Mount Panorama is the most exciting racetrack pretending to be made of public roads.
Rise and fall on a racetrack is the difference between a merely challenging layout and an unforgettable one. Elevation change creates drama by its nature, upsetting a race car in spectacular ways; blind summits and plunging toboggan-sled sections reward bravery and commitment. For the crowd, the sight of a car appearing at full noise, teetering on the edge of flight or trailing sparks into a compression, is oddly physical. You feel the energy of the car, the attitude, the struggle.
This is where the climb begins. The Mount Panorama circuit is 3.861 miles long, and the difference between its lowest and highest points is 571 feet. It has gradients up to 1:6.13 . At the permitted 37 mph, a complete lap takes a leisurely 6 minutes, 16 seconds, and every single moment is a thrill—admittedly not the sort enjoyed by outright lap-record holder Christopher Mies when he flung his Audi R8 LMS Ultra GT3 car around the track in 1:59.29 back in 2018.
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