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Sainz wants to drive ‘old-school' Barcelona final sector

Carlos Sainz says he would prefer Barcelona to revert its layout to its pre-2007 version, with two fast final corners instead of the slower chicane. Two sweeping right-handers used to finish the lap at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but a chicane was installed to slow the cars down in the final part of the lap, as well as creating an acceleration point to try and encourage overtaking at a track where passing has always been difficult. The Ferrari driver says that the impact of DRS could help overtaking by leaving the final corners at a faster speed, with the Spaniard hoping to try out the corners which he grew up seeing. “[Even] if it wouldn’t change massively then I would prefer...
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