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Eau Rouge corner: A high-speed uphill left-right-left complex on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps racetrack in Belgium, which is widely regarded as one of the greatest corners on any track in the world.
Located at the point where the track crosses the Eau Rouge stream for the first time, it comes after a downhill run following the first corner hairpin. Formula One cars can reach nearly 200 mph through the corner.
Properly speaking, the Eau Rouge corner is only the lefthander at the bottom. The following righthander that leads steeply uphill was introduced in 1939 to shortcut the original hairpin Ancienne Douane is called Raidillon (fr: Raidillon de l'Eau Rouge).
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