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Which is the best looking F1 circuit build since 1999?


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Poll: Which is the best looking F1 circuit build since 1999? (158 member(s) have cast votes)

Which is the best looking F1 circuit build since 1999?

  1. Sepang (31 votes [19.62%])

    Percentage of vote: 19.62%

  2. Bahrain (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  3. Shanghai (4 votes [2.53%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.53%

  4. Istanbul Park (10 votes [6.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 6.33%

  5. Valencia (2 votes [1.27%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.27%

  6. Singapore (39 votes [24.68%])

    Percentage of vote: 24.68%

  7. Abu Dhabi (16 votes [10.13%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.13%

  8. Yeongam (2 votes [1.27%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.27%

  9. Buddh (3 votes [1.90%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.90%

  10. COTA (51 votes [32.28%])

    Percentage of vote: 32.28%

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#1 August

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 18:40

Which is the best looking F1 circuit build since 1999?

I think it's Sepang. The environment looks beautiful and the facilities modern. It also has gravel runoffs instead of hectares of tarmac.

Singapore with lights looks also great but the city would look better in daylight, you don't see it so well at night. And of course, Abu Dhabi look fabulous but already too posh.

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#2 midgrid

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 18:43

On purely aesthetic grounds, I would say Singapore, for the sheer novelty of an artificially-lit night race.

Edited by midgrid, 05 August 2013 - 19:30.


#3 Crossmax

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 19:24

On purely aesthetic grounds, I would say Singapore, for the sheer novelty of an artificially-light night race.

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#4 Kingshark

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 19:55

Singapore looks like a beast and drives like one, even if most races there are generally not-so exciting.

#5 Markn93

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 19:58

Abu dhabi for me, Singapore close second, for very similar reasons, but I prefer the smooth surface and almost glossy curbs of the Yas Marina.

#6 maverick69

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 20:02

Austin.

It's kinda like Laguna Seca on steroids.

How very American! :p

#7 Winter98

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 20:13

Singapore.

Of the new tracks, it's the best setting for F1 IMO.

#8 Lazy Prodigy

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 20:19

Sepang. Real nice circuit for bikes and cars

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 20:21

I think COTA is a great track Ruined by crappy tarmac runoff with stupid paint patterns.

#10 Szoelloe

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 20:25

Easily by a mile.

Austin

#11 SR388

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 20:32

Austin. It is a great track in an amazing country.

A close second is singapore with the amazing lights!

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 20:44

Austin

#13 Dauemannen

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 21:47

If you're looking at the race track in isolation, it's got to be Istanbul Park for me. The races there have always been good, and it's one of my favourite tracks to drive in simulators. Turn 8 is epic, and it has lots of off camber corners that are quite tricky but very satisfying to get right. Sadly the interest in Turkey wasn't that good, so if you count the atmosphere around it then it's probably Singapore or Austin (only one race so jury's still out).

#14 noikeee

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 21:52

Best looking track? Singapore.

Actual best track would be either Sepang, Istanbul or Austin.

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 21:55

Sepang for me - much better than some of the "classic" circuits.

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 22:05

I thought cota looked quite striking, in a brash American sort of way. India also looked quite appealing, in a dusty sort of a way.

Sepang and Istanbul park, though reasonably good tracks in themselves, don't really do anything for me at all visually. Almost featureless.

#17 UPRC

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 22:15

Shanghai gets my vote. I simply love the layout.

#18 Rybo

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 22:17

Austin for sure the run up to turn one is amazing. Although I do like Singapore as well. The cars really look good under the lights.

#19 muramasa

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 22:19


Surprised by so many votes for Singapore.

For me the scene of Singapore streets is nothing but this familiar, hot, humid and busy Asian urban, :( .... so hot and sticky! just had enough.

in terms of pure looking, it's either Sepang or Abu Dhabi, but for completely different reasons.
Maybe i go for Sepang, it's well built and actually beautiful.


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#20 MrAerodynamicist

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 22:26

Circuits look best when they involve trees. All of the above lack trees.

#21 superdelphinus

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 22:33

Sepang has quite a lot of palm trees?

#22 KavB

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 22:39

Abu Dhabi looks spectacular. It provides the perfect backdrop with it's twilight setting to end the season, it's just a shame the racing isn't great there.

#23 MrAerodynamicist

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 22:42

At a high enough density to count as wood/forest?

#24 SR388

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 22:51

Circuits look best when they involve trees. All of the above lack trees.


Maybe on TV. For viewing at a track I hate trees.

#25 superdelphinus

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 22:53

At a high enough density to count as wood/forest?


No, perhaps a spinny

#26 AustinF1

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 02:23

Circuits look best when they involve trees. All of the above lack trees.

