DANI PEDROSA AND THE MONTMELÓ CIRCUIT, CORNER BY
CORNER
The Repsol Honda Team rider describes the layout on which
the Catalan Grand Prix is going to be staged this weekend
corner by corner
1. The finish line straight ends downhill and top speeds
are usually quite high.
2. There's some hard braking at the end, and it's normally
a good place to overtake.
3. Bend from right to left, very important, which leads on
to the “Big Bend”.
4. Is a very long, never-ending bend. There's normally some
very nice skidding and you can even see the tyres smoking.
5. “Repsol” bend. A very important bend where
I think the lap time can be very influenced. This bend leads
on to the part I personally like the most.
6. A downhill bend, changing gears and always swerving to
the left.
7. Uphill “Chicane”. A very aggressive change
of direction; you have to change gears before reaching the
next bend.
8. This is a “blind” bend. You can't see next
part until you're practically out of it, which is why it's
very important to handle the throttle well.
9. Back straight. You have to brake hard at the end of it,
it's where many races are decided when there's a pack.
10. We reach a second-gear bend, and when leaving it you
have to be careful on the throttle in order not to wear the
tyres out too much.
11. We reach the area where we normally see more spectators:
it's the stadium area. A very round bend, not too fast, and
where you take it easy on the throttle before reaching the
last two bends.
12. Last bends. They're the fastest bends of the circuit,
also very important to run a good lap time, and particularly
to get off to a good start for the next lap.
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