Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

hardy har har. I know you're being facetious. It's pretty obvious why they break a 180* turn down into two separate turns. They drive like two separate turns, it makes it easier to segment the track for discussing setup with your engineers, and it makes it much easier for a spotter to communicate with the driver about the position of incidents or anything else on track. That's the case for most ovals that feature these 180* corners.