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| Albert
Park - Australia |
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| Australian
Grand Prix - 9 March 2003 |
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| Race
Distance : |
307.574
km / 191.118 m |
| Number
of Laps : |
58 |
| Lap
Distance : |
5.303
km / 3.295 m |
| Lap
Record : |
H.
H. Frentzen 1"23'32 |
| Qualifying
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13:00
- Mar 02/2002 |
| Race
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14:00
- Mar 03/2002 |
| From
the start, cars accelerate to 185
mph as they reach the Fangio Stand.
Flanked by the Fangio and Brabham
Stands are two 45-degree right- and
left-handers - Turns 1 and 2. Turn 1
is the hardest braking point in the
circuit pulling -3.5 g. A change
down to 2nd gear sees the first turn
taken at 70 mph before a short
acceleration into Turn 2, which is
taken at 100 mph. Turn 2 and Turn 3
mark the bumpiest parts of the
circuit. From here the cars
accelerate to 180 mph before braking
hard again (-3.4g) towards a sharp
right-left S-bend, taking Turn 3 in
2nd gear at around 55 mph.
Accelerating again the cars catapult
out through Turn 4 at 80 mph,
accelerating past the Whitford Stand
in 5th gear at 170 mph. |
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short, sharp right-hander marks Turn
6 with cars again braking hard
(-3.0g) and slowing to 70 mph. The
circuit then loops round to the
right, negotiating Turn 8 at 155
mph, and then past the Clark Stand
at 175 mph. The Fittipaldi Stand is
at Turn 9 where cars brake hard
again (-3.3g) before setting off to
a long, inner-loop curve turning the
cars left at a speed of 160 mph.
They slow to 90 mph and swing right,
past the Waite Stand and changing up
to 5th and 140 mph before passing
the Hill Stand at 160 mph. Braking
hard again (-3.5g) the cars change
down to 3rd gear and enter the
right-hand Turn 13 at 80 mph.
Accelerating to 100 mph in front of
the Stewart Stand, Turn 14, another
right-hander, is taken in 3rd gear
at 100 mph. |
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Prost Stand marks the entrance to
the most difficult section of the
circuit with the cars turning
through two sharp 90-degree turns,
going first left (Turn 15) and then
right (Turn 16). Cars approach Turn
15 at 130 mph, braking hard and
changing down from 4th to 2nd to
negotiate the near hair-pin turn at
50 mph. Turn 16 is less demanding
but still requires 2nd gear with
cars accelerating in front of the
Senna Stand from 80 mph on to the
finishing straight. The longest
section of straight on the circuit,
cars can go flat out in 6th gear at
180 mph as they flash across the
Start-Finish line. |
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