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Zandvoort trialing new laminated fake gravel at Dutch GP

Formula 1 will enjoy a world premiere this weekend at Zandvoort, with the Dutch trialing an experimental new fake gravel strip that will set a track limit and prevent stones from being thrown on to the track. Dutch Grand Prix organisers are testing the novel solution at Zandvoort's Turn 12 where a one-metre wide strip of the solid gravel has been set behind the corner's kerb. A normal gravel trap sits beyond the laminated stones, but the strip itself, which offers minimal grip, will deter drivers from running wide at the second part of the Hans Ernst chicane. "There is a new development in Turn 12, on the inside, there is gravel but to avoid gravel getting on the track they have made...
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