Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon, turn by turn

All 8 turns

Shapes come from Purple Sector’s registry geometry.

Turn 1

Turn 1 is a right-hander, turning through about 157°. Turn 1 comes 510 m after T8, and T2 follows 230 m later.

• Thomas Randle: Avoid running wide on the way in, use the kerb at a late apex, then get hard on the throttle for the exit. (Stuff / Manawatu Standard)
• Pedro Piquet: The exit is where cars most often get tangled with each other, so take care in traffic. (Stuff / Manawatu Standard)

Turn 2

Turn 2 is an open right-hander, turning through about 54°. Turn 2 comes 230 m after T1, and T3 follows 190 m later.

• Thomas Randle: Tricky because a big bump runs across the track here. (Stuff / Manawatu Standard)

Turn 3

Turn 3 is a roughly right-angle left-hander, turning through about 93°. Turn 3 comes 190 m after T2, and T4 follows 120 m later.

• Thomas Randle: A corner where a clean pass through gains a lot of time and an untidy one loses a lot. (Stuff / Manawatu Standard)

Turn 4

Turn 4 is an open right-hander, turning through about 54°. Turn 4 comes 120 m after T3, and T5 follows 155 m later.

• Thomas Randle: The rear of the car tends to get loose through here. (Stuff / Manawatu Standard)

Turn 5

Turn 5 is a left-hander, turning through about 177°. Turn 5 comes 155 m after T4, and T6 follows 595 m later.

• Pedro Piquet: A good place to pass, but the exit is dangerous: there is a barrier and the grass falls away, so a wheel off usually means leaving the track. (Stuff / Manawatu Standard)

Turn 6: Higgins Corner

Turn 6 is a right-hander, turning through about 178°. Turn 6 comes 595 m after T5, and T7 follows 765 m later. It is known as Higgins Corner. (NZ Performance Car; Manfeild Park Trust) It carries more than seven degrees of camber. (NZ Performance Car, 2015)

• Thomas Randle: Deceptively fast: the heavy camber lets you carry much more speed than you expect. (Stuff / Manawatu Standard)
• Mike Eady: Turn in late, from the last third of the outside kerb, and aim for an apex about two-thirds of the way round. Turning in early keeps you off the throttle longer onto the straight. (NZ Performance Car)

Turn 7

Turn 7 is a right-hander, turning through about 142°. Turn 7 comes 765 m after T6, and T8 follows 210 m later.

• Thomas Randle: Be aggressive on entry: brake hard, come off the brake as quickly as you can, and get the exit right for the run down the front straight. (Stuff / Manawatu Standard)
• Richard Verschoor: It is so fast that the car is easy to lose; a passing chance, but a risky one. (Stuff / Manawatu Standard)

The circuit’s name and length

The circuit was renamed Circuit Chris Amon in November 2016, and Amon oversaw its design. The published length is 3.03 km; Purple Sector’s measured lap of the mapped route is 2,780 m.

Questions

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