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Repsol Honda man Dani Pedrosa takes us on a lap of the Circuit de Catalunya ahead of his home MotoGP in Spain.

1 - The finish line straight ends downhill and top speeds are usually quite high.

2 - Bend 2. There's some hard braking at the end, and it's normally a good place to overtake.

3 - Bend from right to left, very important, which leads on to the 'Big bend'.

4 - 'Big bend'. Is a very long, never-ending bend. There's normally some very nice skidding and you can even see the tyres smoking.

5 - 'Repsol' bend. A very important bend where I think the lap time can be very influenced. This bend leads on to the part I personally like the most.

6 - A downhill bend, changing gears and always swerving to the left.

7 - Uphill 'chicane'. A very aggressive change of direction; you have to change gears before reaching the next bend.

8 - This is a 'blind' bend. You can't see next part until you're practically out of it, which is why it's very important to handle the throttle well.

9 - Back straight. You have to brake hard at the end of it, it's where many races are decided when there's a pack.

10 - Bend 10. We reach a second-gear bend, and when leaving it you have to be careful on the throttle in order not to wear the tyres out too much.

11 - Bend 11. We reach the area where we normally see more spectators: it's the Stadium area: a very round bend, not too fast and where you take it easy on the throttle before reaching the last two bends.

12 - Last bends. They're the fastest bends of the circuit, also very important to run a good lap time, and particularly to get off to a good start for the next lap.

TRACK DATA:

Length: 4.727km

Width: 12m

Right corners: 8

Left corners: 5

Longest straight: 1.047km

Circuit Record: Daniel Pedrosa (Honda - 2008), 1:42.358 - 166.251 Km/h

Best Pole: Casey Stoner (Ducati - 2008), 1:41.186 - 168.177 Km/h

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