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Changes made to infamous Turn 8 at Baku
The toughest challenge on the circuit at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has had some tweaks made to it – in the narrow castle section at Turn 8. While Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have both said recently that they no longer go on track walks during a race week, they will have missed a key adjustment made to the difficult left-hander. The raised inside kerb has been removed from the inside of the corner, leaving a flatter entry and a re-profiling of the asphalt should make for a smoother surface beneath the drivers. However, a concrete wall remains in place to deter drivers from trying to take too much speed into one of the narrowest sections of any track on the Formula 1 calendar. As...
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