just watch one of the races there!
Just ask Tilke to add the "what if?" reverse sections on his toolbox
F1 cars are used to dealing with dirty air, they've been social distancing for years.
This comment needs wayyyy more likes
@Star Saber VET had been doing that, plus to his team mate, the previous 4
Short answer: No
Long answer: No, but explained
sagi alex long answer: noooooooooooo
That was quick. 30 seconds. They should just return to 2009 layout. Everything is there. Funny to see the drivers pit in the wrong pit lane.
I swear, your channel is turning me into an F1 fan. I always liked to watch F1 races casually, but now after binge watching your videos, I realized what an intricate and fascinating sport this is.
We should run short layouts as modifications would be minimal and multiple races can be held at the same venue with different tracks.
Or just keep the same layout without changing anything since all races are different from each other anyway.
@@TheJokerit19 But throw in some reverse grids and other stuff.
TheJokerit19 Are you joking? were happy if the top 6 aren’t the same for 3 races in a row and you think that a race at the same circuit with the same cars will be different
@@kuttispielt7801 Yes, of course, it'd be different, no doubt about that. Yes, the top-six might be the same, but not necessarily in the same order, and the same with the rest of the field. No race is ever exactly the same outcome-wise, and the same would be true with two or more consecutive races on the same circuit.
I love the Pringle animation. 😂😂
if this was in the 60s people wouldnt fret because of lacking runoff areas
they would just tell the drivers not to crash lol
And then one of them would die...
@@M00NMAN14 yes exactly
which is why i prefer today
where we are very keen on making the tacks as safe as possible
And on average one of them would die per season. Certainly would spice things up again since modern F1 went kind of overboard with safety in the last decade or so.
glock_17 I understand its part of the drivers job that they are at risk. But surely, if you can improve safety, and do things which limit the chances of injury and death, you do everything you can to do it? Stop complaining about excess safety, unless you yourself are an F1 driver.
@@glock17games if u want joy in life...just remove brakes of your car and run at 200mph...u will get ur joy back...
A lot of this can be written off from the fact that most F1 events wont have any spectators at the actual circuits, so there is really no point in erecting the grandstands at all ?
"Flag the horse" 😂
Someone's feeling sassy from the isolation
Jussi Raitoniemi I don’t get it 😂
Why don't bring the old gp circuit (with the 'bridge part')?
In fairness, what would require more work? Bringing the bridge section up to par again? Or bringing the whole current GP circuit up to par for a reverse race? I don’t think one is much better than the other, as far as work load.
9:15 "...Yas Marina Circuit is a man-made circuit..."
WAIT, does this mean that other GP circuits are not man-made?, so Silverstone really is a natural wonder spawned from the ground by the grace of the Queen?, did the Ancient Alien Aztecs made the Mexican GP track?, is Susuka the enbodiment of an ancient japaneese spirit?, was Singapore an inside job?
WE NEED ANSWERS!! @chainbearf1
What it means is that Other circuits like Silverstone and Spa are built on natural land that was always there However in Abu Dhabi the island it was CONSTRUCTED on is man made this is why you may notice that there is no elevation changes on the racetrack so if they put the money into it (which they could) they could make more land to add more runoff areas. Another example of this is the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai which is a man made island that looks like a palm tree on Google, you should look it up maps look it up.
@@zaynalabideen1259 ah, you're no fun
@@jotunr OH! I thought you didn't actually understand what he meant my bad.
yes didnt you know monza was actually made from the ancient roman gods?
@@pitergriffin01 no all tracks were made by Lord Ragunathan the first of his name and our true savior of our glorious sport.
"Get Wellington off on the right foot"
I see what you did there
Top 10 reversed at race 2, if needed non-championship
What a peculiar start to a chainbear video
5:45 "Crass Abshorption"
😂
His brain was running forward and reverse simultaneously
Interesting and lots of valid points.
A few other suggested solutions;
Some grandstands could be not used in the reverse configuration race?
Street circuits can be certificated without big run-offs, by provision of tecpro/concrete barriers and catch fences, so could the same not apply here?
