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Overview of Istanbul Park, Turkish Grand Prix

Posted on December 2, 2007 14:59 by ScottDrake

The 2008 Turkish Grand Prix will take place on May 11 at Istanbul Park in Istanbul. The track has 14 turns and a distance of 5.34 KM (3.32 Miles). Juan Pablo Montoya set the track record of 1:24.770 while driving for McLaren-Mercedes in 2005.

The rFactor track (http://rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Istanbul%20Park) for this circuit has a 4-star rating from members of the rFactorCentral.com community.

Future entries about this track will include:

  • First Impressions, including AI hot laps, screen captures and statistics about each turn
  • Ranking the corners for hot lapping
  • Hot laps and lessons learned
  • Passing zones, re-ranking the corners for passing
  • Racing and lessons learned