Formula One: Chandhok tests out Korean track and confirms the track will be ready for October GP
The Korean track that had been in question since the past couple of days has finally been declared a great track by Karun Chandhok.
The entire FIA squad had been really upset and worried as the final inspection of the track was cancelled yesterday, owing to the delayed construction work of the Korean track due to bad Monsoon in the region.
Just a while ago, the Indian driver, who is now working for this assignment with Red Bull, has declared that the track is successfully completed and soon it would be ready for the final inspection by FIA authorities.
Chandhok is actually under contract to HRT, but he had not been racing for the past three rounds, as HRT was testing its third driver Sakon Yamamoto, therefore Red Bull loaned him to complete the testing of the track for them. The driver had already driven a season with the Austrian team being their test driver. Today he has successfully completed 14 laps of the circuit, being the first driver on this track.
Korea is to host its first grand prix on 24th October.
Till yesterday, the sport’s authorities feared if the track would in fact be ready for its inaugural race or would they need to relocate for the October’s race. However, with the fresh report, FIA has had a sigh of relief as the driver has confirmed that the track would be ready pretty soon as just the final finishing touches are left.
"Looking at the facilities, the garages and team buildings look pretty much finished and they're big," Chandhok exclaimed happily. "I think teams will need to bring around 30 per cent more furniture to fill them! The grandstands also look reasonably finished.”
"The track itself needs a bit more work on the asphalt and the kerbs, but the organisers think it's all within their time-lines and are confident that it will be ready on time. And the location's nice, we're overlooking the sea."
Moreover, he declared that the track would be a great addition to the calendar as well, as it would be exciting for many of drivers. He was delighted to add that driving here had been a fun and he thinks the track would offer plenty of overtaking opportunities also.
Furthermore, he added that a good mix of corners is presented by the track that had been finely designed with an amalgam of long straights that lead to slow hairpins.
He concluded saying, "The straight after Turns 1 and 2 is really long, so we may see some good slipstreaming there, like in Shanghai.”
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