21/07/2004
NEWS STORY
Just days after Pitpass revealed that GT drivers had complained that the famous 'Bus Stop' at Spa Francorchamps has been effectively ruined by a re-design, which makes overtaking almost impossible now, Jordan's head of race and test engineering, James Robinson, has criticised the revised Hockenheimring.
"Hockenheim is not the track it once was," he says, "gone are the beautiful long straights and a tighter track replaces them, requiring a higher level of downforce than the old long circuit.
"In some respects it's removed some of the interest of the track, as it was one of the very different circuits in the calendar but now it tends to blend into the others."
Prior to joining Jordan, the 43-year-old Yorkshireman worked for a number of teams including Williams, Arrows and McLaren working with Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve.
Well said James!