chicane
Example Sentences
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Russell challenged Leclerc for the remaining 10 laps and did make it past into the chicane with three laps to go.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Verstappen then braked too late to make the first corner, cutting the chicane.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025
Alonso then undercut past the Sauber with an earlier pit stop and was working to pull clear, just out of DRS range, when his front suspension failed over the kerbs at the Ascari chicane.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025
Lewis Hamilton was sixth fastest, 0.306secs slower than team-mate Leclerc and appearing to struggle with rear-end stability on the evidence of several oversteer snaps that sent him into the run-off area at the chicane.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025
He had also written an astronomical treatise; but hearing of the fate of Galileo, he refrained from publishing, and always used some chicane in speaking of the world's movement.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
