All about corners - F1 explained

Let's look at the humble corner. The turn. The bend.
If you've never thought about what gives a turn its character, we'll find out here. We look at radius, camber, elevation, angles and see what makes some corners iconic and why others we never even think about.
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[@chainbear]

Couple of quick clarifications: 1) Yes I accidentally put a picture of Turns 1/2 instead of Spoon. Oops, my error! 2) When I say "downforce" in referring to going through dips/crests, I mean a general downforce not an aerodynamic downforce. So I'm talking about a force acting downwards on the car. In this case, it's a mechanical downforce.

[@chainbear]

(probably shouldn't have said 'downforce')

[@Aereto]

It is more of a downward inertial force, but point given...

[@kwacked1]

The "downforce" you are referring to with elevation change is often talked about as weight on the tire contact patch. The more "weight" the more grip; the less weight the less grip. That is why cars spin at the top of Eau Rouge where there is less weight on the tire contact patch instead of at the bottom of those turns. (Aero downforce also increases the weight on the tires.)

[@mhernani]

You meant gravity force?

[@chainbear]

Well it's not strictly weight as weight is a force due to the acceleration under gravity and this inertial force is due to position-based vertical acceleration, so I wouldn't want to inaccurately call it weight. I say this as someone who inaccurately called it 'downforce' instead of a 'downward force'. :)

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At the beginning I was like dude they're corners what's interesting about that? I seriously wasn't expect to learn this much from this. Great video as always

[@samoksner]

Jeremias Pereyra same here was very curious what could be said about them other than describing an apex as the fastest line through like we’ve all seen 100 times.

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[@greenshell4082]

Visually speaking, this was entertaining to watch while at the same time easily understanding the varieties of corners. You could say that you really shouldn't take them for granted!

[@SufferingAddict88]

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"Literally could be any corner, who even cares?" Really got me. Sochi was the most boring 2017 race. Only had one overtake

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European GP, Valencia 2009?

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[@akmalbasyhaazis]

Castle Section at Baku, Mugello Final Corner (forgot the name), Tabac-to-pool sequence at Monaco, Suzuka's Spoon and 130R, and Eau Rouge at Spa. I appreciate your effort, sir. *Really* appreciate it. Who knew that corners take different shapes and quirks.

[@samoksner]

Muhammad Akmal Basyha Aziz I like the Mugello callout and would like to add the original Barcelona Catalunya last corner before they dumb chicane! And I never saw it but the last corner of the original F1 track we race at in Mexico sounded wild!

[@the_noob_driverarrowfrog3317]

4 years have passed, but it's called "Bucine" after the name of a town near the track. lol

[@vishwanathnagaraj3554]

The whole of Bathurst has amazing corners

[@tatwo_]

Laguna seca corkscrew is best corner.

[@Bull_10RR]

nah man, dat shit scary

[@jamalthasim9041]

every driver would say eau rouge is better

[@newtracetriad]

"When entering the corner, aim for the bush and realize it's the top of a tree midway through."

[@vueloalslur]

The dipper @ Mt panorama!

[@uberkid100]

When I saw that corner on Top Gear I was like "yeah, that's pretty steep", then when I actually drove on Laguna Seca in a video game, I was like "Holy Fuck, it's like a sheer drop". Can't imagine what it's like in person, I'm guessing the release of fecal matter is involved in taking that turn irl.

[@brokenbutler]

Bahrain, the corner before the 2. DRS zone (counter straight), it's seriously one of the hardest corners in my opinion, because it is: - downhill - decreasing radius - and also preluded by an opposite corner

[@brijesh00770077]

Carousel at the nurburgring

[@PhO3NiX96]

Where is it ??

[@PedroKing19]

@@PhO3NiX96 the Nurburgring

[@christopherbazaka1564]

when? @@PedroKing19

[@kinslayergaming3159]

@@christopherbazaka1564 after the long and twisty section after bergwerk where Niki Lauda crashed during the 1976 F1 race hosted there

[@christopherbazaka1564]

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[@RolandYin]

Never knew f1 corners could be so complex

[@tommiaarni8384]

The drivers don't really think about if the corner is off-camber or on-camber, but they do take it into consideration when they adjust the setup of the car, so yes and no. They are complex and through out a whole track you have a lot of different corners that you have to take in consideration and have to do sacrificing in one corner to get the winnings in another in the setup, but driving them is just like second nature.

[@nihilisticjackfruit6206]

Never realised that there were soo many dynamics just for a turn. Amazing Video.

[@pratikaku]

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[@nosoyarkano7624]

Holy shit, somebody actually wrote “whether” properly for once.

[@Mameyaro]

I love the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca, and the following late apex corner. I’m unsure about real life, but especially in Gran Turismo it feels orgasmic when you absolutely nail the corner.

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[@KevinBYee]

Well, my cop-out answer would be the entire Nordschleife. It has everything you talked about here - changing radiuses, elevation, camber, and even difficult/changing sight lines to worry about, etc. If one would want to talk about character and interpretation/challenge, that conversation begins with the classic Nurburgring, imho Outside of F1, the Porsche Curves at the Circuit de la Sarthe are up there. Difficult, difficult series that I only truly appreciated after attempting to drive them in simulators. You always feel like you can make up more time in them; you never quite get through them absolutely perfectly (again, interpretation/room for error). And they can be so incredibly fast, too.

[@kinslayergaming3159]

I agree on the green hell but i would add corners 1 and 2 at suzuka in the right car going full blast in is a art of its own

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[@connorjacob7800]

top notch stuff mate. i've always really liked trying to figure out the characteristics of corners myself, but could never quite figure out why i hate corners like 1-4 in shanghai, and love corners 11-12 in australia and eau rouge in a way that makes sense on paper, but now i do! cheers mate, keep up the great work.

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Suzuka's Spoon and 130R, and Eau Rouge at Spa are one of them. Love your content, now I understand a great deal about F1. Keep it up!

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[@vediboy22]

Love it, a very basic topic that often isn't explained well enough condensed to the main factor. I am just a little surprised you haven't mentioned bumps in a turn as they are most noticably changing the approach of drivers in turns. But maybe we'll see that mentioned in another video.

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[@MrDanistophan]

I love corners 6 (Pegaso) and 10, 11 (Bugatti) on the Jarama Spain, it makes it extra special too since I live around 2km away from it and hear the rawr of the cars when I am standing outside!! Great video, pls analyse some cool corners in another video, that would be epic!!

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[@silkysixx]

Mt Panroma, Bathurst has some of the most lurid examples of elevation change affecting a race car. A whole sector of the circuit includes turns that go light and try to put the car into the concrete wall backwards and some others that load the car so heavily that power steering systems can very well fail, feeding you into the concrete fences forwards. It's a great example of what you talked about in this video.