Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: As a result , for the 1995 race , the Tamburello and Villeneuve corners were altered from flat-out sweeping bends into slower chicanes , and the Variante Bassa was straightened .
Simplified: For the 1995 race , the Tamburello and Villeneuve corners were changed . They became slower chicanes .