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The corner where overtaking had to be outlawed

When ex-F1 circuit Adelaide changed its layout two decades ago, it created one of the most fearsome corners in motorsport. Ahead of this weekend's Adelaide 500 Supercars event, get to know its iconic Turn 8...

Andrew van Leeuwen Mar 1, 2018, 11:21 AM

It may not be world famous like Eau Rouge and 130R, but perhaps it's just as good. Former Australian Grand Prix venue Adelaide has one of the few old-school, car-crunching corners left in professional motorsport.

Mount Panorama deserves its reputation as the biggest, baddest race track in Australia. But as iconic as The Dipper, The Chase, and The Grate are, it's a corner thousands of kilometres from Bathurst that most Supercars drivers rate as the toughest in the land.

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Author Andrew van Leeuwen

Andrew van Leeuwen is Motorsport.com's Australian Editor and provides award-winning coverage of Supercars. He started his career working for Australasian Motorsport News in Melbourne, working his way into the top digital editor role before relocating to Mainz, Germany, in 2012. During his three-year stint in Europe he covered a number of series, including the DTM, while working for Autosport, before returning to Australia as part of Motorsport.com's global expansion in early 2015. Alongside his Motorsport.com commitments Andrew is one-third of the successful Below the Bonnet podcast. He lives in Perth with his wife Anne, kids Nico and Billie and chihuahua Coco.