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New curbs installed at COTA as the FIA's Charlie Whiting clamps down

After Max Verstappen’s track limits debacle at Austin's Circuit of the Americas last year, the circuit has announced that new curbs will be put in place at specific locations to prevent any further controversy. During last year’s US Grand Prix, Verstappen was attempting to overtake Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen on the final lap of the race but left the circuit on the inside of Turn 17 with all four wheels and was penalised for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. Since then, the incident and the resultant penalty has reignited the discussion over F1 track limits and the way the imposition of the penalty was handled by FIA Race Director Charlie Whiting and the...
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