JV: Why I always aim to go flat through Eau Rouge!

Sauber driver, Jacques Villeneuve reckons that Eau Rouge is 'probably' the most exciting corner in F1.

Speaking prior to this weekend's Belgium Grand Prix at Spa, the 1997 world champion added that while going flat through it doesn't necessarily improve your overall lap time, it does make you feel alive!

"Spa is a great track! I've got memories of some adventures there, though it's never been lucky for me," he noted.

"It's definitely a track where you can feel stronger than the rest if you go through the corners flat. It's one of the last high-speed circuits that we have and it's a very long lap. It's got a good rhythm and it follows the layout of the land. You turn because there's a mountain, so there's a reason for the layout.

"It's not like most modern tracks, which are like parking lots that you put cones around to create as many corners as you can with no logic or rhythm. This one has both. It's like you're driving to your house in the mountains!

"Eau Rouge is probably the most exciting corner in modern F1. It has a little kink to the left and then you start turning right as the track starts going up. You pull a lot of g force through there and the car scrapes the ground, so you get a little bit sideways. At the same time you don't see the exit of the corner so you're just turning right and then suddenly you're turning left and at that point the car gets very light. All that - flat out! It's a really exciting corner to do.

"Going flat-out there doesn't actually make your overall lap faster, but it does make you feel proud. Pride is stupid, but it is important!"