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Formula One has seen many overtaking manoeuvres this year. Mercedes driv...
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Formula One has seen many overtaking manoeuvres this year. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg has two options which have helped facilitate overtaking this season: KERS and the adjustable rear wing (DRS).
When are the new features used? Why is overtaking in Formula One so difficult? Ross Brawn and Nico Rosberg explain.
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Racing at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza dates back to 1922. Since then, ...
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Racing at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza dates back to 1922. Since then, there have been some significant changes in order to slow the drivers down and improve safety. Nevertheless, the track today is the last remaining high-speed circuit on the calendar - with a full 70% driven flat out!
The 'Rettifilio' chicane right after the start is intended to slow the pace down a bit ahead of the next right-hander. Only slightly though, as 160 mph in the corner is still far from slow!
Speed is the key on the long straights at Monza and flat wings are essential here. However, downforce cannot be neglected for this circuit naturally has corners, too. Drivers need courage - and good grip - to handle this.
Ideal balance is what the teams are aiming for going into the Grand Prix and what's needed in order to handle key spots like the Ascari Chicane. The drivers approach at 210 mph, searching for the ideal line through the fast sequence of corners. Everything's got to go right here. Any mistake means losing time on the fast back straight.
The whole thing's repeated again in the final corner, the Parabolica. The line here is critical for the final speed on the start/finish straight and is thus crucial for maintaining a quick lap time.
Experience Monza from the drivers' perspective!
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pitpassf1 uploaded a new video
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Racing at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza dates back to 1922. Since then, ...
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Racing at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza dates back to 1922. Since then, there have been some significant changes in order to slow the drivers down and improve safety. Nevertheless, the track today is the last remaining high-speed circuit on the calendar - with a full 70% driven flat out!
The 'Rettifilio' chicane right after the start is intended to slow the pace down a bit ahead of the next right-hander. Only slightly though, as 160 mph in the corner is still far from slow!
Speed is the key on the long straights at Monza and flat wings are essential here. However, downforce cannot be neglected for this circuit naturally has corners, too. Drivers need courage - and good grip - to handle this.
Ideal balance is what the teams are aiming for going into the Grand Prix and what's needed in order to handle key spots like the Ascari Chicane. The drivers approach at 210 mph, searching for the ideal line through the fast sequence of corners. Everything's got to go right here. Any mistake means losing time on the fast back straight.
The whole thing's repeated again in the final corner, the Parabolica. The line here is critical for the final speed on the start/finish straight and is thus crucial for maintaining a quick lap time.
Experience Monza from the drivers' perspective!
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pitpassf1 uploaded a new video
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The Spa Francorchamps circuit is set amongst the hills and forests of th...
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The Spa Francorchamps circuit is set amongst the hills and forests of the Ardennes and is by far the longest lap of the season at just over 4.35 miles, with the race being run over a total of 44 laps through the dips and dives of what is, for many of the drivers, the greatest circuit on earth.
One of the classic Grand Prix venues, and scene of some of the most exciting races in Formula 1 history, Spa remains a real test for the drivers and the cars.
Eau Rouge, Blanchimont, Pouhon - just some of the corners that would figure highly in any fantasy F1 track layout and when those corners are combined with the unpredictable weather that can see one half of the track wet, the other dry, the end result is consistently great racing.
Experience the Spa Francorchamps circuit from the drivers' perspective!
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Just before the summer break, the 2011 Formula One World Championship en...
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Just before the summer break, the 2011 Formula One World Championship enters its 'second half' as teams and drivers arrive in Hungary for round 11 of the 19-race calendar.
Although Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing still retain commanding leads in the drivers' and constructors' championships, the increased recent competitiveness of both Ferrari (winners of the British GP with Fernando Alonso) and McLaren (winners of the German GP with Lewis Hamilton) have made the fight for individual grand prix victories much closer.
Since its inception in 1986, Formula One's pioneering 'Iron Curtain' Grand Prix has become one of the championship's best-established events and this year will be its 26th edition, placing it alongside Austria, Japan and San Marino in the table of 'grands prix hosted'.
The track, located 16 miles from Hungary's capital, Budapest, is largely unchanged from its original layout and is notoriously tight, twisty and slippery, as it is little used between Formula One Grand Prix weekends. It has traditionally favoured cars with good mechanical grip and strong slow corner performance.
The Hungarian GP is typically associated with high temperatures; only once (2006) has it been a wet race.
Experience the Hungaroring from the drivers' perspective!
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