Formula 1 Race Director Charlie Whiting has outlined the rule for drivers should they run wide through the right-hand kink of Turn 2 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore this weekend.
Drivers often maximise the available kerb through Turn 2, in order to aid their speed exiting Turn 1, while gaining the ideal entry approach for the left-hander at Turn 3.
Whiting has explained that should a driver run wide through Turn 2, and pass completely to the right of the orange kerb, they must remain off-track before passing around a polystyrene block, which has been installed on the outside of Turn 3.
The practice has been in place at other venues, such as Turn 2/3 in Russia and the final chicane in Canada.
Several segments of the circuit have also been resurfaced prior to this year’s event, the tenth to be held at Marina Bay, while the pit lane has been widened by 275mm.
