The Honeydome is a Marbula One track owned by the Bumblebees. It hosted the third Grand Prix of Marbula One Season 2 (21 - 22 November 2020), and the sixth Grand Prix of Marbula One Season 3 (13 - 15 May 2022). It also hosted the 16th and final event of Marble League 2023 (9 December 2023).
Marbula One[]
Season 2[]
Main article: Season 2 Honeydome Grand Prix
The Honeydome is one of the most technical and challenging tracks in Marbula One. The track starts out with a short straight before a 135-degree corner leads the marbles into a split where the track will divide into 2 lanes from a technical Turns 2 and 3, all the way up to the entry of Turn 4, a right-handed 180-degree ('hairpin') turn, that starts a section that is known as the 'Bee Dance' because of its spiral shaped nature. A short straight takes the marbles to Turn 5 on the circuit which leads right into Turn 6, before another straight takes the marbles to Turns 7 and 8, where the marbles will normally dive towards the apex. The marbles then navigate their way to Turn 9, that takes them out of the 'Bee Dance' section and onto a quick right-left chicane before going into the treacherous hive section where the marbles will try to avoid hanging on the walls to try to gain maximum speed before Turn 12, where they go through another 135-degree turn before a tight Turn 13 leads the marbles into the final corner at Turn 14, that takes them onto the long front straight before the finish line.
- Pole Position: Speedy (Savage Speeders) - 1:06.56
- Race Winner: Speedy (Savage Speeders) - 7:52.81 (14 laps)
- Fastest Lap: Yellow Eye (Crazy Cat's Eyes) - 32.94 (lap 13)
Season 3[]
Main article: Season 3 Honeydome Grand Prix
There were minor changes made to the layout for Season 3, with the most notable changes being the slight extension of the hive section, and the shortening of the first sector split so that it no longer extended all the way up to Turn 4. The attenuator on the straight before Turn 7 was moved a bit closer to the exit of Turn 6, and an attenuator was also added before Turn 12.
- Pole Position: Yellow Eye (Crazy Cat's Eyes) - 1:30.170
- Race Winner: Royal (Kobalts) - 7:13.61 (14 laps)
- Fastest Lap: Royal (Kobalts) - 25.152 (lap 3)
Marble League[]
The Honeydome appeared in Marble League 2023 as the final event, the starting grid and thus pole position were decided by the results of the preceding Sand Rally event in both instances.
Marble League 2023[]
Main article: Marble League 2023 Event 16: Honeydome Grand Prix and Closing Ceremony
- Pole Position: Red Eye (Crazy Cat's Eyes)
- Race Winner: Red Eye (Crazy Cat's Eyes)
- Fastest Lap: To be added soon.
Marble League Showdown 2023[]
Main article: Marble League Showdown 2023 Event 6: Honeydome Grand Prix
Trivia[]
- The Honeydome is the first Marbula One track to host multiple Grands Prix, whilst also retaining the same number of laps.
- It is followed by the Short Circuit.
- Both tracks have only hosted Grands Prix consisting of exactly 14 laps.
- The Honeydome's 2nd sector, known as the Bee Dance, is the only Marbula One sector with an official nickname.
- The Honeydome is the first track to be used in both the Marble League and Marbula One.
- Although tracks named Stardust Accelerator are present in both series, they use significantly different layouts, and are thus considered separate tracks.