>Sorry I don't consider a long loop that was cut by three chicanes to be
>"what F1 used to be all about".
used to be about tho. Hockenheim wasn't the most interesting place to
drive, but even in interviews after practice last weekend all but 2
drivers said they preferred the old layout (the 2 not complaining
being members of a team that has figured out that traction in low
gears is more important than aero/horsepower and paints their cars
Marlboro red).
The German GP could now be held at nearly any track in the world, and
no one watching on TV could really tell the difference if you filled
the stadium with a bunch of German Ferrari fans. I will give the
track designers credit for the hairpin coming out of the long
left-hand sweeper, but other than that the new track is essentially Le
Mans Bugatti with more trees.
Jason