[New post] What is DRS in Formula 1, what does it stand for and how does it work in motor racing?
Joe Brophy posted: " The new Formula 1 season is right around the corner and for every driver the phrase 'Max Verstappen has DRS' is likely to send chills down their spines. A current F1 car is meticulously designed full of the most expensive gadgets to help with " talkSPORT
The new Formula 1 season is right around the corner and for every driver the phrase 'Max Verstappen has DRS' is likely to send chills down their spines.
A current F1 car is meticulously designed full of the most expensive gadgets to help with performance but one sticks out above all else.
DRS was introduced to make overtaking easier
What does DRS stand for and how does it work?
DRS stands for drag reduction system.
Introduced in 2011, it is an overtaking aid designed to make racing more entertaining by helping cars better pass one another.
The system involves the driver pressing a button on their steering wheels to open a flap in their rear wing.
When open, DRS helps reduce drag levels and increase speed.
But drivers can only activate it when either in the DRS zones - which are typically long straights - or when they are within one second of the car ahead and need help overtaking when they would otherwise be caught driving in dirty, turbulent air.
DRS automatically deactivates and the rear wings close whenever the brake medal is applied.
In rainy or wet conditions F1 cars need the extra downforce that DRS removes in order to have better grip to the track and avoid aquaplaning so DRS is not allowed for safety reasons.
DRS is not allowed in wet conditions for safety reasons
DRS: What has been said?
"I think without DRS passing would be reduced significantly," Charles Leclerc said after last year's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. "So I think we are still better off with DRS.
"What we might need to consider maybe is the speed delta that there is with the DRS might be a bit too much, which gives the car behind maybe too much of a speed delta [so] that sometimes the overtake is done before the braking.
"And you'd much rather have the two cars battling under braking rather than passing like in the highway.
"Now, that is sometimes what can happen. So maybe we need to have a look at this, but we definitely need DRS nowadays."
Vertsappen and Hamilton locked horns on the track
Lewis Hamilton speaking in 2019, said: "It will be a part of Formula 1 for a while, probably."
He added: "Those wings are going to be quite a bit bigger, and hopefully following is going to be better, so maybe they won't need it then.
"Now it's just, some of the overtakes, you're overtaking halfway down the straight. Of course it's not as exciting because you want to be doing it in the corner, launching it up the inside of another car.
"But it doesn't bother me. You still have to try and get in the position to be able to utilise it."
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