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Highest on my list would be the Rivizza at Imola. I'm already running
nearly flat out and sweeping to the left when I have to brake and
downshift while rolling into a slight right then back to the left for
the first of the two apexes... I never feel like I got it quite right.
And heaven help you if there is a car behind, because you WILL get
tagged if you try to be conservative.

Anyone else like to post what is their toughest corner and why?

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Now as for the add on tracks my personal hell is....well pretty much any corner
at Goodwood.  I can memorize all 174 turns of the Ring but the like 10(?) turns
at Goodwood still puzzle me.

Chris

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Still haven't figured out Solitude yet either, but I love the rhythym there,
especially the back part that starts with the river on the left.

The right hander at the end of the straight at Mosport always gives me fits
too.

What - again?!? :)
The left-hander before the hairpin at Rouen.  I can't brake in the
mini-straight after the turn because I can't slow down in time.  I can't brake
IN the turn because I spin out.  As a result, I brake BEFORE the turn, and
coast through it...and hope I've slowed the correct speed to make the hairpin.
I***this one up 8 laps out of 10... :(
Close second is the chicane at Monaco.  I can make it when I'm not trying to go
fast.  That's about it.

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Lol SpeedFreek

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Ok, here is what Niki Lauda wrote in his book
"Formel 1  -  Technik und Praxis des Grand-Prix_Sports" in 1975
- well written book (in german), but most probably out of print.
btw: a picture of a Goodyear tire protocol sheet is given, looks exactly
like the tire readings in GPL-setup menu... (temps and pressure readings)

in alphabetical order:
(Some of these corners are available in GPL :)

1. the jump in Barcelona (wide left hander)
2. Brands Hatch: Clearways (surface change and track camber change,
   Niki crashed in a F3 here..) and Paddock Bend (downhills, getting
   narrower and bumpy braking zone "unerhoert holprig")
3.Interlagos Curva 2
4. Monza: Curva Grande (no particular reason given)
5. Mosport: the full-speed (1975 and aero help :) left kink
    down to the hairpin.
6. N.Ring: the jump (yes, even with aero!) between Pflanzgarten
   and Schwalbenschwanz. no need to translate why, I guess :)
   Niki also mentions that Mike Hailwoods' career ended here in 1974 :(
7. Oesterreichring: the fast uphill right hander (Hella - Lichtkurve)
   after s/f which has to be taken without seeing the exit.
8. Silverstone: Woodcote (the old one without chicane  :)
   with aero it's *almost* flat out... there has been a mass collision in
1973
   started by Scheckter
9. Watkins Glen: (different to GPL version?) the left kink to the Bridge,
where
   Francois Cevert made his last mistake when he took it just a bit too far
   to the left :(
10. Zandvoort: the full speed passage (aero help, mind you..)
   starting at Scheivlak, almost 1 km long, left - right - right
   at full throttle with no margin for mistakes..

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