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| Monza
- Italy |
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| Italian
Grand Prix - 14 September 2003 |
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| Race
Distance : |
306.764km
/ 190.614m |
| Number
of Laps : |
53 |
| Lap
Distance : |
5.793km
/ 3.600m |
| Lap
Record : |
M.
Hakkinen 1:24.808 |
| Qualifying
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13:00
- Sep 14/2002 |
| Race
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14:00
- Sep 15/2002 |
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| The
Rettifilio Tribune is the long
start-straight leads to the Variante
Goodyear (also known as Variante del
Rettifilio). This is approached in
top gear at around 215 mph and it is
marked by the wide pit straight that
precedes it. It is a very fast but
bumpy left-right-left-right 2nd-gear
chicane that's entered in 2nd at 60
mph and exited at 80 mph. Almost
immediately after is Curva Grande,
which is a very bumpy, longish
right-hander that is hard work on
the steering. Drivers invariably use
the kerb at its exit at 185 mph and
then it's along the back straight
where 200 mph is touched. |
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Variante della Roggia is also known
as 2A Variante. The braking area
prior to entering this left-right
chicane is both bumpy and slippy.
Approached in top gear, it is
negotiated in 2nd at 60 mph and
exited in 3rd at 85 mph. Curva di
Lesmo is a contentious sharp
right-hander. Invariably taken fast,
shifting between 4th and 3rd gears,
with speeds ranging between 150 mph
and 95 mph. Coming out of the turn,
the cars rocket down Curve del
Serraglio, a long straight that
means the driver approaches the next
chicane at speeds approaching, and
sometimes exceeding, 200 mph. |
| Drivers
hope their brakes are in good order
as they approach Curva del Vialone,
a left-hander, braking from 200 mph
in 6th gear to 4th gear at the
100-metre board. Then, on to
Variante Ascari, the second part of
the chicane, quickly flicking right,
then left and changing down into 2nd
gear at 85 mph. Exited in 3rd gear
at 125 mph, cars accelerate onto the
Rettifilio Centro straight and
attain 200 mph on the approach to
the final curve. |
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Curva Parabolica is a long, looping
right-hander that is important to
lap-times as the entry and exit to
it determine how quickly drivers can
get on the gas as they come out of
it and on to the longest straight on
the circuit. Braking hard at -3.2g,
cars decelerate to 100 mph and 3rd
gear at its apex.As the curve opens
out it is exited in 4th gear at 170
mph as the cars arrive in the long
Rettifilio Tribune straight, before
applying full throttle and crossing
the Start-Finish line. |
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