I believe public roads can benefit from this as well. https://www.facebook.com/1287675087/posts/10212343367881131/
It is very rough. Probably not the best for tire wear. Being used on a lot of commercial building lots here in WA. Requires considerable work underneath to provide path for water.
Interesting. Maybe not possible on old circuits because of the necessary ground preparation, but that should be tried on new tracks.
Interesting. Maybe not possible on old circuits because of the necessary ground preparation, but that should be tried on new tracks.
Self draining tarmac has been used on F1 tracks before. I don't believe it drained as much as the video implies... I don't recall which track(s) it was... probably a Tilke-drone built in the last twenty years.
Maybe this is the new design tarmac where it can drain more and faster, I just knew F1 can benefit from this.
Wherever that water winds up it has to be managed below the surface just like on top. You don't want that gathering somewhere under a normal road or against a building subfloor wall.
Yes it requires a lot of prep under it. It's nothing new, but here's a video that shows how it's done: Track surfaces are different than what that would offer...
With all the stuff that F1 hauls around, why not buy a couple of track dryers and bring them along? Image Unavailable, Please Login
So, video 2 shows that one has to dig up the first 4-5 FEET of the road bed in order to install the based on which the asphalt is applied. The road would also need high capacity drains at rather regular intervals. I don't think any track could afford such a surface.
