Degner curve (Suzuka)

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  f1maniac (guest)f1maniac (guest)

  is this cure where schumacher lost his chages win his 8 championship, the engine of his car broked and alonso win yeahhhhh

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  Ray Battersby (guest)Ray Battersby (guest)

  Named after Ernst Degner, 1962 50cc Motorcycle World Champion who crashed his factory Suzuki on 3rd November 1962 in the Senior 50cc race of the first All Japan Championship Road Race. In those days, Degner #1 and Degner #2 formed part of a continuous curve. When heeled over on this curve, the strong cross winds got beneath the front of the lightweight Suzuki and lifted the front wheel clear of the ground. Crash!

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  Ray Battersby (guest)Ray Battersby (guest)

  Many people and web-sites state that Degner Curve marks the site of Ernst Degner's fiery crash on Lap 1 of the 1963 Japanese Grand Prix (10th November 1963). This is completely incorrect. Degner was very badly burned when he crashed his factory Suzuki RZ250 on the exit of Turn 1. Degner was last of the grid and was trying too hard at Turn 1. He crashed on the exit and there are many photographs proving this point.

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