Thursday, June 22, 2006

Round 9: Canadian Grand Prix









Thanks to ITV-F1.com here is the lap as told by Kimi Raikonnen

You reach 297 km/h in fifth gear along the short pit straight, before braking hard for the left-right weave of turns one and two.

Located just before the pit lane exit, turn one is taken at 133 km/h in second gear, and is immediately followed by the Coin Senna. This right-hand hairpin is negotiated at 71 km/h in first gear.

You push hard on the throttle as you exit the Coin Senna for the short straight that leads to the chicane of turns three and four.

You drop from 258 km/h in fourth to negotiate the right-left flick at 148 km/h in second.

Exiting turn four, you sweep flat-out through the long right-hand curve of turn five, reaching 258 km/h in fifth before once again braking hard for the left-right flick of turns six and seven.

The first left-hander is taken at 90 km/h in second with your speed increasing to some 142 km/h for the right of turn seven.

Full on the throttle on the exit as you power along the Place de la Concorde, achieving speeds of up to 298 km/h in seventh gear, before dropping back through the gears for the right-left sequence of turns eight and nine.

Entering the bumpy braking zone under the bridge for turn eight, your speed decreases to 113 km/h in second gear.

The slightly faster turn nine follows and this can be taken at 155 km/h, still in second gear.

Exiting turn nine, you blast along the sweeping straight that leads to the L'Epingle hairpin.

Having reached speeds of 299 km/h in fifth gear, you brake hard for the 180-degree right-hander, which swings you round onto the Droit du Casino.



Accelerating along the main straight, you reach over 320 km/h in top gear as you approach the hardest braking point on the track.

You pull 2.5G as you brake sharply to negotiate the final two corners that take you back to the start-finish straight.

The right-left complex of bends is negotiated at 144 km/h in second gear and you have to be careful not to jump the kerbs too aggressively as it's easy to hit the wall on the exit.




Here is the 2005 Pole lap with commentare by Jenson Button



Alright, here's all the times. So make you picks...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. Alonso
2. Fisichella
3. Schumacher

2nd Tier: Rosberg
3rd Tier: Liuzzi

Fast Lap: Alonso

Manufactor: Renault

Pits: 2

cgs4706 said...

Luke's Picks

1) Alonso
2) Fisi
3) Michael

T2) Rosberg
T3) Liuzzi

2 Stop
Renalt
Alonso



Cody's Picks

1) Alonso
2) Fisi
3) Schumi

T2) Trulli
T3) Liuzzi

2 Stop
Renault
Alonso

cgs4706 said...

1) Alonso
2) Mike
3) Kimi

T2) Rosberg
T3) Liuzzi

2 Stops
Renault
Alonso