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GP AZERBAIJAN: Change of the eighth turn of the track

The Baku street track got a slight cosmetic change in the eighth turn, where the entrance to the old part of the city is.

In the famous eighth turn, where the transition to the old part of Baku is and where in 2019 Charles Leclerc smashed his Ferrari, changes were made. - Photo: HB Press

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On this bottleneck, ie the entrance to the old part of town Baku, Yippee Charles Leclerc in 2019 smashed his Ferrari, and he did the same with Williams George Russell.

It's about the famous eighth turn, where they are for this year 's race at left side the tracks changed slightly curb. "I don't think the reason for this change was my accident two years ago,He said Monachan addressed this this change. “My right front wheel was blocked and I landed in the fence because of it."

Following the new curbs in this narrow section of the track in Baku, racers will now be able to drive faster.

Leclerc believes that too a new variant of the curb then I would make no difference. And how it will be in his opinion worked this new change? “I think it will go a bit faster at this point as the race cars will bounce less due to the new curbs."    

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