F1 had advised the Red Bull Ring to install gravel traps to the final corners ahead of this year’s AustrianGP to help avoid the track limits saga Full story ⬇️
Formula 1 race director Niels Wittich specifically advised the Red Bull Ring that gravel traps should be added to the final corners this year to help avoid track limits problems.However, that recommendation made immediately after the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix, was rejected by circuit bosses who elected instead to keep the same configuration of kerbs and run off.
Dealing with the track limits has always been a tricky thing at the Red Bull Ring because of the nature of the layout, and previous attempts to use sausage kerbs have been long abandoned because of safety concerns following a number of accidents. That request did not get followed through, however, because of the complications that such a design change would have made for MotoGP – which has long preferred asphalt run-off areas.
“The circuit invites you to go there. It is something that needs to be looked at for next year perhaps - add more of a deterrent for the drivers to be drawn on to that part of the circuit.”
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