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Singapore sling removed and track is now a second faster
Singapore sling removed and track is now a second faster 16 September, 2013 Kamui Kobayashi gets airborne through the Singapore sling The infamous Singapore sling, the bone jarring chicane on the Marina Bay Circuit, has been removed and as a result the lap times should drop by about one second at least when F1 cars are unleashed for this weekend's grand prix.
A photographer's favourite chicane for capturing airborne Formula 1 cars, was not popular among the drivers including Lewis Hamilton who dubbed it the worst corner he had ever driven.
Tweaks were made to try and reduce the vicious nature of the chicane, but to no avail and hence the removal altogether of the offending complex....
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