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Originally Posted by Langers
There is going to be a MONUMENTAL accident one day with the post turn 7 pit entry either a single driver losing control or two or more cars coming together. I would not want to be in the first pit bay after entry (looked like LDM)
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Yeah, a Tander/Reynolds or Gardner/Crompton (1994 I think?) style incident ie undercut/criss-cross seems like only a matter of time before it happens when someone pits with the entry as it now is on pit straight, which considering this is a 'clean sheet' design so to speak, is disappointing. The existing pits entry on the outside wasn't exactly ideal, however IMO the new pits entry is far worse.
Unfortunately, the other entry (coming off the previous straight) isn't that much better, with the possibility of a driver re-entering the track at 90 degrees to the circuit if they attempt to take the corner on pitlane too fast (even more likely if the circuit happened to be wet).
You could enforce the speed limit earlier to limit this, but you need to make sure you don't enforce it too much earlier otherwise you'll risk the possibility of a collision as someone brakes to enter pitlane who then gets hit from behind as the driver right behind him thought he was blocking him eg Patrese/Berger 1992 at Estoril.)