- CIRCUIT:
Autodromo Enzo &
Dino Ferrari
- EVENT:
Grand Prix of San
Marino
- LENGTH: 4.927 km
- RACE
DISTANCE: 62 laps
(305.474 km)
- POLE
POSITION: 1:26.362
(M. Hakkinen)
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- The Imola circuit will remain famous
for the unhappy reason that two drivers - Roland Ratzenberger
and the great Ayrton Senna - were killed there in 1994. Since
then the circuit has undergone considerable change and the terrible
Tamburello corner has been modified. Despite this, it remains
a very technical circuit with long acceleration sections followed
by tight, tricky corners requiring heavy braking. To stay on
the track, the drivers must remain very vigilant at all times.
The right balance between strong acceleration and tight corners
can be acquired by setting up for intermediate downforce. However,
the heavy braking calls for tight chassis settings. And the thousands
of local fans that pour into the circuit en masse cannot help
but remind you, in case you had forgotten, that the local color
is red!
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