Sebring International Raceway
TRACK-BIBLE – EPISODE 3
Track Name: Sebring International Raceway
Country: USA
Location: Highlands County, Florida
Length: 6.02 km
Overall Record: 1’43” 886 Marcel Fassler (LMP1 Audi Sport Team Joest, 2013)Info: This is one of the oldest and most running circuits of them all, especially for the variety of categories. In addition to being leg of the Formula 1 calendar in 1959, is famous for representing the 12h Hours of Sebring, one of the biggest and most famous endurance races. The first took place on 1 March 1952. Entire circuit configuration includes both the Short and the Club and runs for about 6 km, with challenging corners and remarkable straights.
Focus: the entire route consists of 17 corners and one of the most challenging is definitely the number 7 (Hairpin), where after being launched at speed on the straight just before, you must brake hard and then bend to the right to face the “Fangio”. Even the very last bend, the “Sunset Bound” is able to decide the fate of the race: long, not as perfectly smooth surface, you can deal with the speed and even side by side in three cars, before entering on the finish straight.