It’s the Turkish grand prix this weekend and as ever, Badger’s here to give you the lowdown on the venue for the big race with our corner-by-corner guide to the track. Have a watch of the video below, featuring yet another new voiceover…
So that’s the track – and you can’t help but notice that everyone talks about the ‘magical’, ‘immense’ or ‘amazing’ turn eight ahead of the this grand prix – yes it’s an impressive corner… but there’s one slight problem with it… the best corners in Formula One have iconic names – names that evoke memories of the great overtakes, the the breathtaking bravery and the sometimes-terrifying accidents that have occurred there. Spa’s Eau Rouge, 130R at Suzuka and the Swimming Pool at Monaco are just a few of the names that we can link so closely to the corners they describe.
But the brilliant turn 8 at the Istanbul Park Circuit, home of this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix, doesn’t have a name. Well, it’s called turn 8, but that’s hardly inspiring, is it? This is a superb quadruple apex corner that F1 drivers seem united in their praise for, with many rating it as being up there with the sport’s great challenges. Surely it’s deserving of a better name than ‘turn 8’?
So what should it be called? Badger reckons you, our loyal and oh-so-imaginative readers, should have a go at naming this great corner. What have you got? – let us know in the comments…
