Brands Hatch's Graham Hill Bend is to undergo surgery next winter in order to make the corner more challenging and to increase safety by moving barriers and providing extra run off in the right places.
The corner, which was called Bottom Bend until 1976, has been modified before but circuit bosses want to remove the kink in the track halfway down the hill and make it more exciting for racers and spectators alike as well as improving safety.
"At the moment, Graham Hill is neither fast enough to be a real challenge on a Superbike or slow enough to be a place for a safe overtake. The plans we have submitted will make the track between Druids and it totally straight and the actual corner a contstant radius left," said Motorsport Vision boss Jonathan Palmer, speaking to bikesportnews.com
"It will maximise overtaking on the Indy circuit but that will also affect laptimes on the full GP circuit and we are due to come here three times in 2012. Nothing will move on it until the end of next year, subject to the plans being approved by the local authority."
