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Want to know what it feels like to drive around the glamorous streets of Monaco or high speed Silverstone in a Formula One car? Well now you can with our flyby track simulations, courtesy of our partner, Allianz.

The short video previews, which go live on the site on the Tuesday prior to every Grand Prix weekend, will guide you around the 18 circuits that feature on this year's calendar. Seen from within the cockpit, the flybys offer an insight into how an F1 driver navigates his way round some of the fastest and most challenging tracks in the world.

The 2008 FIA World Championship proceeds to Istanbul next week for round five of the season and the fourth Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday 11 May. The purpose-built Istanbul Speed Park is an entirely different technical proposition to the previous race held at Barcelona. A modern circuit measuring just over 5.3kms per lap, the Otodrom is a challenging blend of long and short straights, interspersed with eight left and six right-hand corners. Each turn places different demands on the car and the driver, none more so than turn eight - the notorious triple apexer which is taken at speeds reaching 250km/h and which places between 4 and 4.5g of lateral loadings on the drivers 58 times during the course of the race.

Turkey also features some interesting gradient changes which, while not upsetting the balance of the car, must be taken into consideration during set-up. Like San Marino and Brazil, Turkey runs in an anti-clockwise direction which creates additional pressures - notably for the tyres, and particularly for the right front, as well as for the drivers’ neck muscles. Measuring 20m at its widest, and with large braking zones, the circuit also provides plenty of overtaking opportunities which should guarantee a compelling race on Sunday.