- 25 Aug 17, 18:29#443045
Hi, My name is Jon. I have been following F1 for years (and Indy when I can). I have been lurking here on this forum and many others, but never could think of anything to say.
At last I think I have something interesting to add.
Did anyone see the coverage of the Tour De France cycling this year? They went around the Spa circuit. It was amazing seeing them on pedal bikes going around a circuit that I am sure is very familiar to all of us here.
BUT it was soooo different.
When you see the camera angles in F1 you realise there is a bit of a slope around the Eau Rouge bit, but wow you really get a sense of it when you watched the Tour de France footage.
Here is a link on youtube. (Hope it is ok to post it - I have put spaces in between to sneak it in, you will need to delete those).
The really good bit is around 50 seconds:
www . youtube . com/watch?v=hqBdDxx3rIA
They had a motor cyclist in front of the pack filming them as they climbed the hill. From this perspective looking back, and from the higher vantage point of a guy sitting on a motor bike, you really got a sense of how really steep that slope is. It really took your breath away.
I also found it really unnerving seeing all those people right at the edge of a track you typically associate with 200kph F1 cars. It is the craziest thing I have seen in years.
So my question is this. There are other circuits like Brazil who seem to have a bit of a slope going on and off of the start/finish straight. What effect does this have on the car? Do the teams do anything special in the car setup for these circuits to compensate for these really steep bits?
At last I think I have something interesting to add.
Did anyone see the coverage of the Tour De France cycling this year? They went around the Spa circuit. It was amazing seeing them on pedal bikes going around a circuit that I am sure is very familiar to all of us here.
BUT it was soooo different.
When you see the camera angles in F1 you realise there is a bit of a slope around the Eau Rouge bit, but wow you really get a sense of it when you watched the Tour de France footage.
Here is a link on youtube. (Hope it is ok to post it - I have put spaces in between to sneak it in, you will need to delete those).
The really good bit is around 50 seconds:
www . youtube . com/watch?v=hqBdDxx3rIA
They had a motor cyclist in front of the pack filming them as they climbed the hill. From this perspective looking back, and from the higher vantage point of a guy sitting on a motor bike, you really got a sense of how really steep that slope is. It really took your breath away.
I also found it really unnerving seeing all those people right at the edge of a track you typically associate with 200kph F1 cars. It is the craziest thing I have seen in years.
So my question is this. There are other circuits like Brazil who seem to have a bit of a slope going on and off of the start/finish straight. What effect does this have on the car? Do the teams do anything special in the car setup for these circuits to compensate for these really steep bits?
