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| Interlagos
- Brazil |
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| Brazilian
Grand Prix - 6 April 2003 |
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| Race
Distance : |
305.909km
/ 190.083m |
| Number
of Laps : |
71 |
| Lap
Distance : |
4.309km
/ 2.677m |
| Lap
Record : |
R.
Schumacher (2001) 1.15.693 |
| Qualifying
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13:00
- Mar 30/2002 |
| Race
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14:00
- Mar 31/2002 |
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| At
the start, the cars race down to the
Descida do Sol which drops downhill
to the left. It is approached in
6/7th gear at about 180 mph. Then
braking very hard (-3.3g), the cars
approach the S do Senna - a
left-right-left section which begins
with Curva 1, one of just two places
were you might get to see overtaking
manoeuvres as they try to out-brake
one another. Cars take this corner
in 2nd gear at 60 mph changing up to
3rd gear and accelerating through
100 mph towards the final turn in
the sequence (Curva do Sol) and a
4th gear 140 mph. Hard on the
throttle, cars accelerate to 180 mph
along the Reta Oposta straight in
top gear at 180 mph. |
| The
Descida do Lago is a tight left-hand
corner to which there is a bumpy
entrance, which often throws rash
drivers into a spin. Those who get
through it take it in 3rd gear at 85
mph, having braked hard at its
entrance. Drivers who get it right
can often get past those who don’t
at this point. After a short
straight, another left-hander (135
mph in 4th gear) swings the cars
back on themselves as they
accelerate to 170 mph before braking
hard at the entrance to Ferradura. |
| The
Ferradura is a sweeping, double apex
right-hander with an extremely bumpy
entrance. Probably the most
difficult corner on the circuit as
it is approached downhill and at
speed – 5th gear at 165 mph. After
going through the first apex in 3rd
gear at around 100 mph, the car
drifts out for the second apex and,
on exiting at the top in 3rd,
another right-hander is on top of
you almost immediately as
Pinheirinho approaches which is
taken in 2nd gear at about 55 mph. |
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Pinheirinho is a very tight
left-hander that is only taken in
2nd gear at 60 mph, exited in 3rd
gear, and then it’s up to 4th for
the approach to another tight
corner, this time with a right-hand
turn. The Bico de Pato (also known
as Cotovêlo) is taken in 2nd at
just over 70 mph and exited in 3rd
gear, climbing to 5th as the car
makes for a left-hander prior to
turning for Mergulho. This sweeping
corner is taken in 4th gear at 145
mph before accelerating along to the
3rd-gear Junção. |
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