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Why Istanbul could produce another slippery challenge for F1

OPINION: F1 is returning to another distantly familiar venue with this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul. Here's how the event will share a notable feature from one of the championship's new 2020 venues, one that flummoxed the drivers

There are many corners that have gone down in Formula 1's folklore with significant adjectives attached: 'famous', 'fabulous', 'fearsome'. Few come from the modern additions to the ever-expanding calendar.

For Eau Rouge, Peraltada or Parabolica you can add 'evocative' to the descriptive cliche list. But that's only because they have proper names, something seemingly eschewed in current track construction.

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