back straight

noun

1. a straight part of a circuit, esp of an athletics track or a racecourse, furthest from the finishing point

Example Sentences

Several times Norris challenged Leclerc on the outside at Turn 12, at the end of the long back straight, but he was never close enough to really try for a pass.

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The seven-time champion passed team-mate Charles Leclerc on lap eight down the back straight after the Monegasque lost control of his car through the high-speed Esses earlier in the lap.

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Piastri cut back on the exit, and they ran side by side down the long back straight, with the Australian on the inside.

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Piastri got the cut-back on Norris out of the corner and they drove down the back straight towards the final chicane side by side, Piastri on the inside.

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"I had a good conversation with Bob, mostly around not pushing too hard too early and trying to get those shots back straight away," McIlroy said.

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