DRS is also used in Formula 2 and Formula 3 on the F1 support bill. When it was first introduced to FIA F3 in 2017 – when the series was known as GP3 – drivers could only activate and use the system on a maximum of six laps per feature race and four laps for sprint events. Si...
However, as the latest generation of F1 cars have been designed to allow drivers to follow more closely with a reduced ‘dirty air’ effect, many people had hoped this would lead to DRS being dropped. While that is an aim of F1’s sporting bosses in the coming years, the device’s con...
The number of DRS zones at tracks also varies from one to four, with Monaco featuring just one DRS region and Albert Park in Australia having four. How is DRS activated? DRS is activated by pressing a button on the steering wheel. The system is only armed when a driver breaks a detectio...
DRS – Drag Reduction System – is one of the most crucial innovations within Formula 1 racing and the latest F1 Explains is here to unpick the topic.
F1 EXPLAINS: Split-second decisions, DRS trains and powerful undercuts – Bernie Collins on how strategists thrive under pressure Esteban Ocon - FP1: 1:22.880, P18; FP2: 1:21.867, P19 "It’s always exciting to come to Monza, one of the highlights of the whole season. We haven...
Evolution of the F1 steering wheel An F1 steering wheel has not always looked like it does in the present day. Back in the championship’s early years, it held distinct similarities to the average steering wheel of a road car. This is because when Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Mos...
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W15Photo by: Zak Mauger /Motorsport Images As Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin said: “There's more fuel on the car. You're going a bit slower. And that seemed to calm down and wasn't such an issue. And then the big one is we don't...
Fingers crossed that changes made to the track last year - and the addition of another DRS zone - will help drivers give us the wheel-to-wheel action we all crave. The race hasa huge contract with F1 that runs until 2035, so it’d be nice if organisers could crack the...
It was a frustrating pre-season test for Aston Martin (formerly known as Racing Point). TheAMR21 is the company’s first F1 car in over 60 years, and on the back of a strong 2020 season for Racing Point, Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer is firmly targeting breaking into the top th...
Bit tricky to answer this one having never witnessed any racing on this new layout, but from a big picture point of view, the Las Vegas Grand Prixis an important addition to the F1 calendarthat gives it another stake in the ground in a US market that is hot for F1 right...