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pic 24/08/17 The Racing Engineering team is back in action after the mid-season break.
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This weekend sees the FIA F2 Championship teams head to Belgium for one of the most popular venues for drivers and spectators alike, the magnificent Spa-Francorchamps circuit, venue for the eighth weekend of the 2017 F2 Series. There are still four rounds remaining (including this weekend) and for this race Racing Engineering are very pleased to welcome Dutch driver Nyck De Vries to the team, where he will join Gustav Malja for the rest of the season, and they are sure he will soon be scoring some great results.

The track contains some of the most famous corners in racing over its 7.004 km length with such historic names as Eau Rouge, Radillon, Les Combes, Stavelot, Blanchimont and La Source. With its mixture of very fast and very slow corners, changes in elevation and high-speed straights it is a circuit that requires total commitment from a driver and this, in turn, requires a very good set up to his chassis as the circuit is very hard on tyres and it is not unusual for rain and changeable conditions to affect the circuit. Pirelli will be supplying the P Zero Orange hard tyre together with the Yellow soft compound for the weekend’s two races.

Racing Engineering have had a lot of success at Spa in past years and in 2016 their driver Jordan King was second in the Saturday race while this year’s driver, Gustav, was second on Sunday. Additionally, their drivers were first and second in the 2015 Sunday race and in 2014 the team was victorious on the Saturday.

Timetable:
Practice: Fri 25 Aug 2017, 11:55 (GMT+2)
Qualifying Session: Fri 25 Aug 2017, 16:20 (GMT+2)
Race 1: Sat 26 Aug 2017, 16:00 (GMT+2)
Race 2: Sun 27 Aug 2017, 10:15 (GMT+2)
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©FIA F2 Championship
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©Racing Engineering
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©Nyck De Vries
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Round
Length of lap:
 7.004 km
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2016 best Racing Engineering: P4 in Qualifying – P2 in R1 – P6 in R2
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Tyre Wear:
 Medium
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Brake Wear:
 Medium
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Downforce:
 Medium
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Throttle Average:
 70%
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Fastest turn:
 Blanchimont
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Hardest Braking Point:
 Chicane Bus Stop
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Gear shifts per lap:
 34
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Top Speed:
 315 km/h
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Average Speed (Qualifying) 2016: 216.234 km/h
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Average Speed (Race) 2016: 205.310 km/h
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Pole Position Time 2016: 1:56.607
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Facts
1. The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is located near to the town of Francorchamps within the boundaries of the municipality of Stavelot, in eastern Belgium.

2. Designed in 1920 by Jules de Thier and Henri Langlois Van Ophem, the original triangle-shaped course used public roads between the Belgian towns of Francorchamps, Malmedy and Stavelot.

3. The weather is still notoriously changeable. It can often be simultaneously raining on one part of the track and dry on another.

4. In 2015, Racing Engineering's drivers, Alexander Rossi and Jordan King finished the Sunday Sprint Race in first and second.

5. The Raidillon left hander is the exit of the thrilling Eau Rouge complex and is incredibly quick.

6. The famous Eau Rouge corner is a notoriously challenging S-turn following a long full-throttle straight after the first corner.

7. The Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps is part of the legendary motorsport tracks like Le Mans, Indianapolis or Monaco.

8. The La Source hairpin is the first corner after the start/finish straight and one of the best overtaking opportunities at Spa-Francorchamps.

9. Pouhon is corner 10 of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, following on from a short, steep downhill straight. It is a critical point on the circuit, with a very quick downhill left-hander.

10. During the last four years Racing Engineering drivers always finished on the podium in Spa.
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GP2
1. F1 throttle usage is very similar 65% vs 70% of the lap that the engine spends at full throttle in F2.

2. F1 top speed is 340 km/h – F2 is 315 km/h.

3. F1 drivers will change gear 48 times per lap against 34 times that a F2 driver will have to.

4. Race distance is very similar: F1 go around the circuit for 44 laps and F2 do a total of 43 laps in two days- 25 laps in Feature Race and 18 in the Sprint Race.

5. Pole position in F1 was set in 2016 at 1:46.744– Pole position in F2 was set in 2015 at 1:56.607.