{"id":3920,"date":"2010-03-29T21:37:35","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T01:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=3920"},"modified":"2010-03-29T22:19:46","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T02:19:46","slug":"bmw-sauber-f1-2010-malaysian-gp-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/bmw-sauber-f1-2010-malaysian-gp-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW Sauber F1 – 2010 Malaysian GP Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"SauberMotorsport\"After a spectacular race in Australia the third round of the FIA Formula One World Championship is just a few days away. The teams continue their journey to Kuala Lumpur for the Malaysian Grand Prix on April 4. <\/span><\/h5>\n

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Pedro de la Rosa<\/strong>: \u201cThe Sepang circuit is one of my favourite tracks. It has a lot of rhythm with many flowing corners which reminds me a little bit of the Circuit de Catalunya. The track in Malaysia is physically extremely demanding, especially because of the humidity and the heat. I like driving there a lot! It is important to be fit for there. For a driver it is by far the toughest race on the championship calendar and it is also very demanding on the car. I think if you are quick there you are quick everywhere, and, as I said before, it is a bit like Barcelona and both are very representative of what we find at other circuits. This means it is a good test bench for the drivers and the cars.\u201d\"\"<\/p>\n

Kamui Kobayashi<\/strong>: \u201cI have good memories of Sepang as I won a GP2 Asia race there in 2008. It is a pretty nice track – I like it. The heat is tough, but that\u2019s the same for everybody. I don\u2019t mind the heat, but I hope we don\u2019t get the same weather as during last year\u2019s Grand Prix when the race had to be stopped because of the heavy rain. Malaysia is not too far from Japan and, hopefully, I will meet some Japanese fans there. The last corner before the main straight is my favourite. You have to brake very hard and get the corner right to accelerate down the straight. It has a lot of influence on the lap time, because if you don\u2019t get this one right you really pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Technical Director Willy Rampf<\/strong>: \u201cSepang is a very demanding circuit which asks a lot from the chassis and the set-up. It has corners with very quick changes of direction in which stability is crucial. At the same time you need good traction to accelerate out of the slow corners, which in some cases lead uphill. The right hander before the back straight is especially tricky with its tightening radius.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect ambient temperatures of around 35 degrees Celsius and accordingly track temperatures over 40 degrees. Therefore you have to take care of the cooling, and this is something you also have to take into account for the set-up to avoid excessive tyre wear. The weather is rather unpredictable with the chance of rain in the late afternoon high, which certainly would make for an exciting race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Circuit: Sepang International Circuit \/ 5.543 km
\nRace distance: 56 laps \/ 310.408 km
\nSchedule: Qualifying 16:00 hrs, Race 16:00 hrs local time (08:00 hrs GMT)<\/p>\n

Pedro de la Rosa
\nDay of birth: 24.02.1971 Barcelona (ES)
\nResidence: Zurich (CH)
\nMarital status: Married to Maria Reyes
\nChildren: daughters Georgina, Olivia, Luna
\nHeight \/ Weight: 1.78 m \/ 73 kg
\nFirst GP: Australia 1999, finished 6th
\nGP started: 73
\nBest race result: 2nd (Hungary 2006)
\nBest qualifying: 4th (Hungary 2006)
\nFastest race laps: 1 (Bahrain 2005)
\nPoints in total: 29
\nPoints in 2010: –<\/p>\n

Kamui Kobayashi
\nDay of birth: 13.09.1986 Amagasaki (JP)
\nResidence: Cologne (DE)
\nMarital status: Single
\nChildren: –
\nHeight \/ Weight: 1.68 m \/ 64 kg
\nFirst GP: Brazil 2009, finished 9th
\nGP started: 4
\nBest race result: 6th (Abu Dhabi 2009)
\nBest qualifying: 11th (Brazil 2009)
\nFastest race laps: –
\nPoints in total: 3
\nPoints in 2010: –<\/p>\n

Courtesy BMW Sauber F1 \u00a9 RIF<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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