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Drivers voice concerns over lack of safety features at Baku track
As we head to the all new destination of Azerbaijan for the 2016 European Grand Prix this weekend, a number of drivers drivers, whilst praising the uniqueness of the Baku City Circuit, have also questioned the lack of run-off areas and escape roads on a track that is considered to be the fastest ever street circuit seen in Formula One. The pit lane entry is also a cause for contention amongst the drivers, with its current location situated so that cars will have to leave the track from a high speed straight, and then turn onto a tight chicane, before running down a further 100m straight, until they finally reach the white line that marks out the pit lane speed limit. McLaren Honda F1...
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