A lap with A WURZ
A lap of Interlagos with McLaren test driver Alexander Wurz: "I start a lap accelerating up to a maximum speed of over 185 mph (300 kph) on the way to the first corner Descida do Sol which is quite a tricky downhill left-hand 2nd gear corner which I take at about 60 mph (95 kph). The circuit drops down sharply which makes braking very difficult for this turn. The approach to Descida do Sol is where Alain Prost span off in the rain in 1993
In the same year, this is where Michael Andretti and Gerhard Berger crashed on the first lap Straight after this it leads into a right-hand corner the Senna S, I am still in 2nd gear but then I accelerate up into 3rd gear, it is almost flat but very difficult. There is then a long left-hand corner Curva do Sol, that leads on to the back straight where I go over 185 mph (300 kph) before braking very hard into the next left-hand corner, Descida do Lago. This is a medium speed corner taken in 3rd gear at around 85 mph (135 kph) from here I accelerate along a short straight reaching 5th gear and a speed of about 175 mph (280 kph) before going into the very difficult fast right-hand 4th gear corner Ferradura which has a double apex and is taken at about 110 mph (180 kph). The Senna S is where race leader Damon Hill's suspension collapsed in 1995.
Descida do Lago is where Jos Verstappen, Eddie Irvine and several other collided in 1994, the Ulsterman was subsequently banned.
Jacques Villeneuve span off in heavy rain in 1996, he was 2nd at the time. Next I have to brake into a very slow corner which is taken in 1st gear at under 50 mph (80 kph), this is immediately followed by a slow left-hand corner, Pinheirinho, still taken in 1st gear at around 60 mph (95 kph). A very short straight then leads into the slowest corner of the circuit Cotovelo, again back into 1st gear and this time right down to 45 mph (70 kph). I take the next left-hand corner Mergulho almost flat in qualifying at around 125 mph (200 kph) in 4th gear with just a slight lifting of the throttle before braking hard again for what is probably the most important corner in the lap the final corner (Juncao) leading on to the straight which is taken in 2nd gear at just over 60 mph (100 kph). I have to get a clean exit from this corner is very important to start the uphill climb to the finish line to end the lap." Juncao is where Ayrton Senna span off in 1994. As well as being notoriously bumpy, Interlagos (like Imola) is run anti-clockwise, which combined with the heat makes the Brazilian GP particularly hard on drivers.
SOURCE : planetf1