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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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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.