Team McLaren-Merdedes driver David Coulthard describes a lap of Suzuka, site of t✤his weekend's Japanese Grand Prix:

"Accelerating along the downhill pit straight at Suzuka, you reach 195mph / 312km/h in seventh gea🌠r, before lifting slightly for the fast, fifth gear right of First Curve. Your speed decreases only slightly to 162mph / 260km/h.

"The track continues to bend to the right through the second corner, which is much tighter and negotiated at 95mph / 153km/h in third gear. A quick burst on the throttle to some 153mph /🐼 245km/h, sees you reach the snake section. The track flicks left-right-left-right through this fourth gear complex. Your speed ranges from 130mph / 210km/h at the start, to some 86mph / 140km/h for the final right-hander.

"The challenging, long left of Dunlop Curve is next. Taken at 135mph / 217km/h, Dunlop is quite bumpy on the entry and is nearly flat out. On the following straight you reach 180mph / 290km/h in seventh on th𓃲e approach to the Degner Curve. The first section of this double right-hander is taken at 115mph / 185km/h in fourth gear, before dabbing the brakes for the tighter turn nine, which is taken at 75mph / 120km/h in second.

"A short straight follows, and you flow under the bridge at speeds of 160mph / 225km/h in fifth gear, as the🔴 track kinks to the right slightly leading into the tide hairpin. Braking hard you drop to 40mph / 64km/h in first gear for the 180-degree left-hander. On the throttle as you exit, the circuit begins to sweep right through the long curve of turn twelve. You reach speeds of 185mph / 297km/h in seventh, before braking for the double apex of Spoon Curve.

"The first left-hander is entered at 11🃏2mph / 180km/h in fourth. As you continue round the corner, your speed increases slightly before a dab on the brakes takes your speed down to 87mph / 140km/h in third for the second apex. It is important to maintain good moment𝄹um through the Spoon Curve, as the exit takes you out onto the longest, straight of the track.

"Powering up through the gears, you are travelling at 195mph / 312km/h in seventh as you crossover the track below on the app🐻roach to the 130R. Either flat out or with only a slight lift for the fast left-hander, your speed stays around the 170mph / 275km/h mark in the corner. Another straight leads to the Casino Triangle chicane. You then sweep back via a long right h▨ander onto the start-finish straight..."