Well something nerdier is that I drove the track in F1 2011, and if that track is a anywhere near accurate (as the other Tilke tracks are in F1 2010), then it's just another Tilke track. Very wide, mahoosive straight, silly, pointless twists and ever-tightening corners. It will probably be billiard-table smooth too.
The first section is like Turkey (only inverted, and lacking as much altitude change), the last corner just screams China.
Turn 10 looks to be up there as one of the most frustrating corners I can recall ever seeing in F1. In F1 2011 you just can't attack it due to that kink on the way out. It's like the Carousel at Road America but then he has a Tilke moment, realises it's a good corner, so @#$%& up the end of it.
I think we realised he'd lost all imagination after a couple of years with China, but this is really just taking the piss.
Bernie, get those guys in who eventually did Singapore - they know how to design a challenging track.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/05/2011 08:11AM by gav.