WATCH | Singapore's 'sling' can be as dangerous as Canada's 'Wall of Champions'

• The Singapore Grand Prix's opening sequence of turns can cause havoc on a driver's race.
• Over the years, many drivers saw their races come to a premature end after aggressively hopping over the curbs.
• This weekend, the race returns after a two-year absence.

Formula 1 returns to Singapore this weekend for the 13th running of the sport's original night race. The race last took place in 2019 before Covid-19 hampered its inclusion on the F1 calendar in 2020 and 2021.

As it stands, it may be that Red Bull and Max Verstappen will walk away with the laurels come the race on Sunday, but plenty can happen between the Grand Prix's start and end. And much of it has to do with the chicane at the start of the lap.

Turns 1 to 3 present the first real challenge of the lap as it requires drivers to brake hard into Turn 1 before navigating the curbs without losing control of the car. From the starting grid to Turn 1 is 301m, and the speed drivers can reach between Turns 23 and 1 before hitting the brakes is up to 323km/h.

Especially at the race's start, with 20 cars trying to navigate the tricky chicane, drama is sure to unfold.

Adrian Sutil falling victim to Singapore's Turns 1, 2, and 3 in 2010.

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The 'victims'

In 2008, during the race's first running, Kimi Raikkonen charged his Ferrari down the main straight, braking as he approached Turn 1. He hit the inside curb just right but took too much curb on Turn 2, unsettling the car and completely missing the apex on Turn 3. A whack of oversteer further compounded his dilemma, sending him into the wall and destroying his front suspension.

In 2010, Adrian Sutil suffered a similar fate to Raikkonen in his Force India. Sutil approached the apex at Turn 1 very wide, but it compromised his entry to Turn 2, sending him into the air and making very hard contact with the track. He also broke his car's suspension.

Kamui Kobayashi also launched his Sauber off the curb at Turn 2 in 2011, making hard contact with the wall.

Though drivers have taken a more cautious approach to the Singapore GP in recent years, don't discount any drama from taking place at the unforgiving and demanding chicane.