escape road

British

noun

a road, usually ending in a pile of sand, provided on a hill for a driver to drive into if his brakes fail or on a bend if he loses control of the turn

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Verstappen had kept fourth position by taking to the escape road after the two had made light contact while Russell tried a passing move.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025

Both Norris and Piastri clipped barriers at various points in the session without damaging their cars, and Norris had a trip into the escape road at Sainte Devote.

From BBC • May 23, 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

On lap 9 Rosberg went down the escape road no brakes locked and no smoke he gave 2.5 seconds to Hamilton.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2014

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