But he was broken for a third time as Nadal stepped up a gear before wrapping up his passage to the final.

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Romp the throttle at mid-rpm in third gear and you'll get a huge, hydraulic shove in the back, like God has hit you with a water balloon.

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"That was the better of my double hundreds from a psychological perspective because I never really got out of third gear, " he says.

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Any car that can pull 100 mph in second gear, 140 mph in third and a top speed of 208 mph is not to be downplayed.

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But Hockenheim has only a couple of fast corners, the rest being second or third gear.

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Moore moved up another gear in the third, flooring him with a body shot right at the end.

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Newport moved up a gear in the second half and looked dangerous when securing second and third phase ball, with Howarth steadily controlling matters.

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