![]() ![]() Now, they probably think they're being clever with this, but it doesn't take a genius to work out they've taken the flavour of the month that is Mad Max and picked up a thesaurus. The field should feel more of the same hot and humid weather which greeted them in Hungary with ambient temperatures rising up to 26-28C on all three days.Flatout 4: Total Insanity has been announced by publisher Strategy First, with a 2016 launch planned for the title. WeatherĬurrent weather forecast points towards yet another unsettled weekend, the third in a row, as scattered showers may hit the track on Friday as well as on Sunday afternoon. ![]() Otherwise, the circuit does not place a heavy burden on the internals, although the weekend may be relatively hot, see below. Technically, the most taxing feature of the German Grand Prix could be the fuel consumption which is considered high due to the numerous heavy accelerations from low speed and has caused problems during the 2014 race. *Expected to be roughly halved on the long runs Technical requirements In any case, tyre strategy is likely to take a back seat to on-track position change for once. Stacking up supersofts may also indicate a supersoft-supersoft-suspersoft-soft sprint strategy which also seems entirely viable as the great overtaking opportunities mean that traffic should not drive too many towards the former and the low pit loss also favours the latter. This, along with the fact that many drivers were able to eke out two stops on this track two years ago (and the tyres only got harder since then), suggests that most of them could either prepare for a supersoft-supersoft-soft two-stopper – two years ago it was a tight supersoft-soft-soft. Teams generally brought one or two sets more supersofts and less softs compared to Hungary where they were treated with the same tyre allocation. ![]() (Although the fronts also take a beating in the long Turn 1, Turn 12 and Turn 16-17.) The asphalt is generally smooth if a bit bumpy in a few braking zones. The Hockenheimring is not especially hard on the tyres as its main challenge is reduced to several big traction zones where longitudinal cornering energy is considerable – which makes the rear tyres suffer more than the fronts. *Without lap 1 overtakes, 2011-2015 Tyre wear The DRS zone on the pit straight is useless, though, and it is not a long run up to the tight Turn 1 at the start either – caution advised. A switchback drag race towards Turn 8 provides further – limited – opportunities. That one long flat-out stretch, accompanied by a clever corner design before (low-speed turn followed by a borderline flat-out low-speed kink in the other direction) also makes for one of the best overtaking opportunities on the entire calendar, the long run down towards and the braking into the Turn 6 hairpin. *Medium fuel load, without flat-out corners Overtaking Mechanical setup is geared towards low-speed turns (Turns 2, 6 and 8) as they are much more important, both in terms of laptime and in terms of battles for position, than the high-speed ones (Turns 1 and 12). Everything is relative, of course, and so designer Hermann Tilke took the wise decision to keep at least one long and several short flat-out sections which help classify the track as a medium-speed one where engine power has an average influence on the laptimes. Missing most of its characteristic long straights, but keeping a lot of key corners slow, the Hockenheimring reverted to a high downforce circuit during the 2002 reconstruction. Follow new Hockenheimring is a Formula 1 track that allows wheel-to-wheel racing like few other venues.
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