escape road
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Pierre Gasly first sped up the escape road, before his team-mate Franco Colapinto misjudged his entry into the same corner, despite waved yellow flags, and crashed on the exit.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
Hamilton took the restart second on the grid and was ahead of Perez into Turn One but locked up his tyres and ran into the escape road, dropping to 15th at the flag.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2021
Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton cut a chicane and went down an escape road at Suzuka when that happened while Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen has had to take evasive action more than once.
From Reuters ● Oct. 22, 2016
But the German braked too late, badly locking up both front wheels and taking to the escape road.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2014
The pressure of Hamilton's pace provoked Rosberg's first mistake - going too deep into the first chicane and taking to the escape road on lap nine.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2014
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