Plural??? There's only one chicane at Catalunya.
More boring than other tracks, even in previous eras? Really? It's more boring than the old Silverstone when it doesn't rain? More boring than Nurb GP before the Mercedes Arena? More boring than Monza, which people love to say is very boring? More boring than Hungaroring, which is too tight to overtake (until very recent)?
Not to have a go at you personally, but how does one win with the F1 crowd when it comes to tracks?
The Tilke tracks are all garbage, terrible tracks. Never mind that Malaysia, China, Bahrain tend to produce really great racing, "the tracks suck!!"
Silverstone is overrated, boring, and has recently been "ruined".
Spa is "ruined", and actually tends to produce rather tame races unless it rains.
Suzuka is overrated and produces boring races because it's difficult to overtake.
Fuji has been ruined, the new Tilke section is garbage (even though without it, LMP1 cars would lap the old version in less than a minute and would touch the brakes all of 3 maybe 4 times per lap....no braking, no overtaking)
Osterichring was the best most glorious track in the world (yet had nothing but high speed corners and hardly any braking...again, terrible for overtaking), and the new Redbull Ring is trash and boring.
Catalunya, pretty much the opposite of a Tilke track, but is boring (high speed corners....seeing the trend with no overtaking).
Monza is boring and wouldn't be missed from the calander....yet everyone wishes to have the old Hockenheim back....which is basically the exact same thing as Monza. Only difference is the straights are a bit longer, so the cars spend longer sitting at terminal velocity.
Monaco is boring because it's too tight and no overtaking.
So basically, any of the new tracks are boring because they have no character and too much runoff, despite the fact that they are designed to promote overtaking in a modern F1 car. The old tracks are boring because modern F1 cars can't follow each other through high and medium speed corners.
About the only tracks people don't really complain about are Canada and Australia.....which are both flat as a pancake, and are nothing more than a series of various speed chicanes.
I love Montreal, love the crowd, love the location of the circuit....but back when I went in 2004, I remember reading several articles where various drivers expressed that they found the circuit to be rather boring as it's just one chicane after another followed by a hairpin, then a long straight.
And as far as the testing at Catalunya making the racing boring.....isn't there a whole group of people out there who think it would be better if the ban on testing was lifted, so that teams and drivers could get more accustomed to their cars? You know, so they can understand things better, because that would make for better racing....oh but wait, when we go to the track everyone tests on, where there are few unknowns, that makes for boring racing.
Again, not directed at you Peter, I'm talking about fans in general, and the repetative negative opinions I read on here and other sites regarding the tracks.
I'll also throw this out there....anyone who has said they support the Halo, Aero Screen, or any type of closed cockpit solution...in my opinion, those people are not allowed to have an opinion on any of the modern tracks and any of the old tracks which have been updated. Safety is why we are where we are with the tracks....so just soak in that nice medium temperature, safe bath water
