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| Hockenheim
- Germany |
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| German
Grand Prix - 03 August 2003 |
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| Race
Distance : |
307.125km
/ 190.839m |
| Number
of Laps : |
45 |
| Lap
Distance : |
6.825km
/ 4.240m |
| Lap
Record : |
J.P.
Montoya 1.41.808 |
| Qualifying
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13:00
- Jul 27/2002 |
| Race
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14:00
- Jul 28/2002 |
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| From
the Start-Finish line, cars approach
Nord Kurve, a fast right-hander that
is taken in 4th gear at 125 mph and
exited in 5th ready to move up to
top gear and accelerating to around
210 mph for the long run to the
first chicane. The posthumously
named Jim Clark Kurve slows cars to
2nd gear as they brake hard at
-3.2g, decelerating to 60 mph before
accelerating back up to 200 mph deep
into the forest. |
| Before
the Ostkurve, the drivers get busy.
The previous straight turns into a
sharp right-left turn taken in 2nd
gear at 50 mph before it becomes a
long right-hand bend about 350
metres before Ostkurve is entered -
a chicane which is a right-left
taken in 2nd gear leading into a
long, fast right-hander and on to
the next straight. The Ayrton Senna
Kurve, which is also known as
Bremskurve 3, is approached down the
back straight at 205 mph. The
left-right turn slows the cars
drastically to 60 mph as it's taken
in 2nd gear and then it's full-power
as the cars accelerate back up to
195 mph before the stadium complex
begins to come into view. |
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Agip Kurve is a fast right-hander
that is taken in 4th gear at 105 mph
and leads quickly into the Sachs
Kurve as drivers shift down to a 60
mph 2nd gear for the hairpin that
has a well-earned reputation for
being slippery. The final section in
the stadium complex that leads back
to the start line, the Süd or Opel
Kurve, is a double-apex hairpin with
both right-handers taken in 3rd gear
at an average of 90 mph and leading
into the finishing straight where
cars can accelerate to 175 mph. |
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