I was just looking at Albert Park, besides tree clearing and elevation changes in potential runoff zones, only a few tweaks would be needed. The 'Carpark section of turn 5 and 4 would have to be slowed down considerably since there would be a lot less runoff at turn 3. Current pit lane entry would be dicey as an exit as well as what to do with turn 11 and 12, but there would be a lot of turning braking corners like turn 9. It might even make it NOT a complete borefest.
Edit: using corner numbers from the current clockwise layout. Also very doubtful this would happen.
@@kukuc96 Marina Bay turn 6, 22, 23?
@@kukuc96 it was more of a what if they reversed it for possibly better racing, not coming out here twice like it is a European circuit ;)
Those corners are tricky (5, 11 and 12) but it isn't going to require drastic changes - mostly just expanding out the runoff. Sorry if it wasn't clear.
Márton Ovád Baku has some ridiculously high speed corners with only concrete barriers and minimal run off areas?
Márton Ovád the same monza that doesn’t have a grade 1 license because it’s an unsafe track yeah?
Turns 2 to 3 ( where quite a lot of contact happens ) no run offs, just barriers.
Turn 12 to 15, by the time the car reaches turn 15 it’s at maximum acceleration and not far of the top end of speed. Again no run off at all and just barriers, heck even the main straight only has a a run off in line with the straight, nothing at the actual corner itself.
No need to try and be a smartarse buddy
There's actually a circuit in Spain designed also to be raced in the reversed configuration: Guadix Circuit. BUT not FIA Grade 1, not enough road accesses, grandstands and all...
Thank you for the short video. Straight to the point!
So I know nothing about racing other than car goes vroom, but youtube recommended your videos and I have to say you do a pretty good job not only explaining it for a layman but keeping it interesting
What about running a second Silverstone race on the "old" 1994 - 2009 Grand Prix circuit. E.g. using Abbey as a left / right chicane that runs in to Bridge and then Priory? I know that Bridge and Priory are usually the fan zone, but looking at your pictures and having been to the Silverstone experience back in February I know the old tarmac is still there. The pit exit from the Wing pits wouldn't work, but assume in this instance F1 could use the "old" now National pit and paddock complex between Woodcote and Copse. Would this be possible with a quick one / two week turnaround?
I went there too, but I think they would have to add some run off areas and extend the track to be slightly wider and also I'm pretty sure the tarmac was different than the one on the proper track but idk.
The Buenos Aires circuit was used in reverse once in F1, and to me it seems that with one change, it could be run backwards nowadays too (in a different series probably, as I don't think it holds a grade 1 licence)
Charlie Whiting (rip) went to check the circuit for it's Grade 1 License a few weeks before he died.
in 1954!
During an era when driving through villages with no barriers or run offs was normal (Spa, Reims etc).
Very good explanation, well done. Hadn't thought about this before. Good breakdown of the issues.
We run events on street circuits like Baku where there aren't typically runoffs, just put up barriers and treat it like a street circuit. 🤷🏻♂️
Would’ve been a cool idea to run the previous layout of the track, the one without the wellington straight and has the bridge corner (abbey is a left-hander instead of right)
I sat at club for the 2019 gp and I can say first hand it would be quite frightening to see cars bolting down the start straight in the other direction...especially if Seb is gonna be hitting Max again 😅
Love you clips every time!
Ive never been into racing at all, but your videos are still entertaining to watch! :)
Imagine going down Eau Rouge. Spa would be the best reverse curcuit
The point isn’t to kill half the grid but otherwise I agree it would be spectacular
If a reverse race isn’t possible, I would really enjoy a reverse grid in Silverstone and all tracks for that matter
That is a really good idea. The finishing order of the first race would be the starting order in reverse for the second race. No practice, no qualifying and no rebuilds necessary.
@@ShazenVideos no qualy I can understand; no practice seems like a bad idea.
Love your vids chain bear!!! So educational 👨🏾🎓😂😂
As ever, excellent video.
Overtaking will be impossible and safety too so I don’t think it won’t happen backwards maybe a different layout?
