Team McLaren-Mercedes #🌸1 driver Kimi Raikkonen describes a lap of Imola - site of this weekend's San Marino Grand Prix...

"Accelerating hard al꧟ong the short pit straight at Imola, you reach 180mph / 289kph in seventh gear as you wind through the scenic Italian 🗹countryside.

"You brake hard for the left-right-left Tamburello chicane, which is negotiated at 75mphꦆ / 125kph in second gear through the left-hand entry. You lift slightly for the middle of the chicane, a right hander, and as you exit the final left flick, you push hard and flat on the throttle, achieving a speed of 185mph / 296kph in seventh gear along the straight that leads to Villeneuve.

"The left-right chicane is taken at 105mph / 170kph in third gear. A short burst of power takes you down to the tight left hairpin of Tosa, whi🥀ch is negotiated at 55mph / 88kph in second.

"On the exit you climb up the hill towards the flowing Piratella. Power𓃲ing up through the gears, you reach 175mph / 281kph in sixth gear along the straight before hitting the brakes for the 125mph / ☂201kph bumpy left-hander.

"The t𓆏rack then drops downhill, this sees you reach some 165mph / 265kph in sixth gear before dabbing the brakes for the slight left hand flick before bra💫king hard for the bumpy right of Acque Minerali, which is taken in second gear at 70mph / 110kph. Accelerating out of the Acque Minerali, your speed increases to 165mph / 270kph in sixth gear on the straight that leads you to the Variante Alta.

"This chicane is negotiated a🌄t a minimum speed of 75mph / 125kph in third gear and sees the cars riding the curbs quite hard.

"This leads you onto another straight, which sees your speed increase to 178mph / 286kph in seventh gear. Braking for Rivazzꦺa is qu🐭ite difficult and hard for the brakes as the track drops downhill, the double left swings you round 180 degrees and is taken at 60mph / 100kph in second.

"On the exit you accelerate hard along the Variante Bassa straight, which sees you reach 180mph / 290kph in seventh before braking hard for the right-left flick of Traguardo. Taken in second gear at 59m𒈔ph / 94kph, the final chicane flicks you back onto the start-finish straight to begin another lap..."