godlameroso wrote:1-3 are all heavy breaking, 3 being the worst because it's downhill. At least 1 and 2 you have some uphill action helping breaking, however both turns require pinpoint breaking because getting a good exit out of 1 and 2 can let you carry a lot of speed on the straights, I'll take being faster over 3/4ths of the straight than getting that last little 1/4 from more power and lower downforce. From what I can tell, power is most important exiting 2 because it's by far the slowest turn in the circuit, so it's essentially a drag race. To me the best part of the circuit is from the exit of 3 to the end of the lap. Turn 4 is downhill and off camber, and sighting the breaking point as well as the apex is very difficult with the possibility of 2 or 3 different lines. 5-6 is mental because again it's hard to find the apex and if you mess up 5 it kills your lap time because 6 depends on your momentum on the exit of 5 plus it's uphill. The best is saved for last, the two right handers are off camber, downhill and very fast, the final turn is so satisfyingly tricky.
Turn 1 is not heavy braking at all due to the uphill nature of the corner. Aero and gravity help there and 120km/h through the corner isn't that slow. Turn 2 with it's 75km/h hairpin turn and turn 3's downhill approach are the only real heavy braking corners to test the cars out in this area and that will not be enough to allow Red Bull, McLaren or Torro Rosso to be within cooee of the 3 merc power houses and Ferrari.
There is no significant braking between turn 4 and the end of the lap. Turns 4,5,6 and 7 are low braking high speed flow sections of the track. When you slow down in these sections you use the aero more then the brakes. The brakes are used to balance the car.
