FastLap.comThe Barcelona Track: One Of The Hardest Circuits In 2009
Alejandro Maclean gives you an exclusive introduction of the 2009 race track in Barcelona.
Barcelona is going to be one of the hardest tracks this year, said Drew Searle, one of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship's trio of race directors who helped design the course for the 3-4 October race. Its very much a turning race. These guys will be turning the whole time and trying to get their energy going from one direction into another direction 180 degrees the other way without pulling too much G and without getting their lines wrong. Its going to be a really challenging track.
Searle said waves on the Mediterranean could make Barcelona extra tricky for pilots because the swells could cause the Air Gates anchored to the sea floor rise and fall slightly. Because the pilots have to make sure their planes are at precisely the right level going through the Air Gates, they will also have to keep in mind the possibility that the pylons might rise or fall a bit just as they approach the gates.
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