F1 News
- April 21, 2006
Variante Alta
The Variante Alta is being changed for this weekends Imola GP. The Chicane which is apparently one of the most incredible spectator standpoints of the season has been modified for safety reasons.
The kerbs that used to cause the cars to 'fly' have been re profiled to allow the cars to straight line the corner without causing damage. The kerbs used to be high in an attempt to make the cars go around them, but it just ended up in the cars making a leap of faith over them in an attempt to cut the lap times.
Most of the drivers who have inspected the changes to the corner have given it the thumbs up, and have said that the safety of both car and driver should be improved by the changes.
Let's just hope it makes the chicane more and not less interesting to watch.
