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the blocks and into top gear at 180 mph towards the
Castrol 'S' bend and hard on the brakes at the entry
to the right-left at 80 mph in 3rd gear. The curve is
exited at 100 mph as drivers change up. Quickly up to
6th gear and accelerating to 165 mph for the approach
to Valvoline Kurve which is entered at 105 mph in 3rd
gear and leads directly into the Ford Kurve at 65 mph
in 2nd gear. Then, hard on the throttle, the cars
approach the Dunlop Kurve at 170 mph in 5th gear.
The Dunlop Kurve is a
right-hand 190-degree loop, making it the
second-slowest part of the circuit at under 60 mph in
2nd gear. Provided cars have managed a good line
through the loop, they can get on to the gas quickly
and through 135 mph as the track swings gently left
and right. Out of here the approach to the Yokohama
Kurve (also known as the RTL Kurve) sees the cars in
top gear at 170 mph, which is halved to 3rd gear at 85
mph through the near 90-degree left-hand turn. Having
swept left, the Bit Kurve sweeps another 90 degrees
through a right-hand turn, again in 3rd gear at around
100 mph.
On to the straight,
taken full-out in top gear at 180 mph, cars brake to
the Veedol Chicane, which is the slowest part of the
course as cars brake down to 60 mph and sweep left and
then right in 2nd gear, before accelerating to 135 mph
in 4th gear. Out of here comes the sharp left-hand
turn through 160 degrees which marks the Coca-Cola
Kurve. This is taken in 2nd gear at 70 mph before
accelerating out into the finishing straight at top
speed.
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