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Old 27 Jan 2014, 11:29 (Ref:3360451)   #76
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I couldn't tell you what's changed on the rest of the Bugatti Circuit. Don't care either.
Yeah, like no fatalities occured on the Bugatti Circuit.
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Old 27 Jan 2014, 11:39 (Ref:3360457)   #77
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Looking at it a bit more - it wouldn't surprise me if this is, in part, Moto GP related.

The non-Bugatti racing line for cars is to hug the left-hand curb as you go under the bridge, then drift quickly across to the right to set yourself up for entry to the Esses. So you'd never be over there on a hot lap. There's also no need to go that wide to over-take a slower car that I can see.

What it could do is widen out the entry for the right-hander onto the Bugatti. The picture from last year shows the potential. They've just taken the liberty of extending the tarmac down.



It will be interesting to see how it develops. But to me it doesn't seem like anything that would alter lap times or the racing. Just another small chip away at the character of the circuit.
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Old 27 Jan 2014, 11:43 (Ref:3360459)   #78
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Yeah, like no fatalities occured on the Bugatti Circuit.
Okay, slightly crude. What I meant is anything they change on there I won't notice.
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Old 27 Jan 2014, 18:16 (Ref:3360618)   #79
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Looking at it a bit more - it wouldn't surprise me if this is, in part, Moto GP related.

The non-Bugatti racing line for cars is to hug the left-hand curb as you go under the bridge, then drift quickly across to the right to set yourself up for entry to the Esses. So you'd never be over there on a hot lap. There's also no need to go that wide to over-take a slower car that I can see.

What it could do is widen out the entry for the right-hander onto the Bugatti. The picture from last year shows the potential. They've just taken the liberty of extending the tarmac down.



It will be interesting to see how it develops. But to me it doesn't seem like anything that would alter lap times or the racing. Just another small chip away at the character of the circuit.

Somehow you would have thought they'd be concentrating their efforts on adjustments necessary for the full circuit, rather than 'tinkering' for the sake of the Bugatti again. I stand to be corrected, of course.......
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Old 28 Jan 2014, 10:59 (Ref:3361007)   #80
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Okay, slightly crude. What I meant is anything they change on there I won't notice.
Okay, and I couldn't do anything, so I said that instead.
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Old 28 Jan 2014, 12:54 (Ref:3361051)   #81
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Looks like extra drainage in the tarmac on the inside of the forest esses.

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Old 28 Jan 2014, 13:26 (Ref:3361061)   #82
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Looks like extra drainage in the tarmac on the inside of the forest esses.

http://ekladata.com/RQ93xAmz91GKR2iYQk8EOysfGSc.jpg
That photo looks cool.
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Old 28 Jan 2014, 21:19 (Ref:3361269)   #83
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Looks like extra drainage in the tarmac on the inside of the forest esses.

http://ekladata.com/RQ93xAmz91GKR2iYQk8EOysfGSc.jpg
Was standing water an issue there?
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Old 28 Jan 2014, 22:05 (Ref:3361296)   #84
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Pointless doing it ready for this year's race.

It won't get tested. It's going to be sooooooooooooooooo hot and dry.
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Looks like extra drainage in the tarmac on the inside of the forest esses.

http://ekladata.com/RQ93xAmz91GKR2iYQk8EOysfGSc.jpg
Like the carved out sections at Tetre Rouge?
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Old 29 Jan 2014, 09:15 (Ref:3361497)   #86
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Pointless doing it ready for this year's race.

It won't get tested. It's going to be sooooooooooooooooo hot and dry.
HOT and DRY
We are able to remember what that is like but for those under 30 those races are probably thought of as tall tales told by those of a certain age
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Old 29 Jan 2014, 14:03 (Ref:3361615)   #87
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Hot and dry at Le Mans? Reminds me of a quote out of Lord of the Rings

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Old 29 Jan 2014, 17:42 (Ref:3361707)   #88
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Well, some further details must be given.
This afternoon, I went to the circuit to verify.
In the fact no changes on the track:
- http://ekladata.com/xVVzycmdsaPkoapW...as@500x281.jpg
- http://ekladata.com/fi65QRoWZEVGAe4J...Yo@500x281.jpg
- http://ekladata.com/fi65QRoWZEVGAe4JgPEAnnXhnYo.jpg
Pictures of the Bugatti circuit showing the new graveltrap in this curve.
This one http://ekladata.com/NwwoDAD6Oy4Nw9az...-w@500x281.jpg I think they only widen the asphalt strip. And in the same curve I think it is current maintenance : https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9...129_143744.jpg + https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-h...129_143749.jpg
Nothing important elsewhere except on the old karting circuit where the old pits disappear one after the other : https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-G...129_150719.jpg + https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-R...129_150723.jpg
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Old 29 Jan 2014, 18:01 (Ref:3361713)   #89
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Some good views, like the huge pile of gravel in the third picture, that will slow the first car that hits it for sure
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Some good views, like the huge pile of gravel in the third picture, that will slow the first car that hits it for sure
Chhers for posting them Eric
It will certainly stop them from flying .

But thank you Eric! - I'm sad to see the old karting pit go, but also glad that I experienced them before they where closed.
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Like the carved out sections at Tetre Rouge?
Not quite as deep, or car ruining.
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La Sarthe/Bugatti Circuit track changes

New pit complex at LM for 2015.
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Whered ya hear dat ?
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Just been confirmed at the press conference.
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I wonder how this is going to work. The pit lane space as it is now is limited and making the individual garages smaller is no option either, they are pretty small compared to F1-sizes already.
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I wonder how this is going to work. The pit lane space as it is now is limited and making the individual garages smaller is no option either, they are pretty small compared to F1-sizes already.
Hindy translated it as new pit complex, not additional garages.
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Hindy translated it as new pit complex, not additional garages.
PascaLM translated in the Chat.
There WILL be additional garages, how many, wasn't made precise.
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Hindy translated it as new pit complex, not additional garages.
So that will probably mean an additional pit building and a split pit lane a la Spa?

Maybe at the entry to the Ford Chicane opposite the fairgrounds where the Audi hospitality building usually is. That's the only location near the finish straight where I can see additional room.
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