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It's another left turn inwhich you don't let offthe throttle, althoughyou have to take it verysmoothly, as you usuallyskid and it links up to aright turn.

It's a first gear turn, and agood place to overtake,as it is not followed by avery long straight, andtherefore, you don't gomuch faster. On comingout, you change upa gear.

It's a third gear turn, inwhich you usually passthrough the centre of thetrack very fast and thenaccelerate to the nextturn. There isn't muchovertaking on big bikes.

Turn 4 is the first rightturn, and therefore,the tyres are always coldand it's a point wherethere are usually a lotof falls. On exiting, insecond and hardlytouching the throttle,you reach turn 5.

You take this turn insecond and you have toprepare the exit verywell, because turn 6 follows, which takesyou to the back straight.

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It's a point where youalso usually hear thecrowd. You startchanging up to fourth orfifth, depending on thebike, and you reach thebraking section on theback straight.

This is a braking sectionon a turn and anotherimportant overtakingpoint, where it's easy tomake a mistake,although it's not a turnwith many secrets. Onexiting, you change upnother gear.”

Left (turn 8) to right(turn 9) chicane,very fast, always withthrottle, and when you'rein theright turn you haveto brake nearly flat,which makes it adangerous spot.

It's a right hairpin that youtake in first and whichyou leave accelerating,without too manyproblems. You changeup to third to reach thenext turn.

This is taken in second,and although it's tight,it's very fast. You exitquickly changing up twogears and in no time youreach the big left turn.

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This is a turn in whichyou always skid a lot andit takes you to the finalangle of the track.

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This is the last brakingsection, where there isusually overtaking. It'staken in second. It doesn'tcause many problems,although the bike reachesit with a lot of inertia andtends to push yououtwards.

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- Year of construction 1999- Length: 4.005 m- Maximum width: 13 m- Number of corners: 14 5 right-handers and 9 lleft-handers- Direction:santi-clockwise

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Dani Pedrosa and the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, corner by corner