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It’s time for the penultimate race of the longest season in the history of the Formula 1 World Championship, with no less than 22 rounds. This weekend’s race at Interlagos is the second São Paulo Grand Prix, although for the previous 47 times, it featured on the championship calendar, known as the Brazilian Grand Prix.Formula 1 has raced at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, more generally referred to as Interlagos, 38 times. It is one of the most unusual tracks on the calendar, set in a natural bowl, between two artificial lakes (Interlagos meaning “between lakes” in Portuguese.) At 4.309 kilometres it is one of the shortest on the calendar, runs counter clockwise and provides a severe test of man and machine. It features a mix of fast corners, hairpins and gradient changes, which along with a bumpy surface makes for a particularly demanding mix. Therefore, finding the right set-up is a compromise between a lot of aero downforce and as little drag as possible. Interlagos is demanding from an aerodynamic point of view, mainly because of the slow mixed middle section with its low speed corners, while the first and third sectors favour a strong power unit to deal with straights and corners taken at full throttle. Overtaking is a definite possibility, especially in the Senna esses after the start-finish line, which is one of the DRS zones, along with another on the straight between turns 3 and 4. Turn 12, “Junção” is the key to being quick in the final sector, both on a qualifying lap and in the race if a driver has to defend or go on the attack in the braking zone for turn 1.
The last race of the year also greets Kimi's career in the redThe last stage of a very long season will end on Sunday night, in the evocative setting of Yas Marina. But the 2018 Formula 1 on track does not end with the weekend of Abu Dhabi: Tuesday and Wednesday, in fact, the track will host the last test session, which is already a step in the future, intended as it is to testing and development of the Pirelli tires for next year. For Scuderia Ferrari, the program includes the presence of Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc, or the formation of 2019.The Grand Prix of the Emirates is also an opportunity to greet the last race in red by Kimi Raikkonen, after eight seasons with the team of the Cavallino. The first period - that of the world title - lasted from 2007 to 2009, the second from 2014 to today. Kimi is already the fifth driver of all time for the number of appearances and GP disputed; with two more years of career ahead of him, there are prerequisites for becoming the number one!The transfer of the Scuderia began on Saturday with the first departures, the test team will return on Thursday 29. Apart from a possible rain shower in the next two days, the weather in Abu Dhabi does not reserve any surprises for the activity on the track, with temperatures in the order of 30 degrees for tests and races. The night, as always, will add charm to the weekend.
At Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez he brakes very oftenAfter the race in the United States, Formula 1 remains in North America for the 19th round of the 2018 World Championship, scheduled from 26 to 28 October at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.The track is dedicated to the Rodriguez brothers, Ricardo and Pedro, both Formula 1 drivers who died prematurely due to track accidents.In Mexico, Brembo has three production plants, in Puebla, Apodaca and Escobedo: inaugurated 24 months ago, the latter covers an area of 35,000 square meters and is able to produce 2 million aluminum calipers per year.The 2,229 meters of altitude at which the circuit is located do not pose any problem for the braking system which is instead put to the test by the speed peaks: last year the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel reached 362 km / h.In addition to the speeds, the temperatures of discs and calipers could affect the temperatures of the asphalt: last year in qualifying the 44 degrees were achieved.Furthermore, increasing the grip of the asphalt during the weekend usually involves an increase in the braking torque that can be downloaded to the ground.According to Brembo technicians, who have ranked the 21 tracks of the World Championship, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez falls into the category of medium-demanding circuits for the brakes.
"Two weeks after Formula 1, MotoGP also arrives in Japan for the 16th round of the World Championship, scheduled from 19th to 21st October at Twin Ring Motegi. Built by Honda in 1997, it is located on the hills surrounding the town of Motegi, on Honshū Island, the largest in the country. The name Twin Ring derives from the union of the English terms Twin and German Ring and serves to indicate the presence on this area of two tracks: an oval and a road circuit that intersect between the curves 5-6 and 11-12. Of course, the MotoGP uses the road circuit that is characterized by a few fast corners and many lenses, interspersed with straights of medium length: there are even 7 curves faced by the bikes at less than 100 km / h. Just the abundance of second gear corners makes it since its first use in the World Championship, in 1999, one of the most challenging for the brakes complicit the difficulty of cooling the discs between a detached and the other."
The hardest braking point on the Circuit of The Americas is in front of turn 1. The driver has to slow down around 233 km/h over just 140 meters. The calculated brake energy involved is 1,934 kW. The driver is subjected to 4.7 g, while he pushes with 115 kg onto the brake.
"With Sochi another double trip begins. The Russian Grand Prix arrives this year at the fifth edition: but the approach march has been much longer. More than a hundred years ago, in 1913 - that is, even before the advent of the USSR - the first race was run. At the beginning of the 2000s the tests of Sergej Zlobin and the project, never taken off, go back to create a circuit on the island of Nagatino (which is not an island, but a neighborhood. Other ideas, still in the Muscovite area, were not followed. Until the time when it was decided to move all 1600 kilometers further south, on the shores of the Black Sea. The rest is chronicle. The Sochi slope - which is actually closer to Adler - winds through the buildings of the Winter Olympics. It is characterized by a particularly smooth asphalt, which goes well with the soft compounds (Soft, Ultrasoft and Hypersoft, at the debut here) selected for the weekend. Temperatures should remain at late summer levels. The track combines a very fast section with a sector of right-angled curves. The distance between the starting line and the first corner is just over 400 meters, but in reality the first breakaway arrives long after, so that the riders at the start can exploit the trail of those preceding them. The 3-4 curve, a long semicircle on the left, is actually practically covered in full. Consumption is high and mechanical adhesion is not excessive, also due to the need to balance the wing load for fast sections. With Russia opens another back-to-back, or two races in two weeks. For the Scuderia Ferrari, Monday after the race it will be time to transfer men and materials to Japan for the Suzuka classic."
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