Given that the organisers had a completely clean slate, I was expecting them to do a slightly better job with the layout of this track. There are some good sections, such as the right-left where I spun last year, but the rest isn’t great. It’s like a big Hungaroring.

The last section feels a bit odd because the walls hug the edge of the track. I think they’re planning to build some houses and hotels here in the future, but there’s nothing at the moment and it looks a bit strange. It feels a bit like the Valencia street circuit through here.

The track was hardly finished last year and it had zero atmosphere as a result. But that was inevitable in the circumstances and fair play to the organisers: they bust their balls to get it finished on time.

Something that’s unique about this race is that the drivers all stay in the same hotel. Meal times can be a bit bizarre because everyone sits by nationality. The Brazilians have dinner in one place, the Germans in another and, being the only Aussie, I’m usually on my own!