[Jon Noble] What one image can't show you about Rwanda F1 track

[u/overspeeed]

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/what-one-image-cant-show-you-about-rwanda-f1-track/

The article is based on an interview with Alex Wurz where he provides some more details about the Rwanda track, such as gradients, bankings, etc.

[u/overspeeed]

"To give you a little flavour, in Turn 2, we are coming downhill with top speed," he tells The Race. "It's 10.8% [gradient] exactly. We're going into a very high compression with 12% banking, and then going 14% uphill, so you will only see sky.

So Turn 2 banking is confirmed.

"So those corners where you arrive at 300km/h and you break down to something like 80km/h or 100km/h, but with long combined phases, they are the ones where you can do the real divebombs. And we have three of those.

"I think those will be the sneaky overtakes. And if you start to defend, again, then your next straight line will be three and a half to four tenths down. And that triggers the fighting.

Not sure which corners this might refer to exactly. T3 to T5 maybe?

[u/Upbeat_County9191 → u/overspeeed]

He explains it in more detail in the podcast.

[u/fuuncs → u/overspeeed]

Kind of makes you wonder why they only released one picture? Seems like a long road to thing being a reality though I don’t doubt that they’re serious

[u/Significant-Sun-5051 → u/fuuncs]

They're still working on the detailed design.

[u/f12016 → u/overspeeed]

so no overtakes then, got it

[u/itsakashghosh]

Finally a overtaking track

[u/Firefox72 → u/itsakashghosh]

This is a bold claim for a track thats currently not even under construction yet lmao.

[u/FishingChemical4551 → u/Firefox72]

Already better than Madring i'm sure.

[u/Good_Posture → u/FishingChemical4551]

People were jizzing themselves over the Madring. OMG BANKED CORNER!

[u/spidey_bread → u/Good_Posture]

Sounds like they were coping lol I've never heard anyone talk positively about that track before or after inception and for good reason

[u/Advanced-Cycle7154 → u/Good_Posture]

People in 1926 and 2026: BANKED CORNER!

[u/ChiefWiggumsprogeny → u/Good_Posture]

The overwhelming response pre-race was meh.

[u/Stranggepresst → u/Good_Posture]

I've only seen that in all the articles hyping it up lol.

[u/Responsible_Wall3991 → u/Firefox72]

It’s exactly as bold as the people saying it’ll be shit, but it’s at least refreshing that people are being presumptuous and positive, as opposed to the never ending pessimism we usually get.

[u/edfitz83 → u/itsakashghosh]

It’s a shame Monaco refuses to listen to the changes he proposed.

[u/ASGT908]

Why has nobody got a copy of what the track looks like without the wide shot.

[u/Heavy-Marionberry540]

The genocide?

[u/h0sti1e17 → u/Heavy-Marionberry540]

That was 3 decades ago. The current government are part of the same ethnicity as the victims. The president (dictator) was part of the military that ended the genocide.

The government has its issue, but none are tied to the genocide.

[u/mistermojorizin → u/h0sti1e17]

He meant how they are now doing the pillaging of the Congo and stealing their conflict minerals. Human atrocities will continue human atrocities. The flavor just changes. And this will sport wash.

[u/Agreeable_Sample_925 → u/h0sti1e17]

The government is poor imitation of early Singapore. It’s trying to be technocracy but is more authoritarian.

[u/Remmes-]

"So those corners where you arrive at 300km/h and you break down to something like 80km/h or 100km/h"

I mean you'd hope they don't actually break down, surely you'd want them to brake instead.

The other thing you don't see in one image is the huge sportswashing machine.