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A fast lap with Alex Wurz
Nüburgring is a very
traditional track and I need a good set-up with not too much
understeer to be quick.
The lap starts on the pit straight where, depending on the wind, the
highest speed on the circuit is reached, this is approximately 295
km/h on the approach to the first corner. This corner is taken in
3rd gear for the right-hand section then for the left-hand part I
maintain 3rd gear and almost full acceleration on a qualifying lap.
Then a short straight where I reach over 270 km/h in 5th gear leads
into a difficult part of the circuit with a fast left-hand corner
taken in 4th at around 185 km/h, this is immediately followed by a
tight right-hand 2nd gear corner taken at just under 110 km/h. Next
is another short straight where I reach about 280 km/h before the
tight 2nd gear hairpin which I take at just over 90 km/h. Traction
out of this corner is very important as it leads into a very fast
kink taken in 5th gear at 250 km/h. This corner is almost flat, I
just lift off slightly and dab the brakes at same time to stabilise
the car. Out of this corner I accelerate up to over 290 km/h in top
gear before going into the two third gear left and right-hand
corners which lead on to the back straight. These are taken at 145
km/h and 155 km/h respectively. The long straight to the chicane is
generally the fastest part of the circuit (depending on the wind)
where I reach around 300 km/h before braking very hard for the
second gear chicane, which is taken at around 100 km/h. On the
approach to the final corner, I get up to 225 km/h in 4th gear
before dropping back to 2nd gear and 110 km/h for this important
corner which leads back on to the pit straight.
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