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With its numerous chicanes and its two hairpin corners, the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit, located on Ile Notre-Dame near Montreal is one of the most demanding circuits of the season in terms of braking power and endurance.
A lap of the 4.361km track takes just 75 seconds on average, the quickest single lap time of the season. This is due in part to the relatively short length, but also to the long straights of the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve.
The straights are connected by tight hairpins where the cars brake down to a little under 60kph, so the normally aspirated V8 engines must combine good top end power with effective engine braking and pick up on the entry and exits to the corners.
Accoring to Brembo engineers, the hardest braking takes place for the Epingle hairpin corner. The cars decelerate by some 227 km/h, and 2,136 kilowatts of energy are released in the process. The drivers endure some 5.25 g longitudinally.
Gilles Villeneuve Circuit info*
Length (km): 4.361
Average Speed (km/h): 199
Top Speed (km/h): 317
% of lap at full throttle: 57
Fuel consumption (kilos per lap): 2
Fuel consumption (litres per 100km): 66
* From Renault Sport F1
Number of laps in the race: 70
Total distance: 305,270km
Lap record: Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari (2004) : 1m13,622
Previous winners:
2012: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren
2011: Jenson Button, McLaren
2010: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren
2008: Robert Kubica, Sauber
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A lap of the 4.361km track takes just 75 seconds on average, the quickest single lap time of the season. This is due in part to the relatively short length, but also to the long straights of the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve.
The straights are connected by tight hairpins where the cars brake down to a little under 60kph, so the normally aspirated V8 engines must combine good top end power with effective engine braking and pick up on the entry and exits to the corners.
Accoring to Brembo engineers, the hardest braking takes place for the Epingle hairpin corner. The cars decelerate by some 227 km/h, and 2,136 kilowatts of energy are released in the process. The drivers endure some 5.25 g longitudinally.
Gilles Villeneuve Circuit info*
Length (km): 4.361
Average Speed (km/h): 199
Top Speed (km/h): 317
% of lap at full throttle: 57
Fuel consumption (kilos per lap): 2
Fuel consumption (litres per 100km): 66
* From Renault Sport F1
Number of laps in the race: 70
Total distance: 305,270km
Lap record: Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari (2004) : 1m13,622
Previous winners:
2012: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren
2011: Jenson Button, McLaren
2010: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren
2008: Robert Kubica, Sauber