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

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

The changes to car behaviour caught Hamilton out when he braked hard for the Bus Stop chicane in sprint qualifying.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

Logic then was jargon, controversy chicane, and truth a shuttlecock, with which the disputants respectively played, or the object which they mutually disguised.

From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by Holyoake, George Jacob