“Brazil is a great place to end the year because the Brazilians are very passionate about Formula One.
“The track is a good challenge for the drivers. You are in seventh gear as you cross the start-finish line and you brake for turn one at about 197mph. This corner is banked and has a blind apex, which makes the braking quite interesting.”
“You can brake very late, which makes it a very good overtaking place.”
“You then dive downhill into a right-hander and you’re up into fourth gear by the exit. To help get the car turned in, you need a little lift here and you need to be wary of a bump on the entry, which destabilises the car.”
“It’s quite a difficult corner and it will be even harder to get right this year without traction control. Turn three is a long left-hander, which should be flat.”
“You then shoot along the back straight towards turn four, where the braking area is very bumpy. You arrive in seventh gear and brake at 90 metres. You can carry a lot of speed around this left-hander if you’re not forcing the car, so you need to be very smooth; just let the car roll through the corner and get onto the power as early as possible.”
“You cannot afford to miss the apex kerb because that will slide you wide at the exit.”
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