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Gear Corners

English translation: Corners that need first gear engaged

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English term or phrase:First-gear corners
Selected answer:Corners that need first gear engaged
Entered by: Sheila Wilson

17:57 Jul 19, 2020
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / MotoGP race
English term or phrase: Gear Corners
The Misano circuit has a number of first gear corners.

Appears also in the below sentences:
Yamaha’s Phillip Island track map shows two first gear corners, no surprise there as Honda and MG are both pretty tight.
Full article: https://photo.gp/2015/10/14/phillip-island-track-map-with-sp...

Is it the corners that riders must change gears?

Thank you very much!
Anthony Indra
United States
Local time: 00:02
Corners that need first gear engaged
Explanation:
A racing driver/rider (or their team) will select different gear ratios for every race. A corner can be negotiated in any gear. However, you can only accelerate out of the corner at maximum speed in the right gear. A very tight (acute) corner requires first gear.
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Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 08:02
Grading comment
First-gear Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +2Corners that need first gear engaged
Sheila Wilson
4The type of gear engaged to make a motor vehicle enter into motion
Gabriel Ferrero


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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The type of gear engaged to make a motor vehicle enter into motion


Explanation:
"Corners" means road streaks on which it is best to proceed with the gear at the lowest speed available.
The paragraph given below indicates that there are two such streaks.

Gabriel Ferrero
France
Local time: 09:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sheila Wilson: I don't understand "streaks" at all. And gears aren't directly related to speed as gear ratios can and would be changed for each race.
1 hr
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: you might mean 'stretches'?
5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
First-gear corners
Corners that need first gear engaged


Explanation:
A racing driver/rider (or their team) will select different gear ratios for every race. A corner can be negotiated in any gear. However, you can only accelerate out of the corner at maximum speed in the right gear. A very tight (acute) corner requires first gear.

Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 08:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
First-gear Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: That's a lot of confidence, Sheila. Corners don't need anything. OTOH, motorists might be best advised to choose 1st gear to negotiate...
4 hrs
  -> CL5 is unusual from me but I have experience of racing bikes and cars and so the terms used. That's what this is about, rather than motoring on the road.
agree  philgoddard: And extra marks for inserting the missing hyphen.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Phil
agree  Jo Macdonald: Yep Corners you take in first
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jo
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