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Why DTM gained’t use F1’s gravel mattress on the Crimson Bull Ring
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Why DTM gained’t use F1’s gravel mattress on the Crimson Bull Ring

By Miles Cooper October 31, 2024
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The DTM is not going to use the gravel strip Formulation 1 experimented with on the ultimate two corners of the Crimson Bull Ring this yr to repair the circuit’s long-running observe limits downside.

Ever for the reason that Spielberg venue turned a mainstay of the motorsport calendar once more after being refurbished by power drinks big Crimson Bull, there have been fixed complaints about drivers operating off the circuit and breaching observe limits.

To fight this downside, organisers put in gravel beds within the ultimate two ninety-degree right-handers for F1’s annual go to to Austria in June.

The answer was broadly praised by grand prix drivers, particularly after the 2023 occasion was marred by tons of of qualifying laps being deleted for observe restrict violations.

Nevertheless, these gravel beds will probably be absent from Turns 9 and 10 for this weekend’s DTM race, with the collection having to do with the acquainted asphalt run-off.

“The gravel beds that had been briefly put in this yr had been eliminated after the Formulation 1 and won’t be current in the course of the DTM weekend both,” a spokesperson for the Crimson Bull Ring instructed Motorsport.com’s sister title Motorsport-Whole.com.

ADAC had wished to make use of the identical answer for observe limits as F1, however the gravel beds put in behind the kerbs had to get replaced for MotoGP’s Austrian Grand Prix on 16-18 August.

Why DTM gained’t use F1’s gravel mattress on the Crimson Bull Ring

Observe element with gravel traps

Picture by: Jon Noble

That is one thing that was at all times deliberate, as two-wheel racing championships choose asphalt run-offs for the protection of riders.

Nevertheless, the gravel answer present in Spielberg was particularly designed to be reconstructed at a brief discover, and the circuit has had greater than a month to finish the work forward of this weekend’s DTM race on 28-29 September.

In response to the state of affairs, a spokesperson for DTM’s promoter ADAC instructed Motorsport-Whole.com: “We might have preferred to do it like in Formulation 1, however the Crimson Bull Ring instructed us that it couldn’t be carried out as a consequence of time and availability causes.”

Whereas it’s unclear if there have been different causes associated to availability that prevented the re-installation of gravel beds, prices might have additionally been an element within the determination.

Motorsport.com understands that it takes round €50,000 to switch asphalt with a gravel strip. Whereas this will not be vital for world championships like F1 and MotoGP, it’s a big expense to incur for a regional collection just like the DTM.

With the gravel entice now not doable, the DTM will probably be counting on the same answer to what it used final yr to police observe limits. This can contain three bollards being positioned within the run-off space of the final two turns to indicate drivers how far they’ll run huge.

There have been heated discussions about observe limits on the Crimson Bull Ring up to now, with the following penalties making it exhausting to determine the beginning grid.

The strategy utilized by the ADAC final yr was profitable in qualifying, however some drivers questioned why rivals had been penalised solely once they had been discovered to have constantly gained a bonus by operating off the observe within the race.

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