The lap starts at Hill, a long left hander. The corner is named after Graham and Damon, and well, it goes up a hill. This corner is useful for testing oversteer and understeer through a long, constant turn.
Next up is Hamilton, a right-left-right, named after the F1 driver who made the chicane cutting rules a hot topic in recent times. Since the FIA don't groom us to be their pet world champions, our cars have to stay on the tarmac. We aren't complaining though, as it gives us an opportunity to test a cars ability to change direction quickly.
After Hamilton is the back staight which slides into Lotus, a right hairpin with a variable angle, lovely for agile cars and nightmarish for tanks. As you brake into 2nd to take the first, tight apex of Lotus you must already be preparing to accelerate through the second, shallower angle section of this tricky corner. Entering Lotus we expect our cars to be around 18-22 seconds into the lap, as Lotus signals the halfway mark on the lap.
Follow the correct line through Lotus and you will drive through the first section of Imola, a track where it was necessary to add chicanes to the format. The chicanes in Imolas design are wide and fast, so our own Imola is like that.
Through the second half of Imola you will be braking for Exit, so called because exit speed is so much more important than entry speed when you drive around it.
We then have another short straight, before Boulevard. It reminds us of a roundabout, its that simple. So we picked up a thesaurus and looked for synonyms to road, and our Stig started pointing and grunting at Boulevard! Funny, as he cannot read. This corner requires a car to possess easy throttle control to hold a set speed.
Finally we have Grandstand and Kaira. Grandstand is the second apex of Boulevard, so called because if we did any important work i.e. race series at our sleepy little track, the grandstand would overlook this corner. Grandstand itslef is not too difficult, but it leads into Kaira, named after legendary tuning group Tommy Kaira. This little right hand kink so soon after Grandstand is sneaky in the way it bleeds off a cars speed.
"And"< in true Jeremy Clarkson fashion>"Across the line!"