Drivers predict less overtaking with London FE hairpin removal

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Drivers predict less overtaking with London FE hairpin removal
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The new LondonEPrix layout, where the double hairpins used last year are replaced with two chicanes, will feature faster FormulaE races but fewer opportunities to pass, according to the drivers. Here's what they said ⬇️

A number of crashes last year in the tight hairpins prompted a rethink for Formula E's second visit to the ExCeL centre, and as such feeds into a pair of chicanes that should ensure speeds increase.

"It could have been more of a braking zone into the first chicane to make more of a 90 [degree corner], there's more room, it's more of a corner of it. "Either the track would be maybe a little bit better from that side, or [you could] reduce more energy, so we've got more energy saving the race.

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