A traditional Formula 1 course includes a selection of straight road on which the starting lines are located. The pit lane, where the Formula 1 drivers stop for refilling & tyres during the Formula 1 race, and where the Formula One constructors operate on the cars ahead of the F1 grand prix, is usually to be found in parallel to the starting marks. The arrangement of the other parts of the course differs widely, even if in most examples the circuit runs in a clockwise direction. Those couple of race tracks that do go anti-clockwise (and therefore have predominantly left-handed corners) could cause drivers neck pains owing to the enormous amount of lateral forces generated by Formula One vehicles dragging their heads in the reverse direction to normal.
Several of the circuits currently in use are specially built for racing contests. The modern street tracks are the Circuit of Monaco and Melbourne, Australia even though races in other urban locations come and go (E.g. Las Vegas and Detroit) & applications for such grand prixs are time and again discussed ? recently London and Beirut. A number of other race tracks are also fully or partly laid out on normal roads, for instance Spa-Francorchamps. The beauty and prestige of the Monte Carlo motor race are the chief motivation why the course is still in use nowadays, since it is considered not to meet the meticulous safety conditions imposed on other race circuits. Three-time World champion Nelson Piquet notably expressed driving in Monaco as “like riding a bike around your own living room”. Click here to find information about Formula 1.
