A lap of Magny-Cours with Giancarlo Fisichella:

"Magny-Cours is unusual in that it is probably the only circuit where you cross the start/finish line in first gear accelerating up towards the first left-hand corner which is taken at full throttle in fifth gear at around 275 km/h."

"Leaving this corner, I remain in fifth gear reaching over 280 km/h before a very light touch on the brakes into turn two. This is a very long right-hand corner taken in fourth gear at about 190 km/h. It is very important to balance the car here, as it will tend to understeer as the corner progresses. It is also a very important corner as it leads on to the long straight down to the hairpin."

"On this straight, I accelerate up to over 300 km/h before braking hard for the first gear hairpin which is taken at just under 60 km/h. From this hairpin, traction is important as you accelerate up to fifth gear at about 285 km/h before entering the first of the fast chicanes taken in fourth gear at over 200 km/h."

"A short acceleration up to 250 km/h leads into the braking area for the left-hand hairpin, which is taken in second gear at just under 80 km/h. Again, traction is important out of this corner as it leads into the next fast chicane taken in fourth gear at around 205 km/h."

"Very shortly after leaving this chicane, I'll brake very hard down into second gear for the long right-hand corner taken at around 95 km/h. This is the corner where the cars tend to oversteer a lot on exit and it is necessary to control the wheel spin very carefully." A short fourth gear straight where the cars will reach 260 km/h leads into the final relatively difficult chicane taken in second gear at 125 km/h for the first part and then down to 110 km/h for the second."

"Finally, I enter the last corner, which is a very tight firstst gear corner taken at about 65 km/h, which leads straight on to the start/finish line."

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