Jul.13 (GMM) Spa-Francorchamps' recently updated formula one layout smoothly hosted a three-day test this week but few drivers paid tribute to the new pitlane entry.
Key figures including Mark Webber and David Coulthard even used their clout to commission a letter to the FIA from the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, arguing that the concrete-lined, narrow and blind stretch of road is not safe.
Other changes, including at the La Source hairpin at turn one and to the reprofiled Bus Stop chicane, were given the thumbs-up; Super Aguri's Takuma Sato said the modifications on a whole are "very well done".
"There is a new track surface giving it a bit more grip and there is a greater opportunity to overtake and race before the old Bus Stop chicane as you now have to slow down and brake heavily for the revised section," he said.
But Sato added: "All of the changes seem to be quite safe, although the pitlane entrance is quite narrow.
"If they look at this before the grand prix I think that we will be in for a good race."
Written: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:16:06
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