Formula 1 travels to Qatar for their penultimate date of the season. The circuit of losail, He returned to the competition calendar last season after his absence in the 2022 season, due to the Soccer World Cup. In 2023 the drivers had to stop in the pits three times because of the curves, which were too high and sharp. The tires suffer from very high wear and tear, which compromises the safety of the drivers and causes too many off-track runs.
Additionally, there was much discussion, as is often the case at tracks with large paved escape routes, on the issue of track limits, with many penalties during the race. GP organizers have two problems Qatar of F1 is hoping to be solved by structural interventions on the track.
First, the curbs of the circuit have been changed, which are softer and have less angle so as not to damage the tire surface. The aim is apparently to increase safety, avoid for a long time the dangerous cuts in the structure of the tires that forced F1 Race Direction to impose a race with three pit stops and to change the design of turns 12 and 13
In addition, important interventions were carried out on the circuit’s paved ‘escape’ routes. The GP organizers installed several gravel ‘tubes’ to prevent drivers from leaving the circuit to gain time. This measure will reduce the number of track limit penalties and encourage drivers to be more precise.
Source: La Verdad
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