Circuit Rating

[kalyangoparaju]

guys can someone give me the info regarding the rating of circuits according to downforce...or atleast the highest,lowest and mid range downforce circuits

[bar555]

Downforce set up

Very High downforce
Monaco
Hungary - Hungaroring

High downforce
Australia – Melbourne
San Marino – Imola
China – Sanghai
Brazil - Interlagos

Medium downforce
Bahrain - Sakhir
Malaysia – Sepang
Europe – Nurburgring
Spain – Barcelona
G. Britain – Silverstone
France – Magny Cours
Germany – Hockenheim
Turkey – Istanbull
Japan - Fuji

Low Downforce
Canada – G. Villeneuve
U.S.A. – Indianapolis
Belgium - Spa

Very low downforce
Italy - Monza

[SoundMan]

not to sure spa is low downforce track. medium i would say.

[Metar]

not to sure spa is low downforce track. medium i would say.

The long straights meant that most teams used low downforce setups, with only some leaning towards medium setups.


Also, Fuji was also a rather low-downforce setup - just not this year in the rain.

[Belatti]

remember when hockenheim was on the last category ...

[vyselegend]

I also think Fuji would need similar downforce level as indianapolis, being a half straight / half twisty track too. But indy has no quick turn (appart for the banked one), and Fuji has turn 4, which is taken at approx. 260km/h. This one needs reasonable DF level I'd say.

I'd say Bahrein and Spa are on the very low side of the "medium downforce list", while Hockenheim and Magny-cours are on the top, in terms of DF demands.

[Metar]

The banked turn is taken flat-out with far less downforce anyway, so it's inexistent when downforce is considered.

At the same time, the faster corner at Fuji, I suspect, while obviously a consideration, shouldn't be much of a problem either, considering it's still a 1.5km straight we're looking at...

[meves]

and Valencia will be the next very high down force circuit as it appears to have almost no straight! I guess singapore will be high/medium???

[Metar]

and Valencia will be the next very high down force circuit as it appears to have almost no straight! I guess singapore will be high/medium???

Yes, the circuit's resemblance to Monaco is striking - and it's even set near a marina as well!

[vyselegend]

Yes, the circuit's resemblance to Monaco is striking - and it's even set near a marina as well!

I had the same reaction first, but, as discussed on the Valencia-the track thread, the track is much wider and straights seems longer too.

[Roland Ehnström]

The Valencia track is a fair bit longer than Monaco I believe, and definately wider. So when comparing the track layouts you should scale up the Valencia track-map, like this:



As usual, I could of course be completely wrong.