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Technical director at McLaren Tim Goss has said that that some of the corners in 2016 will be called straights for 2017.
This comes from the new regulations which will see improved aerodynamic performance and wider tyres allowing drivers to take corners at more speed.
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"One knock-on from that [the new regulations] is that we’ll no longer classify some corners as ‘corners’," said Goss.
"What we mean by that is that engineers define a corner as a point on the track where the driver has to lift and essentially drive and handle the car through it; if he’s going round a bend, and his foot is flat to the floor on the accelerator, we class that as a straight.
"As the new cars will be going faster, some of 2016’s ‘corners’ will be classified as ‘straights’. But because they’ll be going through them faster, they’ll be subjected to more g-forces – and that’s still tiring on the body."
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So, Eau Rouge and 130R will not be seen as corners anymore?
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If the drivers wont brake in them, then no: per engineer definition they wont be considered corners. But it will likely not change what fans and pundits will refer to them as.