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Removing gravel traps has ‘gone too far'
Carlos Sainz thinks the lack of adherence to track limits at last week’s 24 Hours of Spa shows circuits have been wrong to discard gravel traps. The home of the Belgian Grand Prix will have gravel returning from next year as part of an 80 million euros upgrade on the Spa facility, which also includes the construction of a new grandstand at the Eau Rouge-Raidillon area. Gravel traps have become less prevalent at F1 circuits, especially the newer ones, and at Spa they were reduced to make the track more suitable for motorcycle racing. The introduction of run-off areas instead meant cars were able to take some unorthodox lines during qualifying for last week’s Spa endurance race, with...
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