25 to 27 June 2010
Winding through the city’s harbour and docklands, Hermann Tilke’s 5.440km lap of Valencia consists of 25 turns, 11 left and 14 right, but, unlike Monaco’s tight and twisting street layout, the majority of Valencia’s turns are long and sweeping which has created a fast and flowing Formula 1 street track.

Drivers will reach top speeds in excess of 300kph around the streets of Valencia and will spend 62% of the lap at full throttle, the longest period at which being 12 seconds between turns 10 and 12.

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With an average lap speed of 200kph. Tilke’s circuit stretches to 14 metres in width, and only drops to 12 metres at its narrowest, so overtaking opportunities are not short on ground.

Due to it’s street course nature there are bumps, especially notorious coming on and going off the bridge. Lined by concrete walls the track provides a challenge for drivers.

Valencia demands a low downforce set-up to optimise the cars through the high speed lap, while the numerous braking events escalate brake wear.

Due to its coastal location, sea breezes also cause some balance problems and a lack of grip in the initial stages of practice is an inevitability.

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Previous Results:

	Year	Circuit	Date	Driver	Team	Laps
19	2009	Valencia Street Circuit	23 August	1 Rubens Barrichello 2 Lewis Hamilton 3 Kimi Räikkönen	Brawn McLaren Ferrari	57 57 57
18	2008	Valencia Street Circuit	24 August	1 Felipe Massa 2 Lewis Hamilton 3 Robert Kubica	Ferrari McLaren BMW Sauber	57 57 57
17	2007	Nürburgring	22 July	1 Fernando Alonso 2 Felipe Massa 3 Mark Webber	McLaren Ferrari Red Bull	60 60 60
16	2006	Nürburgring	7 May	1 Michael Schumacher 2 Fernando Alonso 3 Felipe Massa	Ferrari Renault Ferrari	60 60 60
15	2005	Nürburgring	29 May	1 Fernando Alonso 2 Nick Heidfeld 3 Rubens Barrichello	Renault Williams Ferrari	59 59 59
14	2004	Nürburgring	30 May	1 Michael Schumacher 2 Rubens Barrichello 3 Jenson Button	Ferrari Ferrari BAR	60 60 60
13	2003	Nürburgring	29 June	1 Ralf Schumacher 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 3 Rubens Barrichello	Williams Williams Ferrari	60 60 60
12	2002	Nürburgring	23 June	1 Rubens Barrichello 2 Michael Schumacher 3 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari Ferrari McLaren	60 60 60
11	2001	Nürburgring	24 June	1 Michael Schumacher 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 3 David Coulthard	Ferrari Williams McLaren	67 67 67
10	2000	Nürburgring	21 May	1 Michael Schumacher 2 Mika Häkkinen 3 David Coulthard	Ferrari McLaren McLaren	67 67 66
9	1999	Nürburgring	26 September	1 Johnny Herbert 2 Jarno Trulli 3 Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Prost Stewart	66 66 66
8	1997	Circuito Permanente de Jerez	26 October	1 Mika Häkkinen 2 David Coulthard 3 Jacques Villeneuve	McLaren McLaren Williams	69 69 69
7	1996	Nürburgring	28 April	1 Jacques Villeneuve 2 Michael Schumacher 3 David Coulthard	Williams Ferrari McLaren	67 67 67
6	1995	Nürburgring	1 October	1 Michael Schumacher 2 Jean Alesi 3 David Coulthard	Benetton Ferrari Williams	67 67 67
5	1994	Circuito Permanente de Jerez	16 October	1 Michael Schumacher 2 Damon Hill 3 Mika Häkkinen	Benetton Williams McLaren	69 69 69
4	1993	Donington Park	11 April	1 Ayrton Senna 2 Damon Hill 3 Alain Prost	McLaren Williams Williams	76 76 75
3	1985	Brands Hatch	October 6	1 Nigel Mansell 2 Ayrton Senna 3 Keke Rosberg	Williams Lotus Williams	75 75 75
2	1984	Nürburgring	October 7	1 Alain Prost 2 Michele Alboreto 3 Nelson Piquet	McLaren Ferrari Brabham	67 67 67
1	1983	Brands Hatch	September 25	1 Nelson Piquet 2 Alain Prost 3 Nigel Mansell	Brabham Renault Lotus	76 76 76

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