Spa update

[wedge]

http://www.spa-francorchamps.be/gfx/travaux2006%2D2007/images/070427h.jpg

http://www.spa-francorchamps.be/gfx/travaux2006%2D2007/images/070504a.jpg

http://www.spa-francorchamps.be/gfx/travaux2006%2D2007/images/070510j.jpg

Bus stop looks a bit mickey mouse, no doubt we'll see lots of overtaking there.

Shame they ruined La Source. There used to be a drainage vent that ran down the side, an extra bit of tarmac and armco. Loved watching it in the wet - power oversteer and LR wheel just brushing the armco

[DBell]

I take that the top picture is the new bus stop, please tell me they left rest of the track alone and that Tilke is not invoved in anyway!

[futuretiger9]

Thanks for the photos. Things really seem to be taking shape now. It is great to see.

[truefan72]

This was by far my favorite track,

why could they not leave it alone

Bus stop allowed some overtaking at that chicane

I remember some memorable moves

[Sleeper]

I'm glad they changed the Bus Stop, the last incarnation was really mick mouse, but this looks better for overtaking. It looks like the only thing they did to La Source is give it extra run off, so theres now another car park at Spa. At least Bernie wont be bitching about the pits anymore as they've been rebuilt as far as I know.

[Roamy]

just show me the asskicker corner

[cosmicpanda]

Bus stop looks a bit mickey mouse, no doubt we'll see lots of overtaking there.


I'm glad they changed the Bus Stop, the last incarnation was really mick mouse, but this looks better for overtaking.

So what does "mickey mouse" mean, then? Two different people have used it in this thread in two different ways...

[ShiftingGears]

Not a lot of challenge/not fun - a shoddy, crap corner/circuit in other words, depending on what its in reference to. For instance the Le Mans Bugatti track is best remembered for Denny Hulme calling it a Mickey Mouse track, likewise Schumacher has called the Indy Roval a Mickey Mouse track.

Having said that, I don't think they could possibly have made that corner slower! Not a fan at the car park at La Source either.

[Ranger]

The Bus stop change was pretty good given the fact that it was necessary, but turn 1... Why?

[Roamy]

just cut the sh!t and gimme eau rouge

[ClarkFan]

just show me the asskicker corner

The Masta Kink isn't part of the course any more....

;)

ClarkFan

[Mikeall]

The Bus stop change was pretty good given the fact that it was necessary, but turn 1... Why?

To fit the new pits in.

[ArrowsFA1]

To fit the new pits in.
Ot rather, to fit the new housing estate that pretends to be a paddock.

[jso1985]

just cut the sh!t and gimme eau rouge

alright alright if you want it ;)