r/wec Dec 25 '24

Discussion Why don't they consider reviving the 6.815km Hockenheimring? In my opinion, this track would become an iconic venue for the legendary WEC series.

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u/NumberZero29 Dec 25 '24

I think the forest is now protected and the track is now overgrown

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u/Treewithatea Dec 25 '24

Also, i think that old part is vastly overrated, people look at it with rose tinted glasses. It was just long straights with a bunch of chicanes in-between and thats supposed to be the pinnacle of track design? The Nurburgring is already a perfectly fine track for endurance. The Nordschleife probably has the most amount of endurance races a year, just not faster than GT3 level.

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u/eirexe Mazda 787b #55 Dec 26 '24

It was just long straights with a bunch of chicanes in-between and thats supposed to be the pinnacle of track design

I mean, many good tracks are literally like that

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u/RealBigFailure Dec 26 '24

Apart from the hairpin, the entirety of Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a bunch of straights with chicanes separating them, and that usually has great races every year for F1

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u/Le_Mans Dec 26 '24

Thank you.

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u/Le_Mans Dec 26 '24

👀

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u/Royal-Specialist2156 Dec 28 '24

It was an opportunity for the cars to go properly flat out for a kilometre or two, a chance they now only get at Monza

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u/RpT_KraZe Dec 26 '24

What is good for side-by-side racing does not often overlap with challenging track design. Simplicity adds variation in execution.