The 33-year-old almost had a collision with Johnny Herbert as he overtook the Stewart driver for fifth - both of them cutting out the chicane - before sweeping past the Williams of Ralf Schumacher a few laps later.

Then the chicane idea was sounded, one being put in to slow all the cars down to a safe working speed so they could race.

Gold previously helped Bryan Adams to No1 with a remix of Don't Give Up and he has also worked on hits by Prince and Chicane , among others.

It has a permanent tarmac circuit which includes a 25-metre straight, a chicane , hairpin and sweeper bends.

The upgrade at Oulton includes a new pit complex for media, commentator and race control facilities, and improvements to the Knickerbrook chicane , internal roadway network and pit lane.

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The braking area into the last chicane called Casio Triangle is the favoured spot for overtaking as drivers reduce their speed from 170mph to 50mph.

"Michael pushed inside me at the chicane but I was not going to give up that easily," said Haslam.

To treat a traffic calming measure ( in this case a purpose-built chicane ( as an obstacle to be negotiated as quickly as possible adds a whole new dimension to speed related crimes.

The acts will begin during the day with performances from Dina Carroll, Chicane and Blockster, followed by the Dance Party with a fantastic line- up that includes Brandon Block, Chicane , Blockster, Dave Pearce, Erick Morillo, Space Brothers and our own Agnelli and Nelson.

Route to m1 The traffic light chicane in Barnsley Road