chicane

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But that was before the Miami Grand Prix moved in—before the artificial marina, the aqua chicane or the race weekends that packed in 275,000 fans.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

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

Russell ended the session parked on the grass beside the track before the Roggia chicane as a result of a power loss, which left him stuck in seventh gear with the rear wheels locked.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

Piastri tracked Norris closely through the first corner and through the high-speed swerves at Eau Rouge before diving around the outside into the Les Combes chicane at the end of the long Kemmel straight.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025

Who could but conceive that men who are habitually meddling, daring, subtle, active, of litigious dispositions and unquiet minds, would easily fall back into their old condition of low and unprofitable chicane?

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir