The circuit of the German GP, where it is raced on the weekend, with characteristics, difficulties and the stresses of the braking system from the data provided by Brembo
The German GP, tenth round of the MotoGP world championship, marks the halfway point of the 2022 season. It takes place at the Sachsenring, a narrow and winding circuit located in Saxony about 90 km from Dresden. Track with many ups and downs, sometimes challenging also due to adverse weather conditions, which is tackled in an anti-clockwise direction and has a key point in curve 11, ‘Waterfall’, downhill: it is tackled at over 200 km / h, in the bend, after well 6 left turns and it is frightening because the sidewall is cooled and can trigger loss of grip.
the shortest
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The Sachsenring is the shortest track in the world championship, 3,671 meters, almost a kart track and must be covered for 30 laps: it has 13 corners, 10 to the left and 3 to the right, and must be considered of medium commitment for the braking system with 31% of the lap time spent braking according to Brembo data. There are three more challenging braking sections: let’s analyze them.
the three detached keys
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At turn 1, the first after the starting straight about 800 meters long, you get to 294 km / h and exit at 73, with a braking time of 5.5 seconds: it is the point where a lot of overtaking takes place and which enters, downhill, in the winding part of the track. Turn 12 is no less demanding: it is reached after the Waterfall with an initial speed of 288 km / h and a final speed of 117, with 1.5 G of deceleration and 5.6 kg of maximum load on the lever. Finally, turn 13 is that of the last attack, a cross and a delight for the victory: 218 km / h of speed at the entrance and 99 at the exit with 142 meters of braking distance. Often decisive for victory.
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