Silverstone redevelopment 2010

medius · 27 Jan 2010, 11:33 (Ref:2620268)

I'm following Motor Sport Magazine on Twitter and the latest tweets are about the work going on at Silverstone:

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Off to Silverstone yesterday and the work going on there is not just remapping a few corners and putting in a new loop... it's monumental.

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Curbs are being replaced so that bikes will be able to use it and run-offs are also being sorted so that they are OK for bikes and cars

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Oh, and at the moment, there are no grandstands down the pit straight. A very weird sight.

Are there any images yet? I'd love to see the place without grandstands, just once.

Alan Green · 27 Jan 2010, 12:38 (Ref:2620303)

Sutton Images posted a load yesterday - You can find them on Twitter too

brands · 27 Jan 2010, 17:53 (Ref:2620457)

Some photos here http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/gallery.php?catID=4743

The fence fairies have been busy on the inside of the national straight

medius · 30 Jan 2010, 12:33 (Ref:2622230)

Thanks

Why have the stands on the 'front' straight been removed? Repositioning further back or just plain old upgading? I've never been to Silverstone so I don't know what condition they were in before.

terence · 30 Jan 2010, 13:47 (Ref:2622253)

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Thanks

Why have the stands on the 'front' straight been removed? Repositioning further back or just plain old upgading? I've never been to Silverstone so I don't know what condition they were in before.

Dont forget that the new Arena complex is going in there to take the place of the old Pit Straight.

Robin_D · 30 Jan 2010, 12:46 (Ref:2622235)

Well they have had to move them further back anyway, not sure what'll happen regarding replacing them or not!

Jamesy-18 · 30 Jan 2010, 17:12 (Ref:2622327)

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Originally Posted by Robin_D

Well they have had to move them further back anyway, not sure what'll happen regarding replacing them or not!

I'd hope so seeing as we've booked tickets for the GP in those Grand Stands! :P

GroupOfOne · 30 Jan 2010, 14:35 (Ref:2622271)

Terence, I thought the new Arena complex was on the inside of Becketts, e.g. at the 'top' end of the Club straight?

Can only presume they're widening the current pit straight and so had to remove the grand stands, which were only really semi-permanent (or certainly felt that way!).

terence · 30 Jan 2010, 14:48 (Ref:2622277)

You could be right,only going by what I was led to believe,I do know that the current pit straight was the most suitable area,but that thinking could easily have changed.

brands · 30 Jan 2010, 15:14 (Ref:2622289)

I believe the pitlane grandstands are being moved back to allow a run-off area for the bikes. If this is true then the Micky Mouse chicane that the bikes use, just before Woodcote, should be scrapped.

redshoes · 30 Jan 2010, 18:23 (Ref:2622359)

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I believe the pitlane grandstands are being moved back to allow a run-off area for the bikes. If this is true then the Micky Mouse chicane that the bikes use, just before Woodcote, should be scrapped.

Grandstands are being moved backwards. Can't find the details right now but seem to recall it was 10 metres.

Woodcote bike chicane will be going.

Mike E · 30 Jan 2010, 15:27 (Ref:2622293)

Some more info here:

http://www.silverstone.co.uk/news/la...f-Silverstone/

Mike_Wooshy · 15 Feb 2010, 08:46 (Ref:2633706)

Damon doesnt seem happy with the layout .....

Al Weyman · 15 Feb 2010, 16:34 (Ref:2633860)

Hope they improvethe National circuit while they are about it.

Mr.Jingles · 15 Feb 2010, 18:28 (Ref:2633938)

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Originally Posted by Al Weyman

Hope they improvethe National circuit while they are about it.

What was wrong with it?

terence · 15 Feb 2010, 20:28 (Ref:2633991)

Apart from very boring?

Mr.Jingles · 15 Feb 2010, 21:48 (Ref:2634029)

I dunno, enjoyed myself to be honest.

Tim the Grey · 16 Feb 2010, 10:29 (Ref:2634277)

They've taken the second footbridge away, and apprently added more runoff at Brooklands. Oh, and ALL the kerbs are now level with the road surface... So you can run over them without penalty? All told, I suspect the 'new' National will be a fair bit quicker...

**Woolley** · 16 Feb 2010, 13:38 (Ref:2634373)

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ALL the kerbs are now level with the road surface... So you can run over them without penalty?

Kind of destroys the point in having kerbs. Here's a radical idea, why not just have grass up to the edge of the circuit and make them use the black bit? If they don't, water it...

stroller · 16 Feb 2010, 14:02 (Ref:2634384)

I’m still a big believer in the use of “floppys” like they used to use on the chicane at Rockingham.

Except one of them needs to be solid steel – and we don’t tell the drivers which one it is !

dyewat808 · 18 Mar 2010, 17:44 (Ref:2655004)

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Kind of destroys the point in having kerbs. Here's a radical idea, why not just have grass up to the edge of the circuit and make them use the black bit? If they don't, water it...

Lol

. Kerbs are a bit ridiculous now, especially the ones at the new circuits. Look at Bahrain - there is a corner there which has about a car-width of kerb on its outside!?!

What's wrong with just a tyre width? Cheaper, easier to build etc. And having flat kerbs also seems a little pointless, unless you have bikes there, in which case, fair enough.

Quintin03 · 18 Mar 2010, 19:33 (Ref:2655061)

this redevelopment was meant to make the track more suitable for bikes so there's your reason. I do agree on that kerbs shouldn't be wider than a tyre width. One foot to half a metre seems sufficient to me.

Quintin03 · 16 Feb 2010, 12:58 (Ref:2634343)

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Originally Posted by Al Weyman

Hope they improvethe National circuit while they are about it.

As it looks like the National circuit can be extanded using the link of the international circuit.

Al Weyman · 15 Feb 2010, 20:08 (Ref:2633979)

Bit boring and short, no?

Greem · 16 Feb 2010, 08:33 (Ref:2634228)

Not much is changing with the National circuit. The new Arena layout returns from the top (by Maggots/Becketts) via the National straight, under the vehicle bridge - they've removed the pedestrian bridge already - and rejoins the old complex at Brooklands.

Apart from the off-circuit changes to run off areas and so on, I think the National layout stays the same.

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