What do you do when the grass doesn't grow? Paint your own!
It might not be the work of a moment to get here from the airport in Seoul, but thus far the F1 circus is impressed with what they’ve found at the Korea International Circuit.
After all the fuss over the tardy preparations expectations were low, and while there is still a lot of work to be done – a few things have been swept under the proverbial carpet – there is much to admire. Certainly the paddock area is perfectly adequate, and not dissimilar from what we’ve come to expect from Tilke circuits.
The view from the back of the team buildings is unusual to say the least – empty, swampy farm land with the sea in the distance. Sitting on the decking you could be a million miles away from the F1 world. One day somebody is going to build a city around the track, which will be a bit of a shame…
Work continued all day today and into the night, and it is clear that there will be much left undone when practice starts on Friday. It’s mostly not stuff relating to the track itself, but everything around it.
Having said that one big problem when the cars are running will be the amount of dirt and dust around the place, and which will be thrown onto the track when anybody runs wide.
Some run-off areas are also a bit boggy, which could cause problems for a spinning car. Grass has only been growing for a matter of days, and today a guy was going round spraying the muddy areas with a hose from a tanker load of paint.
Everyone has been very friendly and they are clearly trying very hard, and just as the FIA gave the place some leeway with deadlines, so the F1 circus has come to the conclusion that we should just go with the flow. This is after all a big market for manufacturers and sponsors, and one with a lot of untapped potential.
The title contenders did their bit today by focussing on the positives. The drivers like what they’ve seen, and there are wall-lined places where an error will be punished, which is not something you can say for most modern tracks.
The bottom line is we’re here and the cars will be running tomorrow. It might be a bit messy, but it will be the same for everybody. And the intriguing thing is that we are now due some rain on Sunday, and that could make things very interesting…
Adam Cooper F1 
Apart from track itself (since already too many people have pointed out), my concern is the bridge featuring a historical korean house over the main straight. FIA must inspect whether its decoration tightly fixed : especially roof tiles.
If it fell down to the ground by gale or shudder, it could cause fatal accidents.