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    Barcelona modifactions

    http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/56513

    Are there any pictures or illustrations of the modifacations?

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    This is the only thing I've found, and it is not much

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    Here are more pictures, just click on them to make them bigger.
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    good or bad then?
    nowhere fast.

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    In my opinion bad. The last two corners where pretty much the most spectacular part of the circuit, now the last turn won't be as fast as previously
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    Why didn't they just lengthen the short chute before the final turn and then that would allow them to tighten up the last corner, maybe even make it come back on itself a few degrees. Would force the cars to brake harder into the final turn - washing off alot more speed - but at least we wouldn't have a stupid chicane.

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    Bad modifications...

    I don´t think plaguing circuits with chicanes is the best solution, and Barcelona is a quite dull one. If you can overtake at the chicane, it´s ok, but how would you do it in this case? Before this we saw that stange modification at La Caixa, and it was "interesting" to see how pilots were trying to take it as fast as possible, and each of them used a different way. Not the most exciting feature, but at least we could see SOMETHING. With this chicane... nothing.
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    It's good. F1 cars couldn't follow closely onto the straight because of the turbulence with the old design. This design should allow them to come onto the straight much closer to each other, meaning we should see some more overtaking at the first corner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cosmicpanda
    It's good. F1 cars couldn't follow closely onto the straight because of the turbulence with the old design. This design should allow them to come onto the straight much closer to each other, meaning we should see some more overtaking at the first corner.
    Agree. I've seen it last week on the circuit itself, and that was my thought.

    Montmelo needs overtaking chances, and this chicane will bring two points to do it (just at the enter of the chicane, and at the first corner).

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    Quote Originally Posted by andreag
    Agree. I've seen it last week on the circuit itself, and that was my thought.

    Montmelo needs overtaking chances, and this chicane will bring two points to do it (just at the enter of the chicane, and at the first corner).
    Were talking about Barcelona which now has two chicanes, the first being turn 1/2 and the new one in the tightest and twistiest part of the circuit.

    I doubt it will change much, F1 cars take anything other a 90+ degree corner at a fair rate of speed these days and it will probably be even harder to overtake. Pessemistick but sadley likely to be true.

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