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F1 drivers wary of new Monaco kerbs

Formula 1 drivers expressed concern on Wednesday that new kerbs installed at the Monaco Grand Prix could send their cars flying if they make a mistake. The kerb at the right-left chicane exiting the harbourside swimming pool complex has been beefed up to prevent drivers gaining an advantage by cutting the corner. 'That big yellow thing, don't touch it when you are in a Formula One car,' Haas F1's French driver Romain Grosjean told reporters after first inspections of the street circuit. 'It looks like a taking-off ramp.' Mercedes's triple world champion Lewis Hamilton, a former Monaco winner, said he was not sure why the kerbs were changed while team mate Valtteri Bottas described...
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