Homestead-Miami Speedway Road Course
Homestead-Miami Speedway Road Course Notes:
Le Homestead-Miami Speedway est un complexe de sport automobile comprenant une piste ovale de style NASCAR et un circuit routier intérieur, construit en 1995 à Homestead, une banlieue de Miami, en Floride, par une initiative menée par le coureur et homme d'affaires cubano-américain Ralph Sanchez. La piste ovale extérieure et le circuit routier intérieur interagissent de plusieurs façons, partageant les segments droits ou les virages inclinés selon la configuration préférée lors d'une compétition donnée. Situé sous les tropiques, Miami offre un excellent climat pour les courses toute l'année, avec des étés chauds et pluvieux et des hivers frais avec peu de précipitations. Le circuit routier de Homestead est la configuration préférée pour les séries de courses telles que l'IndyCar et la Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, entre autres.
Le circuit routier de 2,21 miles (3,55 km) du Homestead-Miami Speedway commence dans la ligne droite inclinée de 2 degrés et serpente dans l'infield de la piste ovale avec un total de 15 virages. Certains de ces virages sont serrés, comme les virages trois, six ou huit, tandis que d'autres sont des virages rapides, comme les virages un, cinq ou dix. La vitesse moyenne sur le circuit routier est de 78 mph (125 km/h), avec un temps de tour moyen de 1:42,4. Il y a plusieurs zones de freinage difficiles près des virages et d'excellentes opportunités de dépassement dans les segments droits de la piste.
Road Course Notes:
Homestead-Miami Speedway's Road Course configuration delivers 3.560 kilometers of Florida's unique oval-infield hybrid challenge through 13 turns combining 2.414-kilometer oval sections with purpose-built infield technical areas, located in Homestead 48 kilometers southwest of Miami. This counterclockwise layout originally constructed during the facility's 1995 opening featured a 2.21-mile road course utilizing oval straights and infield sections that evolved through configurations avoiding oval banking initially, then later incorporating banked turns to create varied corner types ranging from flat infield technical sections to high-speed banked oval segments. The 2025 Formula E Miami ePrix debut prompted recent modifications including tightened Turn 1 and new backstretch chicane, demonstrating the road course's adaptability for different series requirements while maintaining the fundamental oval-infield hybrid character that distinguishes Homestead from pure road courses or simple oval conversions.
The Road Course's character emerges from contrasting oval and infield section dynamics. The 13-turn layout combines high-speed oval straightaways rewarding power and aerodynamic efficiency with tight infield technical corners demanding brake-turn precision, creating lap time challenges where different vehicle types excel in different sectors. Early configurations avoided oval banking entirely for European-style flat road course experience, but later iterations incorporated banked sections creating unique transitions between flat infield corners and banked oval segments testing setup compromise between grip needs. Florida's subtropical climate enables year-round racing with track temperatures regularly exceeding 50°C in summer combined with high humidity affecting cooling and tire degradation significantly. The facility's oval heritage creates infrastructure and spectator viewing oriented around the 1.5-mile oval, with road course events providing alternative use of the complex. FIA GT Championship, Grand-Am, Trans-Am Series, and the 2025 Formula E debut demonstrate the road course's versatility across different racing categories. The configuration particularly challenges engineers balancing setup between flat infield corners and banked oval sections, where suspension and aerodynamic compromises separate optimized approaches from one-size-fits-all solutions across South Florida's premier oval-road course hybrid venue offering unique layout unavailable at dedicated road racing facilities.
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