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24th November 2011, 15:40
Mark WEbber on Interlagos:
The slipstream works very well there up the hill from the last corner to the pit straight. That's because there are a couple of kinks, which is something that has been overlooked when it comes to promoting overtaking through circuit design.
It's the same at Spa in Belgium with the run through Blanchimont to the Bus Stop chicane, and up the hill after Eau Rouge. And in Turkey on the back straight.
As you go through a kink, the slipstream becomes more powerful. The car seems to give off a slightly different wake and that opens up your options when it comes to overtaking in Turn One.
That is generally where the overtaking tends to happen; it's pretty tough to do it at other sections of the lap.
BBC Sport - Mark Webber column (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/15865226.stm)
The slipstream works very well there up the hill from the last corner to the pit straight. That's because there are a couple of kinks, which is something that has been overlooked when it comes to promoting overtaking through circuit design.
It's the same at Spa in Belgium with the run through Blanchimont to the Bus Stop chicane, and up the hill after Eau Rouge. And in Turkey on the back straight.
As you go through a kink, the slipstream becomes more powerful. The car seems to give off a slightly different wake and that opens up your options when it comes to overtaking in Turn One.
That is generally where the overtaking tends to happen; it's pretty tough to do it at other sections of the lap.
BBC Sport - Mark Webber column (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/15865226.stm)