DRS cat games with the mouse should be avoided

Author of the article: , published March 28, 2022.

Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen staged a remarkable battle for victory in Jeddah as well as in Bahrain. Both matches have one thing in common - the exploitation of the DRS system on the second consecutive plane.

Christian Horner urged Formula One to consider changes to the detection point setting for DRS activation.

Recall that in Bahrain, Verstappen overtook Leclerc on the start-finish plane, which returned the maneuver by overtaking before the fourth turn. It was similar in Jeddah.

The winner of the race in Saudi Arabia, Max Verstappen, in the last rounds of the race with Charles Leclerc played a "cat and mouse game" as described by Horner

The fight reached its climax when both racers braked hard before the last turn in a bid not to be the first to cross the detection point to activate the DRS system. His effect on the start-finish plane was so significant that neither of them wanted to be ahead, as in this case he was an easy target to overtake.

The FIA ​​should adjust the DRS rules a bit

“The DRS’s help is so great that the racers played a cat-and-mouse game, all the way to the point where they both braked hard before the turn,” Horner said.

"So I think it might be necessary to consider setting up these detection points differently for DRS, as such situations can also be dangerous."

David Perel, racer of the European series of endurance races Le Mans proposes a significant reduction in the use of DRS.

“Given that current race cars can follow better and longer, the DRS rules should be slightly adjusted. For example, shorten the DRS zone by at least 30%.

“Limit the number of DRS system activations per race. All this would bring even more strategy games and less dependence on it. ”

“Racers now don’t want to overtake even though they could. Do we really want that? ” Well, former Formula 1 racer Tiff Needell wonders.

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