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chicane

[shi-keyn, chi-] / ʃɪˈkeɪn, tʃɪ- /


























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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

Norris challenged at the start and Verstappen cut the first chicane to retain the lead.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

Verstappen then braked too late to make the first corner, cutting the chicane.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

Leclerc had already been involved in another incident, when he dived for the inside of Russell in the second part of the Turn 12/13 chicane.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 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