Why would you think overtaking is impossible here?
If anything, overtaking would theoretically be easier because drivers don't have much experience with the track in reverse, and will therefore make more mistakes.
Chainbear: Reverse layouts aren't feasible.
Gran Turismo: Hold my Superlicense.
Yeah, none of this matters if they run it in a video game, like they did for Australia this year.
lol. I remember going into a game with a bunch of reverse circuits...
So I was all ready for the race to be going the other direction around the same tracks...
Only to find that the 'reverse' in the reverse circuit was actually swapping left and right.
That's something you can do in a game that you DEFINITELY can't do with a real track. XD
You mention the walls being designed with only one direction in mind and it reminded me of an incident at the Walt Disney World Speedway. They were doing some program with people driving Lamborghinis around the track, but in the clockwise direction instead of the anticlockwise direction it was designed for. One of the drivers lost control and hit the end of one of these barriers, not protected because it wasn't designed to be hit from that angle, and the result was the passenger (an instructor) being killed, while the driver was also injured.
That's why I love the Berlin E-Prix, the two races on both directions are refreshing
Stop it Stuart! One round at Abu Dhabi is more than enough already.
Get i there Lewis
More like... siwel ereht ni teg
Get out of here Lewis
ON POINT, watched 25s got all the information I need. Thank you.
Thanks for your video!
I would love a circuit that includes some of these reverse corners
Did someone say Paul Ricard?
"But this runoff area and this runoff area would overlap into each other"
Americans : *laugh in figure-eight*
There are so many great tracks in the US, some former F1 venues, we could use to fill a calendar. Hell, I'd be for allowing each US state to try to host a GP.
Actually, a figure-8 (Suzuka-style, not an intersection) would be really cool for NASCAR. Pack racing with both clockwise and anticlockwise banked turns could lead to interesting strategies, especially since the inside line on turns 1 and 2 would be the outside line on turns 3 and 4.
@@alaeriia01 Car setup also wouldn't be able to account for all the turns being in the same direction like on a standard oval. Kinda like Darlington and Pocono each having turns of different radii.
Safety issue though: Ovals are anticlockwise in the US so impacts with the wall are with the passenger side of the car. Australian ovals such as Thunderdome go clockwise as their drivers are on the right side.
nascar tracks which have literally no runoff but rather instant wall at the outside of all corners:
I f*cking love you!!!! Best start of any YT video EVER!
I Just spotted your channel through an old video and I must say, I'm very happy that you have changed your font of choice
How to build “ambidextrous circuits”: Ovals
We have them. But for some strange reason, we can only go left.
@@eoinkeegan4172 The idea of racing ovals in anti-clockwise is that in stock cars you sit on the left side of the car and the wall is up to the right. If you went the other way around, it would be dangerous.
@@rafleggy2fast526 The funny thing about that is that races at England's Rockingham Motor Speedway (not to be confused with North Carolina's Rockingham Speedway) used to be run counterclockwise in spite of most of the cars that raced on that oval being right-hand drive. Australia, on the other hand, got it right when they built Calder Park's Thunderdome: Auscar ran clockwise and NASCAR Australia ran counterclockwise.
_Ferrari takes a one-two, followed by a rare Racing Point 3-4 and Alpha Tauri 5-6. It was a DNS for everyone else_
@@rafleggy2fast526 huh. So the opposite reason of airport circuits then.
Civilian pilots also generally sit on the left, and unless the airport has functional restrictions, you perform a circuit using exclusively left-hand turns (eg clockwise).
Why? Because from the left-hand side of the aircraft, a left-hand turn gives much better visibility of the runway.
That's the second observation in a few hours I've run into where racing and flying have something in common, however indirectly...
I'd really like to see this as a series! Analyse different tracks in reverse or alternative configs and even some other tracks, that maybe would fit current cars and regulations.
And I think Austin and Singapore would be doable. the worst would probably be Austria, bc at the new final turn you're heading towards a wall with no run off
THAT WAS GREAT! I’v always wondered about reverse racing!
