Circuit/Date Istanbul Otodrom / 21st August 2005
Start time (local/GMT) 15:00 hrs / 12:00 hrs
Lap/Race distance 5.340 km / 309.720 km (58 laps)
F1 statistics:
BMW WilliamsF1 Team 98 starts, 10 wins, 17 poles
WilliamsF1 pre-2000 356 starts, 103 wins, 108 poles
BMW pre-2000 97 starts, 9 wins, 15 poles
History and background:
The Turkish Grand Prix is the only new race on this year's calendar. Last
year, we welcomed two new venues, Bahrain and China. All three circuits were
designed by Herman Tilke. The Otodrom has taken almost two years to
complete, with work having started on 10th September 2003.
The track itself will be a rollercoaster ride for the drivers with several
elevations, long straights and six right-hand and eight left-hand corners,
all driven in an anti-
clockwise direction. At its widest, the circuit measures over 20 metres in
diameter while, at its narrowest, the track slims down to just 14 metres.
The start / finish straight stretches over 655.5 metres. The Istanbul
Otodrom has a crowd capacity of 130,000. |
