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ji jet celou pod plným plynem. Je to srdcovka, protože se do ní
najíždí přes horizont. Při špatném najetí může být ale nebez-
pečná.“
A jak je to s pneumatikami a přilnavostí? „Rozhodně nejde o okruh,
který nějak dramaticky žere gumy. Řadím ho někam k průměru.
Má jemnější asfalt, ale s dobrou přilnavostí. Avšak hůř odvádí vodu
a na tomto okruhu se v určitých místech při vydatném dešti vytvá-
řejí jezírka. To je má zkušenost z předloňska a loňska. Jedná se
hlavně o úsek v levotočivé zatáčce za třetím horizontem,“ varuje
Passer.
Pokud se ptáte na rekord okruhu, tak ten činí 1:41.600 a stanovil
jej britský jezdec týmu ISR Racing Sam Bird, který zde testoval před
dalším závodem Word Series by Renault konaným v Maďarsku.
Bird je současně testovacím pilotem stáje Mercedes GP působící
ve formuli 1.
Na závěr ještě pár postřehů pilota Radicalu: „Musím ocenit prostorné
boxy a velmi dobré zázemí okruhu s gigantickým parkovištěm.
Běžně bývá v provozu servis a hlavně mycí box, což je hodně příjemné.
Výhodou je také hotel v areálu okruhu.“
Motorsport-Ing. 2/2012
Text: Milan Jirouš, Foto: Slovakia ring
variants which are in most cases very interesting. However, the most
interesting are horizons. One corner follows after two horizons and this
fact is important both for beginners and pilots who start here for the first
time. Horizons are quite sharp and in an extreme case a car can lift from
the road.”
However, it is an extreme case that can be reached only at really high
speed. Even beginners therefore don’t have to be afraid of the Slovakia
ring. For that matter Zbynek Passer confirms that fact: “This circuit is
suitable for all types of cars and drivers. It is safe, wide, its escape zones
are well designed. So it doesn’t belong among those circuits where you
have to pay a lot for a small mistake. The circuit is more challenging
especially in the technical middle part. At beginning it will be difficult to
you to remember an ideal line. It has much to do with the length of the
circuit some corners of which are double curved. I have to mention also
corner 2. It is far stretching very fast right-hand corner between the first
and the second horizon. If you ride into it right way you can go through
at full throttle. It is cardioids because you run into it over horizon. However,
it can be dangerous in case you enter the corner in a wrong way.”
What about tires and a grip? “It isn’t definitely a circuit which eats the
rubber in a dramatic way. I classify it as an average. It has softer asphalt
with a good grip. However it doesn’t take water away very well and there
usually form big puddles during heavy rain. That was my experience
from this year and last year. It refers especially to a part in the left-hand
corner after the third horizon,” warns Passer.
If you ask about the circuit record, it is 1:41:600 and it was set by the
British driver of the ISR Racing Sam Bird who had tested here prior to next
World Series by Renault race that took place in Hungary. Bird is also the
test pilot of Mercedes GP operating in Formula 1.
There are some other remarks of the Radical pilot: “I have to appreciate
roomy pits and very good background of the circuit along with a giant
parking lot. There is usually the service station and especially the car
wash in operation. It is a very pleasant fact. A hotel within the circuit
grounds is also a big advantage.”
Text: Milan Jirouš, Photo: Slovakia ring