Guide

Section three, four and five is downhill and is low on rear grip through four and five in particular. You get a lot of wheelspin and it’s difficult to keep the car straight due to the banking. You can get an easy acceleration into six by using the traction out of five. Seven is a really nice corner as the banking changes angle and you go uphill after the apex, which creates a lot of instability on the exit.

Then we go into turn eight, a high speed corner with three apexes. You pull the highest g of the year into this, there are a lot of bumps mid corner, especially in the second and third apex and you can easily get it wrong.

Then you go downhill from eight to nine and the hardest part is exiting, especially into the turn ten kink. Getting it right through nine and ten is crucial to overtaking down the straight, and you need to get good traction without using the artificial grass on the outside of the kerb.

Out of turn 12 is very technical, but does present some overtaking opportunities. Through here you need to use the kerbs to get a long, good rolling speed and good rhythm. The exit of 14 brings you onto the main straight and over the finish line to the end of the lap. You’ve really got the adrenaline going by this point.