COTA desperately needs trees. Not for aesthetic reasons (though it would certainly help), but for shade in the May and September races. It was nothing short of brutal out there during the V8 Supercars weekend, and I expect similar temps during WEC/ALMS.

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 02:35

I like abu dhabi and singapore the same, but since I had to pick I picked Singapore

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 03:59

I don't count Singapore in this list as it is street circuit in the middle of modern city. Sepang get my vote because it still have some classic circuit character like gravel runoff, trees. Austin look so empty with massive tarmac runoff and I hate the mickey mouse section after the long back straight.

Edited by sesku, 06 August 2013 - 04:00.


#29 lustigson

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 07:35

Best looking is probably Singapore, although it's not actually a 'built F1 circuit'.

Best track would be either Istanbul or Austin, I reckon.

#30 DutchQuicksilver

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 09:22

Istanbul Park. Races were always nice, plenty of overtaking spots. And of course it has the famous turn 8.

#31 KingB

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 09:25

Sepang get my vote because it still have some classic circuit character like gravel runoff, trees.

This.

#32 muramasa

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 09:49

Istanbul Park. Races were always nice, plenty of overtaking spots. And of course it has the famous turn 8.

yea but it's about looking, not about track layout and quality of racing :p

#33 August

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 11:03

Surprising Bahrain has got less votes than Yeongam. The desert may look boring but in some ways it has some personality. Yeongam is a nice track but looks like a construction site.

#34 DutchQuicksilver

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 11:04

yea but it's about looking, not about track layout and quality of racing :p

Doesn't track layout count as how good a track looks?

Well if this thread is only about scenery, my vote goes to Sepang.

#35 HaydenFan

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 13:48

Abu dhabi for me, Singapore close second, for very similar reasons, but I prefer the smooth surface and almost glossy curbs of the Yas Marina.


Yeah, the architecture is mid-eastern (which has always been really good) and that hotel(?) with the changing color canopy is pretty cool as well.

#36 eronrules

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 14:03

if we judge purely on track layout and ignore sight-seeing stuffs

1.sepang (it's a proper car/driver/tire killer, and i love it)

2. bahrain (yeah, surprised to see no mention, considering it is the best 'desert circuit')

4. china (layout good, specially winding ying-yang first sector, hate the last left hand kink, should be curved)

3. istanbul (not for T8, it's way overhyped, u can't overtake there, and the cars are on rails these days, but the circuit has a flow to it)


i'm also surprised to see so many mentions of singapore .... it has so many zigzag 90 deg corners that makes me wanna puke

regarding austin, there needs to be more racing before i'll start appreciating it, ATM it and india looks same as well as korea.

#37 HaydenFan

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 16:15

i'm also surprised to see so many mentions of singapore .... it has so many zigzag 90 deg corners that makes me wanna puke


Because it's less about the track itself and the backdrop. The New Jersey circuit doesn't look very good, but if you can see Manhattan in the background, it could more than make up for a crap track.

The question was best looking circuit. Sepang isn't that appealing to look at. Too much humidity usually to keep the view into the forest limited, and you cannot see anything beyond the Chinese rounds. Aby Dhabi built around the circuit taking away the emptiness of the desert. Yeongam could have a very good backdrop, but the street circuit like set up of the race circuit takes away most of the views to the hills beyond the circuit.

#38 sopa

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 16:22

Hey I have got a problem with Singapore. I tried out a racing sim, but I always forgot, which corner it is in Singapore and misjudged braking. The walls are all grey, corners the same, in the dark it is very hard to get the feeling for the particular place of the track. I don't blame Schumacher for crashing into people at Singapore, maybe he got lost on the circuit too.:lol:

#39 InfectedPumpkin

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 16:51

Abu Dhabi. Best looking no doubt.

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#40 August

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 17:05

I like Sepang because of views like this:

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#41 senna da silva

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 18:37

Sepang, Istanbul and COTA are the best of the new circuits.

#42 Bob Riebe

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 21:01

You forgot none for decades.

#43 Fastcake

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 21:29

Hey I have got a problem with Singapore. I tried out a racing sim, but I always forgot, which corner it is in Singapore and misjudged braking. The walls are all grey, corners the same, in the dark it is very hard to get the feeling for the particular place of the track. I don't blame Schumacher for crashing into people at Singapore, maybe he got lost on the circuit too.:lol:


I always have that problem. Drop me onto a random corner at Monza or Monaco and I could tell you where it was; do the same with Singapore and it's just an illuminated bit of street with a corner.

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Posted 07 August 2013 - 00:15

Voted Singapore but forgot COTA. Those two look awesome.