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Written by Ollie Kew
The third round of the 2018/19 season of Formula E will grace the streets of the Chilean capital, Santiago. Above, you can see the circuit map itself. Hmm. Any chance it could"ve graced a few more streets, FIA? This has to be one of the most bizarre racetrack layouts of recent years. After a short loop out of the pit straight, the circuit is dominated by one giant constant-radius turn only broken by a mini-roundabout of a hairpin halfway along. It"s as though the organisers watched Le Mans, observed the Mulsanne Straight with its speed-arresting chicanes and tried to apply the same idea to an actual capital city. Then, ready for the track to turn back onto the start/finish straight, someone realised, to their horror, that the lap wasn"t really long enough. Luckily, they hit on the idea of heading halfway up the straight, doing a U-turn, going back on itself, and then finally turning to head past the garages. It"s not the most inspiring of layouts, is it?
Date written: 9 Oct 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13629
The third round of the 2018/19 season of Formula E will grace the streets of the Chilean capital, Santiago. Above, you can see the circuit map itself. Hmm. Any chance it could"ve graced a few more streets, FIA? This has to be one of the most bizarre racetrack layouts of recent years. After a short loop out of the pit straight, the circuit is dominated by one giant constant-radius turn only broken by a mini-roundabout of a hairpin halfway along. It"s as though the organisers watched Le Mans, observed the Mulsanne Straight with its speed-arresting chicanes and tried to apply the same idea to an actual capital city. Then, ready for the track to turn back onto the start/finish straight, someone realised, to their horror, that the lap wasn"t really long enough. Luckily, they hit on the idea of heading halfway up the straight, doing a U-turn, going back on itself, and then finally turning to head past the garages. It"s not the most inspiring of layouts, is it?
Date written: 9 Oct 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13629
