"Track positioning is important because several areas of the circuit are extremely wide"

“This is such a great racetrack – it’s fast, flowing and challenging. It’s pretty technical too, which is quite unusual for a fast circuit, but the flow from one corner to the next means that positioning the car is quite critical if you don’t want to fall out of the rhythm and lose time. Track positioning is also important because several areas of the circuit are extremely wide, and narrow down from corner-entry to exit.

The long back straight will once again make it important to balance the car’s gearing and downforce for maximum speed with DRS. That straight, and the braking zone into Turn Four, are probably the most straightforward places on the circuit upon which to overtake. In fact, the rest of the circuit is quite fast, with only a single racing line, so trying to get past during the rest of the lap is pretty tricky.

The last few races have shown that, realistically, we’ll once again be fighting for the minor points. Still, I enjoyed my races in Korea and particularly Japan – where it was both satisfying and unusual to be armed with fresh tyres and able to pick off cars on older rubber, as opposed to the other way round – so I’ll be looking to take the fight to some of the faster cars once again next weekend.”

Jenson

Diz Jenson que é uma pista desafiadora. Eu preconceituosa  que sou com as corridas no outro lado do mundo - exceto as do Japão que são em pistas de verdade - fico sempre achando que quando os pilotos falam isso é para jogar para torcida. Ninguém vai fazer um quote de preview falando: "esse circuito é um saco, ninguém passa ninguém e nem sei porque viemos para cá. Bernie deve estar ganhando uma nota e o Tilke também". Seria a F1 com soro da verdade.

Mas enfim... JB parece empolgadinho como sempre. Deve ficar novamente entre os 10 primeiros e se dar por satisfeito.  

By Lu