A lap of Albert Park with Renault's Jenson Button:

"Starting the lap I will accelerate up to top gear and a speed of around 310kmh at the end of the pit straight before braking down to third gear for the first right hand corner, which I take at around 135kmh. That's immediately followed by a left hand corner, making it almost a chicane, although I accelerate all the way through the left-hand part of the corner, apexing at around 200kmh in fourth gear."

"On the short straight that follows I will continue accelerating up to 300kmh, moving through the gears before braking hard down to the 80kmh, second gear right-hander. Again, this is followed almost immediately by a left-hand corner, but I only have to break very lightly, taking it at around 145kmh in third gear."

"There is no rest after this as I accelerate all the way into the long right-hander with, again, just a very light touch on the brakes as I enter it and I will go through that at around 215kmh in fourth gear."

"The next straight is relatively short and I will only reach something over 280kmh before slowing right down again for a second gear corner, which I take at just under 130kmh."

"The circuit map then shows a long right-hand corner, but I can actually take all of this flat out and it is here where my body receives the maximum cornering forces at around 265kmh in fifth gear. I will finally reach around 285kmh before braking very hard again and dropping down to just over 100kmh for the next second gear right-hand corner."

"From here a fast switch into a long left hand corner demands high concentration and I need to be very careful as I enter it at around 180kmh in third gear and accelerate all the way up to around 300kmh as I end the section."

"From here there is a fast and very difficult fourth-gear chicane, and I will take both left-hand and right-hand parts at around 210kmh, before rising back up to 300kmh. The next corner is a second gear right-hander, the first of two very difficult corners, and I will have to brake very hard, down to second gear at 120kmh."

"Between this and the second of the two right-handers a brief acceleration will increase my speed to 230kmh and I will move up two gears to fourth. I stay in fourth gear for the next part but brake down by 50kmh as I head for the next tight left-hand corner, for which I accelerate back up to 245kmh before dropping to second gear for the 80kmh left-hand corner."

"The final corner, which leads me back onto the pits straight, is taken at around 150kmh in third gear, and a good exit from this corner is crucial to give me a good speed as I prepare for another lap."

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