Olivk's 2012 project : Circuit de la Broye, Switzerland

[olivk]

Long time ago I posted my 1st track on this site, now i started my 2nd - and quite more ambitious - track project.

Like my 1st track, this one is a proposal for a first real race track in Switzerland, a country where so far we have NO decent track, only 1 tiny one (that's certainly funny in an old mini cooper).

The track is called Circuit de la Broye, named after the region that hosts it, located next to the city of Payerne. The track will be right next to a military airport, so the roar of F/A-18s will nicely cover any nuisance the race track could create
The exact location is not determined so far.

My aim is to build the whole complex on sketchup, including buildings, landscaping etc, pictures will be posted once it's finished. Might take a few weeks. So until then i'll post the shape already today, so all critics are welcome

The track should be able to host all kind of car racing events except F1, which would raise the complexity and costs of the facility to a point i don't want to go. I want the track to be fully equipped but still "human scaled".

Some data about the track :

Runs counter-clockwise
Lenght : ~5 km (~3.1 mi)
Lenght of s/f straight : 800 m (~0.5 mi)
Standard width : 12 m
Width of s/f straight : 16 m

The track design is a succession of 5 different "events".
1: At the end of s/f straight, a right-hand corner with closing radius, immediately followed by a left with closing and opening again radius, leading in the 2nd straight. (T1-R, T2-L, T3-L)

2: A hard braking followed by a quick right-left "pif-paf" corner. (T4-R, T5-L)

3: A "curved straight" leading to a 90° right, that will be quite a fast corner for cars with lots of downforce. It's a blind corner as the inner wall is very close to the track. (T6-L, T7-R)

4: At the end of a new straight between close walls on both sides, the real hard braking followed by a left hairpin. (T8-L)

5: A high-speed left bend leading into a serie of esses of different radiuses, leading into the s/f straight again. (T9-L, T10-L, T11-R, T12-L, T13-R)

All in all it should be a track mixing fast parts and technical corners.

More to be seen anytime soon