DATA SHEET:
City: Suzuka
Layout: Suzuka International Racing Course
Date: October 7th, 2018
Layout’s creation year: 1959
First Grand Prix competed in: 1987
Laps: 53
Perimeter: 5,807 m
Total Distance: 307.471 Km
Direction: Clockwise
Pole position location: On the track’s left side
Distance from the start to the first curve: 405 m
Curves: 18 (8 to the left; 10 to the right)
Lap’s record in a race:
K. Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes in 2005) 1m 31.540s at 228.372 Kph/average
[on the 5,807 m length track]
The most victorious (drivers): Michael Schumacher: 6
Greatest number of pole positions (driverss): M. Schumacher: 8
The most victorious (teams): Ferrari y McLaren: 7
Greatest number of pole positions (teams): Ferrari: 9
In 2017
Pole sitter: L. Hamilton (Mercedes) 1m 27.319s a 239.412 Kph/average
Podium: L. Hamilton / M. Verstappen / D. Ricciardo
Winner: L. Hamilton (Mercedes) 1 hour 27m 31.194s at 210.789 Kph/average
Lap in a race + Fastest: the 50/ V. Bottas (Mercedes) 1m 33.144s at 224.440 Kph/ average
DRS Zone:
On the Pits straight
More:
Selected tires:
Medium (White letters) / Soft (yellow letters) / Super-soft (red letters)
Maximum speed: 313.1 Kph (V.Bottas/ Mercedes, 2017)
Medium speed: 213 Kph
Curve + slow at: 95 Kph (in the hairpin)
Speed on the pit lane: 80 Kph the entire weekend
At full speed: the 66%
Distance without slowing down: 994 meters
Aerodynamics: high
Safety car appearance possibility: near the 40%
Fuel consumption: 1.89 Kg/ Lap
Fuel ballast: 0.039 second/ 10 kg
Gear change: 58/ Lap
Weather forecast:
Fri: rain possibilities. Temperature high 26°C / low 20°C
Sat: cloudy. Temperature high 26°C / low 22°C
Sun: Partially cloudy. Temperature high 30°C / low 19°C
Timetable 2018:
(Mexico Central Time)
Thursday 4
Test 1 at 20:00
Friday 5
Test 2 at 00:00 (from Thurday’s midnight)
Friday 5
Test 3 at 22:00
Saturday 6
Classification at 01:00 (one o’ clock in the morning)
Sunday 7
Grand Prix at 00:10 (after Saturday midnight)
TV: On Sky (FOX Premium)
Upcoming Race: USA GP: October 21st
