295 km h 183 mph An awesome combination enthuses Schaeffler s brand ambassador Lucas di Grassi In sports car racing we d run through it at 260 km h 162 mph for 24 hours and partly in total darkness and would even overtake the cars of the slower classes on the outside That s crazy but also cool Courage times three First through Esses 1 then through Spoon 2 and shortly before the start finish straight through the ultra fast 130R double left hander 3 photo Ex F1 champion Jenson Button It s a mega challenge no other circuit has the same combination of corners PORSCHE CURVES LE MANS F ESSES SPOON 130R SUZUKA J Absolute courage corner connoisseurs Allan McNish left and Lucas di Grassi 295 km h 183 mph is the speed at which the first right hander of the combination is driven The driver s neck muscles have to withstand centrifugal forces of up to 5 g F1 champion Lewis Hamilton Your wildest imagination cannot describe what we re feeling out there MAGGOTS BECKETTS SILVERSTONE GB Sportscar Championship as well says it more directly A courage cor ner is always high speed A courage corner is one you have to get right If you get it right then you are fast If you get it wrong you are either slow or having the chance of a big acci dent A number of drivers have had off track excursions in Eau Rouge and badly crumpled their cars Same speed more protection less risk Race tracks not only the one at Spa Francorchamps have become a lot safer over the years Ample run off areas padded guard rails smoothed out tarmac surfac es and chicanes that slow the cars down all of these are mitigating circumstances just in case At the same time cockpit protection has become better and better in the cars of all racing categories As a result some of the courage corners have lost a bit of their awesome bite but not their challenging characteristics A perfect case in point is Signes at Le Castellet a high speed corner of some 330 km h 205 mph and currently the fastest turn in For mula One However instead of the previous grass and safety fences lurking at the end of the wide right hand bend paved areas now serve as speed limiters Drivers who end up in them because courage turned into 260 km h 162 mph 305 km h 190 mph 28 29

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