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A Fast Lap with Alex WURZ
The lap of Hungary starts on the
main straight which is quite low speed as we only reach 285 km/h
although this is the highest speed attained on this circuit. The
first corner is a very long third gear right-hand hairpin which is
taken at about 120 km/h. The length of the corner and the fact that
the circuit drops down makes the car understeer quite badly here,
but it is important to keep on line as the circuit is very dirty off
line. Having exited the corner I reach around 235 km/h in 4th gear
before braking again for a 2nd gear 100 km/h left-hand corner. This
leads into a right-hander which is taken flat in Qualifying and on
to the back straight where I reach 280 km/h. I then brake for the
fastest corner on the circuit, the185 km/h 4th gear left-hander
which leads immediately into a 3rd gear right-hand 125 km/h corner.
Again I briefly accelerate up to 235 km/h before entering the tight
2nd gear chicane the first part of which is taken at about 90 km/h
and the second left-hand part at around 135 km/h. This then leads
into a left-right sequence taken in 3rd gear, both corners being
taken at around 135km/h. A flat left-hand curve leads into the 180
km/h 4th gear corner which starts a long sequence where 4th gear is
held through a 240 km/h right-hand corner and a short straight which
leads down to the penultimate left-hand 2nd gear behind the pits
which is taken at 88 km/h. Finally I climb back up through the final
3rd gear turn which is taken at c120 km/h, a good exit from this
being important to get speed on the pit straight.
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