Just the first 30 secs were enough to get my like... Great start to the video Stuart... 🤣🤣👌
All this leads to one perfect solution: F1 at Knockhill
Remember when Imola wanted to replace the Chinese GP? Hopefully that can materialise at some point.
Imola AND Mugello
@@LoganHunter82 both awesome
Imola could be good, but Mugello is to narrow for F1 cars. Apart from the first corner there are no places where the drivers could go side by side
@@dinhocolo13 yeah about that......
If they could change directions in the middle of the circuit you would only have to fix one side of the circuit, that would require some sort of underpass or something like that, pretty sure it might not make sense financially but hey it’s a possibility and it would be cool to watch cars going under and over at the same time.
totally need to design tracks with both directions in mind. that would be a great addition to all forms of racing
@@kukuc96 Probably to do it at this point to existing tracks is highly unlikely as this video points out, but to design tracks from the get-go that work in reverse would not be that much more expensive and could potentially attract more races to the venue
Márton Ovád double the runoffs and walls that pivot and grandstands that are well placed. I can’t imagine that adding more than 10% price to a track creation, if that. Out of the entire cost to build a track, I bet only roughly 50% is actual construction with the rest be purchasing the land and getting all the permits, approval, and designing. Then imagine construction - moving all the land, flattening, paving, etc. I can’t a few extra gravel pits costing more than 10% of the total cost. A few million still? Sure. But worth it? If you can increase the big races by even 1 or 2 a year, you almost immediately pay that off. At least that’s what I imagine.
Let me add that tracks add multiple layouts all the time at far far greater costs and they justify that somehow.
We could do a reverse Monaco. It practically has no runoffs.
Unfortunately that round has already been cancelled
NakariNova i was just talking about reversing the direction in general. If any circuit gets cancelled they won’t be run. If they aren’t, they will definitely go the designed layout.
through the tunnel into Lower-Mirabeau?
down the hill into St Devote (with cars slowing down early for a pit entry)?
I'd admit the rest of it could work, but those two issues are fairly major
Lower Mirabeau? I'm assuming u mean portier. That corner would work as the road continues on straight after the tunnel so runoff could be setup there.
Antony Noghes would be just horrible in reverse. Very little room for runoffs, high speed approach, much narrower than St Devote (with no room to add in extra area on the inside like turn 1) and the pitlane entry (now the exit in reverse) would be a nightmare as well
FIA: We're cancelling too many races
Silverstone: Anti-clockwise races?
Chainbear: No
I believe if a track can be genuinely fun and exciting to drive in it's normal layout, and equally as fun, if not even better in reverse, you've basically secured yourself a god level circuit that is OP level 9000
Great video. Sound is way better, thanks for getting a microphone!
Jonty - posts tweet saying 'you can't do it, here's a couple of reasons, that's all'
Stuart - makes video 'you can't do it, here are all the reasons explained fully with all the logic for each reason'
I have a feeling there might be a reason why you're far more successful 😂😂😂
Is Brands Hatch still licensed for F1? That would be a good watch! Maybe not so much overtaking but full of tricky corners
Again Not long enough under 3.5k
No, it isn't. No other circuits in the UK have grade 1 licenses at this point (it's a lot of money for very little gain).
Used to these reverse course challenges in Real Racing 3 to get vehicles. As a concept, it is a piece of work relearning the track. But yeah, relearning routes led to a ton of crashes in those area without runoff. Great video peering into track design and safety.
at my local karting center we occassionally run races backwards and this is really great
you kinda know the track but still have to learn it properly
but you can feel which direction it was built for
I knew when I heard the proposal to run Silverstone in reverse for Formula 1 it sounded pretty fishy.
This just isn’t a video game like Mario Kart or F1 2019; this is real life with real non-ideal world physics and real life or death consequences for the drivers.
What would be a nice slow climb through a corner before a final straight on a normal non-reversed approved track could potentially become a deadly corner that easily overload’s an F1 cars brakes and tires.
