The Eau Rouge corner is a high-speed uphill left-right-left complex on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps racetrack in Belgium, which is widely regarded as one of the greatest corners on any track in the world. The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is the famous venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix and the Spa 24 Hours endurance race. ... Circuit may mean: Electrical network (electric circuit), interconnects electrical or electronic elements together printed circuit integrated circuit Synchronous circuit Asynchronous circuit digital circuit Series and parallel circuits Telecommunication circuit Kart circuits, a track for racing Circuit (political division), administrative circuit (airfield), an agreed pattern for managing local air traffic This...

Located at the point where the track crosses the Eau Rouge stream for the first time, it comes after a downhill run following the first corner hairpin. Formula One cars can reach nearly 200 mph through the corner. Eau Rouge is a small stream in the Belgian province of Liège. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ...

As F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso explains: "You come into the corner downhill, have a sudden change [of direction] at the bottom and then go very steep uphill. From the cockpit, you cannot see the exit and as you come over the crest, you don't know where you will land. It is a crucial corner for the timed lap, and also in the race, because you have a long uphill straight afterwards where you can lose a lot of time if you make a mistake. But it is also an important corner for the driver's feeling. It makes a special impression every lap, because you also have a compression in your body as you go through the bottom of the corner. It is very strange - but good fun as well." Fernando Alonso Díaz (born on July 29, 1981 in Oviedo, Spain) is a Formula One racing driver, currently living in Oxford. ...

Eau Rouge has claimed several victims over the years, including Stefan Bellof in a Porsche sportscar, and also saw Jacques Villeneuve's spectacular off in qualifying in 1999, which he described as "My best-ever crash", followed by his team-mate Ricardo Zonta's similar accident, leading cartoonist Jim Bamber to show BAR boss Craig Pollock telling Zonta: "Jacques is the quickest through Eau Rouge, so go out there and do exactly what Jacques does..." Stefan Bellof (November 20, 1957 - September 1, 1985, born in Giessen, Germany) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Tyrrell team. ... Porsche (), properly pronounced as a two syllable word (porsh-eh, IPA: ) , is a German manufacturer of sports cars, founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche, the engineer who created the first Volkswagen. ... Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (born April 9, 1971) is a Canadian automobile racing driver, and winner of Formula One and Champ Car championships and the Indianapolis 500, one of only two drivers to accomplish all three feats (the other being Emerson Fittipaldi). ... Zonta qualifying in place of an injured Ralf Schumacher at the 2005 United States Grand Prix Ricardo Zonta (born March 23, 1976 in Curitiba) is a Brazilian Formula One race car driver. ...

Following the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna at Imola in 1994, the F1 race at Spa that year saw Eau Rouge made tighter and slower, although it was returned to its previous glory the following year. The corner was slightly modified on 2002, but still retains its character. Roland Ratzenberger Roland Ratzenberger (July 4, 1960 – April 30, 1994) was an Austrian Formula One driver who died tragically during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the very race which also took the life of three-time world champion Ayrton Senna. ... Ayrton Senna Ayrton Senna da Silva (March 21, 1960–May 1, 1994), better known as Ayrton Senna, was a Brazilian Formula One triple world champion, and is considered one of the best drivers of all time. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

The Spa-Francorchamps curcuit is not part of the F1 World Championship for 2006, after 38 races featuring this evocative corner. This is due to the fact that improvements to the track will not be completed in time for the scheduled race in September. However, the race is expected to be on the 2007 race calendar.