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José María López’s WTCC of Argentina track guide

Saturday, 15. 07. 2017 - 22:31, Public relations   

José María López’s WTCC of Argentina track guide

It's the venue where José María López got his international career firmly back on track when he won on his FIA World Touring Car Championship debut in 2013. And he would go on to win at Circuito Termas de Río Hondo for each of the following three seasons.

This is the triple WTCC champion and home hero's guide to the 4.806-kilometre track.

"We start with one of the shortest main straights in the WTCC but it's very important to have a good exit from the last corner in order to have good speed.

"Turn 1 is quite long, a bit open in the beginning but then it closes. Traction is very important here because you can experience understeer on the exit.

"We go to third gear and then fourth gear for Turn 2, a good place to overtake because you can change your line, take some kerb and go for it.

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"Turn 3 is normally flat on new tyres and very important to get the right speed because we have a long straight after Turn 4. Sometimes you need to compromise your speed through Turn 3 to have a good exit speed for the long straight, which is a very good point for overtaking.

"Although the straight is long, it's also a bit uphill so we don't reach full speed. As with other corners on the circuit there is a lot of high-energy and deep braking and that's certainly the case for Turn 5, where we go from sixth gear to second.

"You exit from Turn 5 and have the long Turn 6, which is flat normally before you brake downhill for Turn 7. Braking here is quite difficult because it's downhill but you always think you can brake later, then you lose the car at the front.

"Getting good traction out of Turn 7 is very important. It's a long corner, taken in third gear, and sometimes you can have understeer so plenty of front power is good.

"Following Turn 8, Turns 9, 10 and 11 are like a high-speed chicane with nice braking into Turn 9. It's very easy to lose the rear of the car as we saw with some cars, especially in the first year of the WTCC race, losing the rear when they were trying to overtake.

"Turn 11 is very nice, not flat but a very high-speed corner and very difficult. You always run out of space on the exit, especially in qualifying when you are trying to find the limit.

"Turn 13 is another overtaking point because you exit from Turn 11, you go wide and you need to go a little bit wider to make a good line. It's a very tempting place to go inside but the car on the outside will close the door at one point so you have to be careful before you get to Turn 14 and the finish line."

José María López's perfect passing place: "Braking deep into Turn 5 and Turn 13 are both good places for overtaking."

José María López was talking ahead of WTCC Race of Argentina 2016.

Zdroj: fiawtcc.com



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