Willow Springs
Track Name: Willow Springs International Motorsport Park
Country: USA
Location: Willow Springs – Rosamond, California
Lenght: 4.023 m
Overall Record: 1’06’’050 – Indycar (Michael Andretti)
Road legal car record: 1’23’’540 – Porsche 918 Spyder (Randy Pobst)
Info: The circuit of Willow Springs, located an hour north of Los Angeles, is one of the fastest in the world. Although it may seem placed in the middle of a desert, it is one of the main locations attended by testers, media and drivers who want to experience the thrill of driving at high speed. The track, built in 1952 has remained unchanged, except that for the ground, now paved and the constant gradient that represents a difficult, requiring a lot more attention from the pilots, just as the presence of sand and dirt on the track.
Focus: Although this circuit is very fast, you have to pay attention to two very important factors. The first is precisely in the fact that mistaking a braking or a trajectory, can cost a lot in terms of lap time; second, both corners 4 and 9 might be misleading, but actually require a delayed acceleration on the way out than a lot of inexperienced drivers may think. Corner 9, in particular, that comes after the longest and fastest straight of the whole circuit, it should be approached carefully and trying as much as possible to find references points on and outside the track.