F1 Racing - UK (2020-03)

T1

T2

T3

T5 T4

T7 T6

T8

T9

T10

T11

T12

T13

T14

T18 T16

T19 T17

T20

T23

T22 T21

T15

THE MAIN EVENT

132 GP RACING MARCH 2020

PICTURES

:VIETNAM

F1.

ILLUSTRATION

:ALAN ELDRIDGE

FINISHING STRAIGHT F1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPROUND 3

3-5April2020

HanoiCircuit

RACE PREVIEW VIETNAM GP

RACEDATA

CircuitnameHanoi Circuit

Numberoflaps 55

Circuitlength3.48 miles

Racedistance191.57 miles

Longeststraight1.0 miles

Elevationchange8.5 feet

Pirellityrecompounds

C2, C3, C4

TIME TABLE

(UK TIME)

Friday3 April

Practice105:00-06:30

Practice209:00-10:30

Saturd ay4 April

Practice306:00-07:00

Qualif ying09:00-10:00

Sunday5 April

Race08:10

Liveco verageSky Sports F1

HighlightsChannel 4

Promising glamour andexoticism

in equal measure, the brand new

Vietnam GrandPrix will– Coronavirus

allowing– pl ay against the

spectacular backdrop of th e country’s

capital city, Hanoi. Morepromising

still, despite its proximityto the city

centre,this will be a fusionof street

circuit and permanent track.

The nature of the location has

enabled thedesigners– pr eferred

Formula1 track architectTilke GmbH,

working alongside F1’s in-house

experts –to assemble the track like

a ‘greatesthits’ album.

Its openingsequence of turns,

which navigates a huge urban

roundabout, is analogousto the

chall enging fi rst few corners of the

Nürburgring,whileother sectionsriff

off Monaco and Suzuka.

A gently curving straight,roughlya

mile long , introducesthe possibility

of Monza-style – or evenBaku-style–

high-speed slipstreamingcontests.

Perhaps mostsignificantlyfor th e

narratives ofraces to be contested

here, the entire pit complex has been

designed and situatedto keep the

pitlane as short as possible. This

will minimise the time lost during

pitstops and could encourage

multi-stop strategies.

T1

T2

T3

T5 T4

T7 T6

T8

T9

T10

T11

T12

T13

T14

T18 T16

T19 T17

T20

T23

T22 T21

T15

THE MAIN EVENT

132 GP RACING MARCH 2020

PICTURES

:VIETNAM

F1.

ILLUSTRATION

:ALAN ELDRIDGE

FINISHING STRAIGHT F1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPROUND 3

3-5April2020

HanoiCircuit

RACE PREVIEW VIETNAM GP

RACEDATA

CircuitnameHanoi Circuit

Numberoflaps 55

Circuitlength3.48 miles

Racedistance191.57 miles

Longeststraight1.0 miles

Elevationchange8.5 feet

Pirellityrecompounds

C2, C3, C4

TIME TABLE

(UK TIME)

Friday3 April

Practice105:00-06:30

Practice209:00-10:30

Saturd ay4 April

Practice306:00-07:00

Qualif ying09:00-10:00

Sunday5 April

Race08:10

Liveco verageSky Sports F1

HighlightsChannel 4

Promising glamour andexoticism

in equal measure, the brand new

Vietnam GrandPrix will– Coronavirus

allowing– pl ay against the

spectacular backdrop of th e country’s

capital city, Hanoi. Morepromising

still, despite its proximityto the city

centre,this will be a fusionof street

circuit and permanent track.

The nature of the location has

enabled thedesigners– pr eferred

Formula1 track architectTilke GmbH,

working alongside F1’s in-house

experts –to assemble the track like

a ‘greatesthits’ album.

Its openingsequence of turns,

which navigates a huge urban

roundabout, is analogousto the

chall enging fi rst few corners of the

Nürburgring,whileother sectionsriff

off Monaco and Suzuka.

A gently curving straight,roughlya

mile long , introducesthe possibility

of Monza-style – or evenBaku-style–

high-speed slipstreamingcontests.

Perhaps mostsignificantlyfor th e

narratives ofraces to be contested

here, the entire pit complex has been

designed and situatedto keep the

pitlane as short as possible. This

will minimise the time lost during

pitstops and could encourage

multi-stop strategies.