“Awkward” new Detroit street course has less grip than expected – Kirkwood

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“Awkward” new Detroit street course has less grip than expected – Kirkwood
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Long Beach GP winner Kyle Kirkwood gives his verdict on IndyCar's newest street track in Detroit 👇 DetroitGP

“It was honestly less carnage than I expected,” said Kirkwood. “A lot of people went off in the runoffs, but no one actually hit the wall, I don't think, which actually surprised me. Hats off to them for keeping it clean, including myself.

“It kind of is low-grip bumpy. The car is always doing weird things all the way through the corners.” “It still creates passing opportunity, but not as much as what it looks like when you first go walk the track,” he said of Turn 3. “It seems like this is wide open, it will be pretty easy here. [But] once you're doing 180, 190mph down into there, it doesn't feel as wide.

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