The expected increase of exit speed at Turn 13 has made Turn 14 a crucial part of the circuit when it comes to reinforcement.
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What has been installed, however, is a new double negative kerb, which is essentially a second ripple strip to discourage drivers from pushing their luck at 230 km/h and trying to run out onto the concrete. The brand new Tecpro barrier won’t actually be installed until race week, due to the Albert Park golf course still being in use. With a higher chance of a car impacting that area, the tyre wall has been reinforced and the tyres fitted with high-density polyethylene tube inserts. “You have to work around immovable objects, usually trees, and come up with different solutions.” “That’s always the challenge of building a circuit in a park,” added Moca.
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The sticking point here is two trees that mean the lengthened area of run-off isn’t as wide as it otherwise would be.
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There is a 10-metre stretch at Turn 6 that has also been widened from three layers of tyres to six. “The need to reinforce here even with the cars having to travel over the height of the gravel trap, it’s phenomenal.” Turn 6 “If you stand here at the tyre wall and look back at the edge of the circuit, it gives you an idea of just how fast the cars are travelling,” explained Craig Moca, Division Manager of Infrastructure at the AGPC. Remarkably, the reinforced area is a massive 108 metres from the end of edge of the circuit across from the apex of Turn 1 to the conveyor belt that holds the tyres in place.