| A Formula 1 circuit usually has a
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| | reasons why the circuit is still in use,
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| starting grid placed on a stretch of
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| | as it is thought not to meet the strict
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| straight road. The teams work on the cars
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| | safety requirements imposed on other
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| before the race in the place called pit
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| | tracks. No wonder that the three-time
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| lane. This is where the drivers stop for
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| | World champion Nelson Piquet described
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| fuel during the race and it is also
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| | racing in Monaco as "riding a bicycle
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| situated next to the starting grid.
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| | around your living room."
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| These are the only things that cannot
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| | The new Bahrain International Circuit,
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| miss from a typical Formula 1 circuit.
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| | which was designed, like most of F1's new
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| The rest can be very different from one
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| | circuits, by Hermann Tilke intends to
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| location to the other, keeping the
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| | protect the safety of drivers, unlike the
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| clockwise direction of the race though.
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| | 1950s, when a driver was lucky to find a
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| There can also be some cases when the
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| | strategically placed bale of straw to
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| race runs in the opposite direction, but
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| | absorb an impact. There are many large
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| this is not very comfortable for the
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| | run-off areas, gravel traps and tire
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| drivers at all. They can get serious neck
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| | barriers in the modern circuits, in order
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| problems due to the enormous lateral
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| | for the risk of injuries due to crashed
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| forces generated by F1 cars pulling their
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| | to be reduced. The tragic disappearance
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| heads in the opposite direction to
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| | of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger
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| normal. Corners like the high-speed Eau
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| | at Imola during the 1994 season, safety
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| Rouge at Spa-Francorchamps, the
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| | has been enforced even more in all
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| Parabolica at Monza and the Tamburello
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| | circuits. The main idea is to best match
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| corner at Imola have become very well
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| | the speed of a car with both the ability
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| known in their own right.
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| | of the barriers to safely absorb the
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| The circuit in Monaco, which is used for
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| | energy of a crash and also the available
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| the Monaco Grand Prix, is the only real
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| | space to slow down in before reaching a
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| street circuit around. The rest of the
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| | barrier.
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| circuits have only been built in the
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| | Redesigns of the Formula 1 circuits will
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| purpose of competition. The fame and the
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| | always have the main goal of meeting the
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| history of the Monaco race are the main
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| | safety standards for the drivers.
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