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| Hungaroring
- Hungary |
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| Hungarian
Grand Prix - 24 August 2003 |
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| Race
Distance : |
305.5km
/ 189.9m |
| Number
of Laps : |
77 |
| Lap
Distance : |
3.972km
/ 2.467m |
| Lap
Record : |
M.
Hakkinen 1.16.723 |
| Qualifying
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13:00
- Aug 17/2002 |
| Race
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14:00
- Aug 18/2002 |
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| From
the Start-Finish line it's full
power to Turn 1 with speeds
approaching 175 mph. Turn 1 is a
long, right-hand downhill bend
taking the drivers through 180
degrees, entered in 3rd gear at 75
mph, exited in 4th at 135 mph. The
camber on this corner can also catch
drivers out or, at the very least,
see them slipping out of the drive
line and into the dirty sections of
the track, which does not benefit
their tyres or subsequent grip.
Entry and exit positions are also
important as the corner is blind. A
short straight brings the cars into
Turn 2 and then Turn 3 and here
there is a choice of two lines, but
whether the car turns in early or
late makes little difference to the
amount of oversteer experienced as
this long left-hander begins to
sweep right. Turn 2 is entered at
135 mph, slowing to 70 mph before
accelerating out of Turn 3 at 115
mph. |
| Cars
approach Turn 4 leaving the straight
at around 170 mph, changing down
from top to 4th gear while braking
to 110 mph before climbing uphill on
the approach to Turn 5 - another
long right-hander negotiated in 3rd
gear at 80 mph and accelerated out
of in 4th gear to 150 mph. |
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6 leads to the highest part of the
circuit and is a right-left chicane
that is entered in 2nd gear at 55
mph and exited in 5th at 115 mph.
Turn 7 comes quickly and the
approach to this left-hander is
bumpy. Third gear maintained
throughout, 75 mph being the slowest
point at the apex of the curve. Turn
8 is a right-hander and is taken in
3rd gear at 85 mph with the
left-hander taken flat out. A
curving straight forms Turn 9 and
leads into Turn 10 which is not as
fast as it looks as the corner
suddenly tightens. It is taken in
4th at 110 mph. |
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11 is an off-camber and downhill
right-left chicane which always
seems to gather particles of grit,
whilst a high kerb awaits the
unsuspecting at the second apex. It
is taken in 3rd gear at 90 mph. Turn
12 is almost a hairpin-like corner
directly behind the pits and it's
taken in 2nd at 60 mph. A long
right-hander marks Turn 13, which
mirrors Turn 1. Through it, the cars
first oversteer, turning to
understeer by the time they exit on
to the straight via the kerb. Around
80 mph sees the cars through the
apex of the curve from which they
power towards 175 mph as they flash
across the Start-Finish line. |
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