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| A1
- Ring - Austria |
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| Austrian
Grand Prix - 18 May 2003 |
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| Race
Distance : |
307.146km
/ 190.852m |
| Number
of Laps : |
71 |
| Lap
Distance : |
4.326km
/ 2.688m |
| Lap
Record : |
D.
Coulthard 1.10.843 |
| Qualifying
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13:00
- May 11/2002 |
| Race
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14:00
- May 12/2002 |
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starting line and grid are located
in front of the medical centre and
from here the cars power their way
down past the garages in top gear at
180 mph. Changing down and braking
hard, the Castrol Kurve is a sharp
right-hand turn that is taken in 2nd
gear at 70 mph. Once through the
turn the cars come out on to the
fastest part of the circuit and a
near straight that is over half a
mile in length. At a top speed of
180 mph, the stands of the
Naturtribune West flash past on the
left as the track curves slightly
out to the left. |
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the end of the straight the Remus
Kurve looms - very tight, it takes
the cars through 150 degrees. It is
the hardest braking point in the
circuit with drivers pulling -3.6 g
as they decelerate hard to 40 mph at
the apex of the corner. Out of here
is another long straight, only
slightly shorter than the one
leading into the Remus Kurve and
just as as fast as it passes in
front of the Naturtribune Nord
stands. The end of this straight
marks the entry to the most
curvaceous part of the circuit which
swings inside and out. |
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Gosset Kurve is a double right-hand
turn, the 50 mph 2nd-gear entry
being slower than the shallower exit
which can be negotiated in 4th gear
at 110 mph. The Niki Lauda Kurve is
an open sweeping turn around to the
left, taken at 90 mph in 3rd gear,
and leading into another similar
turn called the Power Horse Kurve
which is marginally faster at 100
mph. |
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on to a shorter straight, the cars
run parallel to the Start-Finish
line at 175 mph as they approach the
Jochen Rindt Kurve. This is an open
right-hand turn that is taken in 4th
gear at 105 mph and leads into a
short straight from where cars can
re-enter the pit lane. The A1 Kurve
slows the cars down through 3rd gear
at 85 mph as they turn right before
accelerating out along the straight
across the Start-Finish line. |
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