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For anyone who hates chicanes, unlucky. Because Paradiso's got 3 of them. Paradiso is palm tree lined and contains 3 good passing places and 2 half chances to pass.
The main straight is perfectly flat. Turn 1 is a medium speed right hairpin. It is also flat and the 1st good chance to pass on the track.
Immediately out of turn 1 is another long, flat straight down the back of the paddock.
Turn 2 is the first chicane (left-right) and the 2nd passing place on the track. Here the track is flat.
Straight after this chicane is the double-apex, flat-out left-hander. You accelerate right through through this corner. Between apexes, the track begins to go uphill.
Turn 4 is FAST. It is a long, right hander and will be flat-out in most cars (it may require a slight lift in others). Towards the end of the apex, the track changes from going uphill to going slightly downhill. Shortly after the exit of 4, the track begins going slightly uphill. There is a short straight after turn 4 leading to turn 5.
Turn 5 is one of the difficult chances to pass. It is an uphill, 90 degree right-hander. Shortly after turn 5, the track begins going slightly downhill.
Turn 6 is a tricky left-right chicane. The approach goes to the left, making braking tricky. After the chicane the track goes slightly to the left. The track flattens out during the left-veering approach to the chicane.
Turn 7 is a fast left. There is a dip on the apex of the turn.
Immediately after 7, is a tricky double-apex right (turn 8). It is quite fast. The 1st apex is flat and between apexes the track begins to go downhill.
The track continues downhill through turn 9, a fast left-hander straight after turn 8.
Turn 8 leads directly into the carousel (turn 10). The track flattens out before 10, and on the exit, the track begins to go uphill. Turn 10 leads onto the back straight.
About 2/3 of the way down the straight, the track flattens out.
Turn 11 is a flat, 90 degree right. 11 is a great passing place.
Turn 12 is shortly after 11 and is an opening, pretty fast left.
Immediately after turn 12 is the fast turn 13 right. This corner opens up. The track runs slightly uphill through turn 12 and slightly downhill through 13. Turn 13 is also slightly banked, giving good grip.
The track runs slightly uphill to the turn 14 left kink. At the apex of the kink, the track flattens out.
After a short straight is the final turn (15), the left-right chicane onto the main straight. This is a possible, but very difficult place to pass. Perfect chance for a last-lap desperation dive (possibly ending in tears).
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