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Ned Flanders said 2 years, 7 months ago:

Bleu makes a good point. Imagine if there were track changes at Istanbul Park, for example, and the infamous Turn 8 became Turn 10 or something! It’d be ridiculous

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puquak said 2 years, 7 months ago:

“I agree that Maggots is not a really good name for a corner. Does anyone knows why it was named that way? “

Silverstone�s fast corners and sweeping curves make for very high average lap times, but how did some of those changes in direction get their names? �Maggots� conjures up some rather unpleasant mental pictures, but in fact the first sweeping chicane (right, at the top, with Becketts following, and then Hangar Straight) gains its title from Maggots Moor, which lies near the village of Whittlebury, just to the north-east.

http://www.mg-lola.com/LMS2008/LMS2008_05Silv_preview.htm

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bpm said 2 years, 7 months ago:

Corners that are just numbered are the worst names. For Example Turn 8 at Istanbul. Its put in the same box as other great corners like Eau Rouge and 130R now, but it cant compete with them in terms of the name.

For such a great corner it has a really bad name. sad really.

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roberttty said 2 years, 7 months ago:

It’s not official but surely Turn 17 at Singapore – Piquet Corner?

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