The new pit facility at Silverstone was mainly criticism. To modern, to little atmosphere, not appropriate. Praise will get only the new position of the start. Vettel and Hamilton prophezeihen all drivers: there will be more shifts in position at the start.
At first glance, the new pit building looks like an airport terminal. Does it not match one of the oldest tracks in the formula 1 calendar. It's about as as it would provide a Gothic church with a glass roof. "Silverstone has a bit of his character lost", Michael Schumacher ruled. Nick Heidfeld can sympathize: "The old line liked me." "I don't understand why you had to change something."
Drivers, mechanics and members of the media criticised the functionality. The press centre is a windowless bunker. There is too little stream in the pit garages. "And the pit lane could be somewhat wider." "Place enough there Yes", Nick Heidfeld said. Actually, a ten meter wide park was built between pit lane and pit wall. This reminds of English club tracks. "We could play golf because," Rubens Barrichello proposes.
To get that the boxes are moved to the other side of the line, because you must used once. For 60 years WOODCOTE and copse was launched between the curves. Now the first curve is called suddenly Abbey. A full throttle right bend, is followed by a further super fast left-hand bend. The first hard braking lurks 800 meters after the start before a second gear right-hander who listens to the name "Village Corner".
The new launch site is rather than the old drivers. Lewis Hamilton believes that there will be more change of position. "Earlier we had also a Vollgas curve after the start." After copse corner and the fast Beckett's Geschlangel, the field was already pretty well sorted when it came to the first hard braking point. Now, while we start off with two fast bends, but there is enough space for two cars side by side. The first brake point is much closer to the start. "Therefore I expect some shifts of position, if we turn 3 braking."
It looks just as Sebastian Vettel: "there is one Sprint until 3 type curve." The first two curves go easy fully with a standing start. "On the short way to the first brake point you can you build no comforting pad, you are automatically front." Could the winding access provide problems? Denies Vettel: "The range is wide enough." "I expect less confusion than at a course where you finally directly on a tight curve."