Magny Cours: Nürburgring and Imola

MARK HALES ON WHAT STOPS MAGNY COURS BEING TOO EASY

NIKI LAUDA SAID he didn’t have favourite circuits because he felt that would put him at a disadvantage when he went to all the rest. Lauda was ever the pragmatist – still is – but you can see what he meant, and it’s a bit like driving in the wet. If the guy next to you on the grid says he dislikes racing in the rain, you have a completely different attitude when you line him up for a pass. No doubt we can all appreciate the grandeur and scale of Spa rather more readily than, say, the industrial curves of Rockingham or Silverstone National, but wheel-to-wheel competition has to be the main reason why I race. Whichever track I’m at is simply the place where it happens. Having said all…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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