"Then there's a short straight before you arrive at the Fagnes chicane, where there's a very late apex to the right-hander. The asphalt has a lot of grip and you can use the kerbs, so you can carry a lot of speed through here. Another short straight follows before you arrive at turn 14, which is a slippery corner and it's very important to have a good exit because you're flat-out all the way back to the Bus Stop. It's a third-gear corner and you use every inch of kerbing on the exit.

"You go flat through the left-hander at Blanchimont and arrive at the Bus Stop chicane, which was re-done in 2006 and is now much slower. You go for a late apex on the right-hander and you're then battling poor traction at the exit. I preferred the old Bus Stop, where the second exit was just flat and you were jumping towards the guardrail. That was cool!"

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