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1st December 2008

Hamilton track design most challenging.

Lewis Hamilton has experienced some of the most difficult race tracks in the world. Now he has designed a virtual track that he believes will test all drivers to the limit.

The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes world champion has taken aspects from the world’s top Grand Prix’s and mixed them together and used their features to produce a virtual racetrack.

The race track encorporates ten corners in all, including Casino Square at Monaco, Estoril at Magny-Cours and Silverstone’s Copse.

He said: "I wanted to create a circuit that would be challenging, exhilarating and enjoyable but most of all somewhere you would love to have the chance to drive and provide the definitive test for any driver, in any car.

"Turn ten, Silverstone Copse, is probably one of the most high speed corners in formula one. You approach it flat out around 190mph, you can’t touch the brake."

Hamilton overtook a rival and moved into fifth place at the Brazilian Grand Prix, the season’s last race, to win the drivers’ championship by one point.

 

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