After an exciting weekend in Canada the F1 circus returns to Europe for the 9th round of the championship at the Valencia street circuit. Racing around what is in essence a container port, both car and drivers face some unique challenges. With a mix of high speed straights and low speed corners, braking efficiency is very important given the circuits total of 25 corners.
Track DataKilos per lap: 2.34 kg/5km
Time loss per 5km of fuel: 0.06 s/lap of fuel
Vmax: 306 kph
Average speed: 198 kph
Average corner speed: 93 kph
Turn angle: 108 degrees
Temperatures: Ambient 32°C / Track 42°C
Greatest power reduction: 1010 mbar pressure
Pit lane loss: 12.7 sec lost
Pit lane length: 240m
Safety cars: 0.0 average per race
Lap distance: 5.419km/3.367m
Race: 57 laps - 308.883km/191.919m |