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right-handers

English translation: A corner on a track that turns to the right

18:24 Jul 19, 2020
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / MotoGP race
English term or phrase: right-handers
The sentence:
Sector 3 at Misano features a series of high-speed right-handers.

Or:
Rins was heading through the fast Turn 11 right-hander towards the end of the lap at Jerez in the closing stages of Q2 when he lost the front of his bike and was forced to check up.

Full article:
https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/rins-hospitalised-qua...

--> is it a corner or turn to the right side?

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Anthony Indra
United States
Local time: 11:26
Selected answer:A corner on a track that turns to the right
Explanation:
Word meaning by Oxford dictionary. The link for viewing the definition is given below.
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Gabriel Ferrero
France
Local time: 20:26
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4 +1A corner on a track that turns to the right
Gabriel Ferrero


  

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A corner on a track that turns to the right


Explanation:
Word meaning by Oxford dictionary. The link for viewing the definition is given below.


    https://www.lexico.com/definition/right-hander
Gabriel Ferrero
France
Local time: 20:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo: right idea, although "high-speed right-handers" would more likely be called "a long bend" on a racing track // you get at "high speed" in a "corner" and you end up off-track ... smashed against the barriers.
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