Sandown Raceway, turn by turn

All 13 turns

Shapes come from Purple Sector’s registry geometry.

Turn 1

Turn 1 is a roughly right-angle left-hander, turning through about 77° with a radius of about 35 m. Turn 1 comes 835 m after T13, and T2 follows 240 m later.

• Warren Luff: The braking zone is bumpy with changing surfaces, so pick your braking point with care; it gets harder again in the wet. (MOTOR / WhichCar)
• Warren Luff: Trail the brake most of the way to an apex just past mid-corner to keep the nose loaded; the surface is low-grip, so exit understeer comes easily. (MOTOR / WhichCar)

Turn 2

Turn 2 is an open right-hander, turning through about 65° with a radius of about 25 m. Turn 2 comes 240 m after T1, and T3 follows 50 m later.

• Warren Luff: Squeeze the brakes on rather than stabbing them; braking across towards the Turn 2 apex makes it easy to lose the rear. (MOTOR / WhichCar)
• Cameron Waters: In a race car, attack the kerbs through Turns 1 to 3 and keep the speed flowing; a clean run here sets up the back straight. (Supercars)

Turn 3

Turn 3 is an open left-hander, turning through about 67° with a radius of about 30 m. Turn 3 comes 50 m after T2, and T4 follows 100 m later.

• Warren Luff: Turning in too early at 2 pushes you across and makes 3 tighter. In a road car, only kiss the base of the kerbs at 2 and 3. (MOTOR / WhichCar)

Turn 4

Turn 4 is a roughly right-angle left-hander, turning through about 101° with a radius of about 20 m. Turn 4 comes 100 m after T3, and T5 follows 275 m later.

• Warren Luff: Don’t rush the entry and understeer onto the exit kerb; let the car rotate past mid-corner, then see how early you can reach full throttle without wheelspin. (MOTOR / WhichCar)
• Cameron Waters: A strong exit matters most here because it leads onto the long back straight. (Supercars)

Turn 5

Turn 5 is a right-hand kink, turning through about 15° with a radius of about 85 m. Turn 5 comes 275 m after T4, and T6 follows 835 m later.

• Warren Luff: A mild kink that road cars take flat; in the wet, watch for standing water. (MOTOR / WhichCar)

Turn 6

Turn 6 is an open left-hander, turning through about 48° with a radius of about 80 m. Turn 6 comes 835 m after T5, and T7 follows 85 m later.

• Warren Luff: Keep weight on the outside front to fight the car’s natural understeer; a head or tail wind changes both your braking and the balance at turn-in. (MOTOR / WhichCar)
• Cameron Waters: Judge carefully how deep you brake at the end of the back straight; there have been big crashes here. (Supercars)

Turn 7

Turn 7 is a right-hand kink, turning through about 29° with a radius of about 50 m. Turn 7 comes 85 m after T6, and T8 follows 65 m later.

• Warren Luff: Get back on the throttle just past the Turn 6 apex and drive straight over the Turn 7 kerb, if your car’s suspension can cope. (MOTOR / WhichCar)
• Warren Luff: If you understeer through 6, the right side of the car is still loaded when it hits this kerb, so take care. (MOTOR / WhichCar)

Turn 8

Turn 8 is a left-hand kink, turning through about 26°. Turn 8 comes 65 m after T7, and T9 follows 80 m later.

• Warren Luff: Barely a corner, just a slight kink on the way to 9. Riding the saw-tooth inside kerb can knock the brake pads back, leaving a soft pedal for 9. (MOTOR / WhichCar)

Turn 9: Dandenong Road Corner

Turn 9 is a roughly right-angle left-hander, turning through about 96°. Turn 9 comes 80 m after T8, and T10 follows 175 m later. It is known as Dandenong Road Corner. (Supercars; Supercars)

• Warren Luff: Easy to get greedy on the brakes and arrive too hot. Brake while crossing to the outside after 8, turn in early, and focus on drive out. (MOTOR / WhichCar)
• Warren Luff: This is the exception to staying off Sandown’s kerbs: the inside kerb here helps, though some track days block it with a cone or tyres. (MOTOR / WhichCar)

Turn 10

Turn 10 is a right-hand kink, turning through about 16° with a radius of about 120 m. Turn 10 comes 175 m after T9, and T11 follows 205 m later.

• Warren Luff: A mild kink that needs little steering on the run down to 11. (MOTOR / WhichCar)

Turn 11

Turn 11 is an open right-hander, turning through about 55° with a radius of about 30 m. Turn 11 comes 205 m after T10, and T12 follows 65 m later.

• Warren Luff: Brake late, trail it deep and square the corner off so you exit on the right side of the track, which sets up the entry to 12. (MOTOR / WhichCar)
• Michael Caruso: A hard braking zone that decides your exit from the last corner and so your run down the main straight. (Supercars)

Turn 12

Turn 12 is a roughly right-angle left-hander, turning through about 86°. Turn 12 comes 65 m after T11, and T13 follows 140 m later.

• Warren Luff: If 11 went well this is a lighter stop; get on the power early and use the whole exit kerb, watching for cars peeling into pit entry. (MOTOR / WhichCar)
• Cameron Waters: A strong exit is vital because it leads onto the long front straight. (Supercars)

Questions

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