There are certain races whose curves are absolutely clear. The Catalan Grand Prix which took place last weekend near Barcelona is one of them, at least as far as fabio quartararo, undisputed leader from the first turn to the finish line.
This is an opportunity for us to look at a curve whose layout is not subject to the influence of overtaking or other racing events.
We see that with the exception of the first launch lap and the last lap in which the Yamaha rider relaxed his effort somewhat, the curve is almost straight, with a gap between the fastest lap (performed on the third lap) and the penultimate lap of around a second and a half, a phenomenon due to tire wear.
Between the third lap and the twenty-third, the maximum gap between two consecutive laps is 0,269 seconds (between the 15th and 16th lap), while the smallest gap is XNUMX seconds. 0 thousandths of a second, between the 18th and 19th lap. On a tower in one minute forty-one seconds, this gives the measurement of the metronome man...
More if you really want something very spectacular, perhaps even more than the French driver's lap time curve, we find his passing speed in the long straight of Montmeló: the table only contains three speeds! The fact is so extraordinary that we had to check with the other pilots that it was not an error or a simplification of data. But no, these are the speeds, to the nearest thousandth!
There, under an angelic smile, we can truly speak of a rolling machine...
