chicane

Example Sentences

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Russell lost that place because he hit the harvest limit early, which meant he was not recharging into the chicane so had less energy for the restart.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Their rookie British driver Arvid Lindblad spun at the Villeneuve chicane and the car had to be recovered on a truck.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

But Verstappen immediately attacked and was back past Norris with an overtaking move into the first chicane at the start of lap four.

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

Buffeting in a sea of knavery, wherein fraud and chicane and stratagem and pitfall boil into a seething broth, what wonder if the true and single-minded grow bewildered and confused?

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis