Interlagos - Brazil
Grande Premio do Brasil, Sao Paulo
Autodromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Length: 4.325 km, 2.688 miles. Race Length: 71 laps, 307.075 km, 190.848 miles.

First race of the IRS Grand Prix 2 World Championship 1997. Interlagos is a circuit which demands a lot from the gearbox, you have to shift continually. Curva 2 is a very though corner for the drivers, the pressure on the body is very high. The cars have less wing on the rear, because of the long straights. This makes racing on this circuit more difficult, because there are a lot of slow corners too.

Curva 1 is very though, you can drive fast but watch out for the grass on the left side of the track by accelerating out of the corner.

Accelerate on straight and then a very difficult corner, because it goes deep. You can't see what's in front of you. Because you can't see the curve stones, it's difficult to know how fast you can go. You need practice to drive fast through this corner.

Easy corner, but don't go too fast. Then Feradura, where you have to brake, and then accelerate out of the corner, and almost immediately brake again. Pinheirinho is very though too. Take the corner in a good line, so you are planning the right way for the next corner(s).

After Pinheirinho almost the same sort of corner, keep on the track otherwise you will lose a lot of time, because most of the time you will spin.

Accelerate and go through the next corner, easy braking or no throttle. Subida in first or second gear, accelerate out of the corner off the curve stones.

Staight, just keep driving but watch out for the grass on the left side of the track at the pits-in.


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