F1
A fourth DRS zone added to Melbourne
The F1 cars will use their DRS four times per lap in qualifying in Australia! © DPPI / A. Vincent
The Albert Park circuit located in Melbourne (Australia) will host a Grand Prix of Formula 1 after two years of break linked to Covid-19. To mark the occasion, the organizers have profoundly modified the track, with several widened and simplified turns to increase the spectacle.
With the removal of turns 9 and 10, and the widening of turns 1, 6 and 13, the cars will reach unprecedented average speeds in the Antipodes. As if that wasn't enough, the Race Direction decided to implement not one, not two, not three, but four DRS activation zones!
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The first will be on the start/finish straight. The second will follow after the first braking. For these two zones, the DRS detection line, which is used to check if the driver has approached within one second of the previous competitor, is located when braking for turn 13.
The third DRS zone is added on full load between turns 8 and 9. The pif-pif of turns 9 and 10 remains unchanged but opens onto the fourth and final DRS zone. Again, there is only one DRS detection line, just at the exit of turn 6.
DRS zones are marked with green lines.
Since its introduction in 2011 (in Australia, already), DRS has never appeared four times on the same circuit. The simulations carried out by F1 suggest that the lap time should be lowered by 5 seconds compared to the times achieved in 2019 (1'20″486 for Valtteri Bottas at an average speed of 237,194 km/h).
Medhi Casaurang
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05/04/2022 at 01:09 a.m.
4th DRS zone on a Grand Prix, a first!! Nothing to get excited about... when will this artifice be removed and a return to "real racing" with the emphasis on the big brakes?