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| Circuit
de Catalunya - Spain |
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| Spanish
Grand Prix - 04 May 2003 |
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| Race
Distance : |
307.323km
/ 190.961m |
| Number
of Laps : |
65 |
| Lap
Distance : |
4.730km
/ 2.939m |
| Lap
Record : |
M.
Schumacher 1.21.151 |
| Qualifying
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13:00
- Apr 27/2002 |
| Race
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14:00
- Apr 28/2002 |
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| From
the starting line cars accelerate
downhill at 190 mph to Elf. The
approach to Elf is downhill until
almost the corner itself when it
rises to the left. Braking hard at
-3.8 g, this corner is taken in 3rd
gear at 85 mph on the inside so that
the car can drift out to the left
for the next bend taken in 4th at
around 100 mph. Curvone Renault is
the first long, sweeping 180-degree
right-hander, entered in 4th gear at
100 mph with 140 mph attained during
its course. |
| Out
of Renault and accelerating to about
180 mph before the circuit loops
back on itself at Revolt Repsol.
Entered in 2nd gear at 85 mph, cars
catapult out up to 155 mph and in
5th gear along a short straight to
Revolt Seat. Hard on the brakes,
this tight left-hand hairpin drops
the cars downhill at around 60 mph
through a gentle left-handed sweep
at 160 mph before braking again to
enter Revolt Würth. Here, the track
takes a sharp left-hand turn which
is almost 90 degrees and is entered
in 2nd gear at 85 mph. On exit, the
circuit turns slightly right as 5th
gear and 155 mph is reached. |
| Revolt
Campsa is a blind right-hander but
can be navigated safely in 5th at
135 mph. Then it's down the short
straight called Nissan in top gear
at 185 mph, on the run into 180
degree hairpin Revolt La Caixa,
which is taken in 2nd gear at 65 mph
as it climbs to the right into the
two 100-degree bends at Banc
Sabadell. Entered in 3rd at 80 mph,
it is exited in 5th gear as the car
accelerates towards the penultimate
corner, another right-hander that
turns into a short straight leading
to the final bend which is taken in
5th gear at about 140 mph. On to the
Start-Finish straight where cars
reach a maximum of 190 mph on the
kilometre-long straight. |
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