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Apr142013 by Blaž Štremfelj50 Comments

No penalty for using DRS between yellow flags

Many racers used DRS between today's yellow flags in today's race, which is of course forbidden. Despite strict rules, all racers were acquitted by the International Automobile Federation. Namely, as in the first two races, the FIA also shut down the telemetry system in China, which automates the automatic permission to use the DRS on the rear wing. The FIA, however, officially announced that there was a one-minute delay between the yellow flags and the official announcement that the DRS should not be used. The racers thus using the DRS among the yellow flags were: Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber, Kimi Raikkonen, Romain Grosjean, Valtteri Bottas, Daniel Ricciardo, Max Chilton, and Jenson Button. It is worth mentioning, however, that a green light was shining on the main plane at this time, causing s

Apr102013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

DRS also in DTM

DTM, Other sports

The organizers of the DTM championship have decided to introduce softer tires and DRS, thus promising more attractive races in this German championship. Namely, it is known that DRS greatly increases the chances of overtaking, and the tires will provide an additional factor that will make the difference between racers. As in Formula One, of course, the DRS will be limited, in the DTM, the racer will be allowed to use it when he approaches someone for at least two seconds. Also, use will be limited to once per round, but not to where. The viewers will be able to notice the use on the rear wing, which will drop an additional 15 degrees when the system is active, and then return to its original position. Let’s also mention that the softer tires in lap tests also improved lap times by a second, which promises really faster cars. In addition

Mar162013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Sutil to the defense to the commissioners

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Adrian Sutil had to report to the commissioners after the third free practice. Charlie Whiting issued a notice to the teams before the last practice session that the race management could not disable the DRS’s moving rear wing on race cars due to technical problems, as is the case in constant practice when yellow flags or rain occurs, as previously reported. Sometime in the middle of the free practice, it started to rain in Melbourne, and the race management informed the teams and the racers that the use of DRS was not allowed. But because they could not disable the use of the wing due to technical problems, it was up to the racers not to use the system at the time. Sutil activated the wings in the last minutes of training, so he deserved a conversation with the commissioners. They ultimately did not opt for a penalty as the Force Indie team

Mar82013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Two DRS zones in Australia

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At the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, which will take place next weekend, we will see two DRS zones, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) announced. It is expected to be similar in all of this year's races except Suzuki and, of course, Monaco. For once, it is not yet clear what will happen to the DRS zone in Malaysia and Shanghai. In any case, in the first race of this year we will see the first DRS zone on the start / finish plane and between turns number 3 and 4. It is also worth mentioning that this year the use of DRS wings is limited to zones and not after own choice as was the custom last year.