Re: [ST] MotoGP

[BrettWilson21@xxxxxxx]

Hey Chris,

The Australian street circuit you refer to is Mount Panorama at Bathurst, New 
South Wales. Its interesting that you know of it. Have you been there?

The Bathurst 1000 is the V8 Super Car endurance race held annually. The 
sections of track similar to the corkscrew at Laguna are "The Esses" or perhaps 
"The Dipper". On the latter the cars go through on three wheels due to the drop 
away. 

A NASCAR exhibition race was held there a few years ago. The drivers 
complained that their brake rotors werent lasting very long and it was hard for them 
to wash off enough speed at the end of the longest straight (Conrod) to take 
the kink before the hard left hander into the main straight. Quite a few of them 
ended up in the massive gravel trap. I guess those cars are really designed 
for big oval tracks.

If you get the chance, its worth a drive around the circuit. But be careful 
as it has a 60kmph speed limit and the police love sitting on the two long 
straights.

Cheers,
Brett

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