The Argentine pilot of Formula 1, Franco Colapintowill have a difficult test this weekend in the Azerbaijan Grand Prixwhich has the dreaded “the castle curve”.
The turn 8 of the circuit of Baku It is a narrow alley, which has only 7.6 meters wideThis makes it virtually impossible to overtake a rival in this sector.
Drivers must enter this curve practically diagonally to avoid losing speed, since they enter it at around 100 kilometers per hour.
One of the most famous crashes in this curve was that of the Monegasque Charles Leclercwhich crashed there Ferrari during the classification of the edition 2019 of this Grand Prix. The same thing happened with the Polish Robert Kubica that same day, just a few minutes before.
The most curious thing of all is that a video of it went viral on the Internet. Leclercsince while playing in a simulator he suffered an accident practically identical to the one he experienced in real life.
Between free practice, qualifying and the race Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Franco Colapinto You will have to go through the dreaded “castle curve” about 100 times.
When does Colapinto run?
Franco Colapinto will run again this weekend in the Formula 1when the is carried out Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
The pilot of Williamswhich will replace the American Logan Sargeant Until the end of the season, he will have free practices 1 and 2 Fridayfree practices 3 and classification Saturday and the race the Sunday.
His debut in the Formula 1, Colapinto He had a great performance by finishing twelfth in the Italian Grand Prixwhich was run on the historic circuit of Monza.
The Argentine will seek to take advantage of this opportunity to have good performances that allow him to be considered by some other team for next year, since Williams has its two confirmed pilots (Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz) facing the 2025.
Source: Ambito
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