Scalextric creates Martin Brundle’s Ultimate 2015 Circuit!

In the run up to the opening of the 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship™ season, Scalextric has built one of its biggest ever tracks, the Ultimate 2015 Circuit, designed by Sky Sports F1™ expert Martin Brundle.

Commissioned by Sky Sports, the only place fans can watch all 20 Formula One™ weekends live, the massive 9m by 9m track is made up from features from all 20 circuits on this season’s FIA Formula One World Championship™ calendar, and will form an integral part of Sky Sports' coverage of the season.

A team of experts from Scalextric HQ, and track builders Corporate Layouts have been hard at work at Sky Sports' studios this week, building a massive 177 track pieces into a complex circuit measuring 45 metres long.  The Ultimate 2015 Circuit features the best corners, chicanes, and sections from the 2015 F1™ calendar including:

• Italy and the Ascari Chicane
• Monaco and the Casino Square
• Canada and the Wall of Champions
• Silverstone and the Copse
• Abu Dhabi and the Marina Complex

Click on the images above to see Sky Sports' Twitter videos of the track

The track also includes miniature sized landmarks from the F1™ calendar, such as the Monaco swimming pool, the Singapore Flyer, the Silverstone wing and more.

Martin Brundle, Sky Sports F1™ expert and former racing driver, commented:

“The team challenged me to design my dream circuit using sections from the 20 F1™ races in 2015, all of which will be live on Sky Sports F1™. I immediately wanted a figure of ‘8’ like our beloved Suzuka, and could only dream of driving a series of corners such as scaling the mountain up to turn one in Austin before falling through the ‘Senna S’ of Brazil and towards Silverstone’s fearsome Copse corner. And that’s just a small section. Now amazingly, we’ve built a model and so I will revert to my childhood for many laps. It’s going to get competitive.”

The Ultimate 2015 Circuit has been built using our revolutionary ARC ONE system, bringing the real and virtual worlds together for the ultimate in racing fun.

Click on the image above to see news and video of the track on the Daily Telegraph's website

From Thursday you'll get the chance to see the Sky Sports F1™ Team and their sporting guests battle it out on the circuit via the Sky Sports website. Before Lewis Hamilton begins his Formula 1™ title defence on March 15, the Sky Sports F1™ team, including Damon Hill, Martin Brundle, Anthony Davidson and Johnny Herbert will be going head to head on the ultimate 2015 race track.

Coming Soon - Track Workshop on Scalextric.com

And that's not all - the Ultimate 2015 Circuit will soon be available to buy from scalextric.com for around £1000, along with other great track packs that recreate some of the most iconic Formula 1™ circuits. For the latest news on our new Track Workshop feature, make sure you're signed up to our email newsletter - if not sign up here.

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