F1: Sky Sports and AI bring fans the greatest track in the world with famous sights and curves on a race track | F1 news
Over 4,000 fans asked about their favorite sights, curves and routes. Sky Sports and AI used the results to create 'The Greatest Track on Earth'. Monzas Parabolica, Senna “S” in Interlagos and Eau Rouge from Spa included; Lewis Hamilton voted to drive the 6km route in his Mercedes
9:22, UK, Monday, February 26, 2024
Thanks to Sky Sports and AI, Formula 1 fans can now see the iconic Monza Parabolica, Suzuka Ferris Wheel and Austin Observation Tower all on one track.
Ahead of the 2024 F1 season, which begins in Bahrain from February 29 to March 2, Sky Sports surveyed over 4,000 fans about their favorite sights, corners and tracks.
The results were used to create the ultimate F1 circuit – the largest race track in the world – which also includes the Swimming Pool Chicane in Monaco and the Senna “S” in Interlagos.
Watch the spectacular drive-in video above, narrated by Sky Sports' David Croft.
The Grand Hotel hairpin in Monaco was included in “The Greatest Track on Earth.”
Fans chose Lewis Hamilton – who will leave Mercedes for Ferrari at the end of the 2024 season – to drive the challenging 6km route in his 2015-2020 Silver Arrows car, with the seven-time world champion receiving 28 percent of the vote.
The AI circuit includes 10 different tracks, including the legendary Eau Rouge of Spa in Belgium and the first straight climb of the Circuit of the Americas in Texas.
AI showed Silverstone in pouring rain, but with the RAF's treasured Red Arrows flying overhead to add some color to a typically dreary British summer day.
The route also includes the narrow castle section in Baku, Azerbaijan, and the Grand Hotel hairpin in Monaco, while Mount Fuji in Japan can be seen in the distance.
Monaco's legendary swimming pool chicane made it
Italian fans (39 percent) were chosen when people were asked who was likely to bring the most noise and color to the world's biggest race track, followed by the British (28 percent).
Sky Sports analyst and former F1 world champion Jenson Button said: “The best thing about Formula 1 is the passionate fans, the variety of circuits around the world and the demands that each one brings. That's why Sky Sports used AI to design the ultimate.” The track really captures the imagination.
“I would have loved the opportunity to compete on this track as it combines many of the things that make Formula 1 the most unique sport in the world – the glamor of Monaco, the speed of Monza and not forgetting the unpredictable weather of Spa!”
The race track combines real images and, with the help of the AI creative platform Midjourney, other fantastic and computer-aided elements.
Monaco's legendary swimming pool chicane made it
Complete elements of The Greatest Track on Earth
- Right in turn 1 – Circuit of the Americas, United States
- Parabolic – Monza, Italy
- Mineral water – Imola, Italy
- Swimming pool – Monaco
- Grand Hotel hairpin bend – Monaco
- Eau Rouge to Raidillon – Spa, Belgium
- Kemmel straight – Spa, Belgium
- Castle section – Baku City Circuit, Azerbaijan
- Maden, Becketts, Chapel Curve – Silverstone, Great Britain
- This – Suzuka, Japan
- Brabham, Jones – Melbourne, Australia
- The Senna 'S' – Interlagos, Brazil
- T14 to the finish line – Interlagos, Brazil
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