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Steiner: Sochi's Turn 2 needs to be reworked

Guenther Steiner feels that Turn 2 at Sochi needs to be reworked or accidents will continue to happen at the corner. Turn 2 was one of the biggest talking points at this year's Russian Grand Prix. In order to prevent drivers from gaining an advantage by running wide there, it was decided that any that did so would have to rejoin the track via a narrow gap between the wall and bollards. However, this caused multiple issues, with Carlos Sainz crashing out on Lap 1 after misjudging said gap and hitting the wall. Incidents at the corner continued through the race, with Daniel Ricciardo penalised for not returning to track correctly and Romain Grosjean smashing through the bollards when...
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