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Indexed: Fri Sep 05, 2008 @ 11:00:35AM 4 months 4 days ago

Spa-Francorchamps is the most complete test of a Formula One car on the current calendar with every aspect of the vehicle's handling tested to the limit. It combines 320 km/h straights with 70 km/h hairpins, with several sixth-gear sweepers thrown in for good measure - and, of course, the unique challenge of Eau Rouge. While this section of the circuit and the fast left-hander at Blanchimont may no longer be as testing as they once were, corners such as Pouhon, taken blind in sixth gear, still allow the drivers to make the difference. And all of that is before you factor in the notoriously unpredictable weather in the Ardennes, which can see the circuit soaked at one end and bone dry at the other. Here Renault describe how they plan to set-up the R28 to cope with the Belgian circuit's demands…

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