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Barcelona seeking FIA approval to scrap chicane for F1
The Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona is seeking an FIA Grade 1 licence from the FIA for an alternative layout that would do away with the chicane located between Turns 13 and 16. Since 2007, Formula 1 has run at the Spanish venue with a chicane breaking down the speed of cars ahead of the track's final right-hand corner. But such a configuration has limited overtaking opportunities for drivers down Barcelona's main straight and practically rendered ineffective F1's DRS. Obtaining an homologation by the FIA of its slightly altered layout would allow series promoters – including Formula 1 - to choose the configuration they wish to use. "The intention is to homologate the track...
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