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Now you’re heading towards
the Karussel, which probably one
of the most famous corners in the
world. You’re flat out up the hill
and you go over the bump and fall
into the banked part of the track,
which really rattles both driver
and car. It’s about keeping the
minimum speed up as much as
you can and then holding the cam-
ber all the way around the corner
before exiting and generally taking
off on the exit.
Then you get to Hohe Acht,
which is the highest point on the
circuit and leads into a series of
corners that are all about hopping
from kerb to kerb as the track goes
from left to right. Then you’re ar-
riving at Brunchen, which is one of
the most popular corners where all
the spectators stand. This part of
the track is always tricky because
it’s going up and downhill, so
it’s quite easy for the car to move
around under you. That’s followed
by Ice Kurve, which is known for
being one of the slippiest parts of
the track. It’s shadowed by a lot of
trees, which generally means it’s
the last corner to dry on the track -
hence the name.
Next you’ve got another part
of the track where you take off:
Pflanzgarten 1 and Pflanzgarten
2, which is my favourite bit. At
the first part, you’re approaching
it in fourth gear in the GT3, then
you brake just before the track
drops, the car takes off and once
you land, you brake again before
you turn into the corner. You do
Pflanzgarten 2 borderline flat out
and, again, the front of the car lifts
off as you’re going down the hill at
full power.
Schwalbenschwanz is a lot
easier to write than it is to pro-
nounce! That’s the final part of the
track before the long straight. It’s
like a Mini-Karrusell and another
really good place for the specta-
tors to stand. Again, you need to
brake as late as you can, keep your
minimum speed up and use the
compression, which hooks you into
the corner and then spits you out
again on the other side.
Then it’s Galgenkopf, which is the
final corner onto the Döttinger Höhe,