Adrian Sutil was the first driver to publicly admit it, after Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley have also criticized the Spanish track for the boring race last year. According to the Force India driver, the new track in Valencia doesn't have the classic characteristics of a street circuit and, therefore, leads to some rather non-spectacular F1 action.
“It's fair to say it's not one of my favourites. Last year I was really looking forward to the weekend, because I like street circuits and I have good memories of Monaco and Macau. These are real street circuits, but Valencia was disappointing because it was so flat and wide, and there are no real corners,” Sutil was quoted as saying by FI's official site.
The German driver admitted, however, that driving at Valencia might be extremely hard under hot temperatures, which are usually the case in the Spanish harbor.
“It's not very difficult, very easy to drive, just straight on and braking for some hairpins. It's not that challenging, but physically it can be tough as it's very hot,” added Sutil.
He will try to build on his performances at Valencia last year, where he lost control of his car two thirds in the race and eventually never got to cross the finish line. While admitting he had a hard time being competitive in Spain last year, Sutil is now confident the new aerodynamic package provided by Force India can make a difference.
“This time for us it should be quite good because we'll get our new update package on the car, which should help us quite a lot performance wise,” concluded Sutil in his preview for the Valencia race.
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