hairpin

Example Sentences

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Checking up before a tight hairpin—braking late, downshifting with the paddle shifters, turning hard into hairpin corners, the weight of the wheel growing heavy, the little engine piping at full spool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Seeing the hairpin turns up close revealed why the Grand Prix is one of the world’s most adrenaline-pumping races.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

But Norris went off track on the exit of Turn One and came close to losing control at the hairpin a number of times.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2025

Antonelli and Albon both had almost identical offs at the hairpin, locking up their outside front tyres and sliding into the gravel before joining the track.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025

On the banner was an enormous illustration of Mrs. Asher’s hairpin.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff