F1’s return to Australia this weekend for the first time since the cancelled 2020 event has come with Albert Park having undergone a number of layout changes.
As well as a number of corners having been reprofiled, track chiefs have overhauled the back section of the circuit, removing the slow chicane after Turn 8 to ensure a much longer flat-out blast to the new Turn 11.
But, with the quick Turn 9/10 chicane still in place and set to funnel cars, Magnussen is not convinced that the benefit of a longer acceleration zone beforehand was strictly necessary.
Asked about the fact that the Turn 9/10 chicane is not somewhere where overtaking typically happens, Magnussen said: “I think I had the same thought when I saw the layout on this track, that maybe some of it was over the top.
“Maybe removing at least what was Turn 9/10 [before], I don’t think they needed to do that.
“But they’ve made a big effort to make the show better. And I think that’s a great thing for the tracks to try to do…
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