I’d rather miss a single race on a calendar than miss any of our 20 drivers.
r/Iamverysmart
No run offs in monaco, where is the issue 😁
That's a question of geometry and angles that Stuart has covered before. Ironically, because of the narrow width of Monaco, it actually is kinda safer, because the narrow width of the track doesn't allow for the car to build up a crazy amount of inertia, to hit the wall at an ugly angle.
It's much slower
@@shaylanroy583 - much slower than what? Have you seen the sections at St. Devote and Piscine?
@@AndrewGeierMelons Even the life ending Lorenzo Bandini accident in 67 was mostly because of the car safety
Street circuits are fundamentally different from tracks and are held to completely different standards by the FIA.
Whether that actually makes sense is another thing.
Loving 30 sec videos !
I'm glad we're having this conversation, doing F1 tracks in reverse would be pretty fun. In old NFS games you could run maps in reverse, it was pretty challenging.
I think doing some races in reverse is an awesome idea. It's not easy but it's doable
We need donnington back!!!
this could be a broader video about any track (just about), but focused on silverstone.
do this analysis on more tracks.
Enjoyed the video.
Would love to see more overlooks of current videos and why they can't run reverse (though some tracks would have some potential, like Bahrain (minus the "new" final section I suppose) or Austin).
when motogp raced at indianapolis they ran the grand prix road course in reverse (although the layout kinda changed a bit like making an infield chicane near the pit straight banking and the double chicane part turned into a left hander and sharp right)
Who is here after they announced Silverstone may host 2 races this year?
In my honest opinion, this won't work.
Instead of Reversing Silverstone, F1 should make a pit stop at Brands Hatch.
Or, even Nurburgring, maybe?
I really liked this corner by corner analysis and would like to see something like this for all current circuits with corners that have names
Back in the day (486-25) about 1994, my bro and i played the PC game grand prix, one of the best in its time. Then we started racing all 16 tracks in reverse. Only 2 cars on the grid, launch 2 feet, toss it in reverse, then do a rockford and your racing. Here was the kicker, the draft worked in reverse, the guy in front got the speed increase!
FIA Grade 1 is meaningless.
Monaco does not meet Grade 1, but is raced for "Historic" reasons.
thats bullshit, its grade 1
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_de_Monaco
Yay I’m early
You could cut the becketts corner straight with the asphalt there or put a slow 1994 style chicane there but that doesn't fix the rest of the track.
Now Paul Ricard is probably the best bet. You could cut off the west end with the existing cut through, the first chicane could use the second or third alternate, and a different variant of the back straight chicane could be used. Coming onto the Mistral straight you could also cut through the eastern end for a slower run onto the minstrel straight.
Ok well if a reverse race isn't possible, and hear me out on this... We do the normal race again, but we get the drivers blackout drunk then put airbags on the outside of the chasis and tell them they're racing bumper cars
Montreal is probably out for having far too many slip roads and barriers in the opposite direction, but man would that Wall of Champions be a manic race start 🤣
It's worth investigating if any tracks could do it. Hungary, Bahrain, China?
Austin is fantastic track we need more like those
Great video
Some of the F1 racers tried this out when they were streaming on Twitch lol
Yes I love when Chainbear is in my notifications. Hit like button before I watch because I know it’s going to be fantastic.
Thank you for being the voice of reason, as usual.
Stood at the entry of Abbey for the WEC last year, watching the LMP1 cars go through was brill. Can only imagine how immense it would be to watch the F1 grid come towards you in qualifying and a race
I would like to see a return of the 2009 layout. Although the bridge straight might need re-surfacing (since it's not been used for so long) but the run-offs and access points are already facing in the right direction, and it should be grade one as most of it is still used anyway, so it would need less re-arranging
looks dangerous, I love it
Possible current track that could be run in reverse, Monaco, Monza, and possibly Suzuka. Monaco because slow with no run off already. with Monza the only problem zones would be out off parabolica and into the lesmos because off the new high speeds. With Suzuka the run offs could work besides Degner, out of spoon, ‘S’ curves, and main straight.
But a reverse race at Spa would be fun to watch with Eau rouge and raidillon.
It would be interesting to see different configurations of the same tracks
I need a full version of chain bear singing the tune to his outro.