{"id":571,"date":"2009-10-22T21:11:33","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T21:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/?p=571"},"modified":"2009-10-22T21:16:09","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T21:16:09","slug":"improved-silverstone-for-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/10\/22\/improved-silverstone-for-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Improved Silverstone for 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

With all of the bad news coming out of Donington<\/a> and it\u2019s plans to host the 2010 British Grand Prix, it\u2019s nice to see that Silverstone has some plans of it\u2019s own.<\/p>\n

I spotted this over on Lotus Central<\/a> (a good place for all sorts of Lotus related news), so I hope they won\u2019t mind me lifting a couple of their images to share here (they\u2019re good guys so hopefully I\u2019m ok).\u00a0 The biggest change looks to be the removal of Bridge from the GP circuit.\u00a0 Though in return there will be improved views for spectators, and modifications to the National and South circuits so that they can be used at the same time.<\/p>\n

From Lotus Central<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Arena Grand Prix Circuit<\/strong>
\nLength \u20133.615 miles\/5.89 km
\nSafer for both cars and bikes with increased run off areas
\nDesigned with both riders, drivers and spectators taken into consideration
\nWill be FIM and FIA licensed and redefine the focal point of the circuit creating new a spectator arena
\nGives spectators closer access to key points of circuit
\nOne of the fastest bike and car circuits in the world<\/p>\n

\"Silverstone<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

National Circuit and Extended National
\n<\/strong>Length of National \u2013 1.6 miles\/2.6 km
\nLength of Extended National \u2013 2 miles\/3.257 km
\nThe Woodcote chicane currently used for bikes will be removed
\nThere is an extended National Circuit configuration which can be operated if required- just .2 miles shorter than 2009 International which has an extra loop at Becketts before turning back down the National straight
\nThe increased run offs will result in increased safety allowing the circuit to be faster
\nBrand new pit wall completed in Jan 2008<\/p>\n

\"Silverstone
\n\"Silverstone<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Southern Circuit\/2011 International Circuit<\/strong>
\nLength \u2013 1.9 mile\/3.05 km
\nCircuit will be known as International Circuit in 2011
\nNew layout designed to offer increased overtaking opportunities whilst fast flowing nature
\nIncreased safety features
\nPlanning in place to add a pit lane in 2010
\nTrack separation allows for the Southern and National to be run at the same time
\n\"Silverstone<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stowe Circuit<\/strong>
\nLength 1.2 mile\/1.8 km licensed circuit (increased from 0.9 mile)
\nDedicated pit garages with viewing terrace on roof
\nDedicated Hospitality units with viewing terrace on roof
\nIncludes split breaking area
\nThree lane irrigated wet handling pad boasting different levels of grip from sheet ice to standard wet tarmac
\nWorks started in November due for completion in March<\/p>\n

\"Silverstone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With all of the bad news coming out of Doningtons 2010 British Grand Prix plans, it\u2019s nice to see that Silverstone has some plans of it\u2019s own to create a new Arena Grand Prix circuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[525,227,68,257,50,145,226],"class_list":["post-571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars","category-home","tag-cars","tag-donington","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-lotus","tag-racing","tag-silverstone","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":572,"href":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}