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10th April 2013, 15:53 #11
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10th April 2013, 16:12 #12
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Up until now I still can't seem to get what the DRS for as shown in the picture above this. I know its to promote overtaking by aerodynamic drag reduction, but I cant relate it to the track and the purpose. Is it a safety feature to make the drivers aware that overtaking is better done here or is it a mediating factor to all the other drivers?
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10th April 2013, 16:32 #13
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I may be wrong, and I'm not 100% sure I'm answering your question, but I think that it is because it combines three elements that make this a good choice (as DRS locations go). It is on the second half (roughly) of the fastest straight, (see speed trap location) which allows cars to draft and reach close to terminal speed before deploying DRS. It ends right at the breaking point to turn #1 which means that the DRS systems will close at the end of the DRS zone by simply breaking, and finally it is the part of the track that has the most spectators.
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11th April 2013, 16:20 #14
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11th April 2013, 16:33 #15
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Chinese try to Blind/kill The Boss with noxious gas.
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11th April 2013, 17:41 #16
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Originally Posted by Mr Alca-Tazizzle
Mercedes have a good chance here, so here's to a one two for them. Obviously without team orders this time!!.
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11th April 2013, 17:46 #17
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Originally Posted by racerdudeкак могу я знать что я думаю, пока не слушал что я говорю
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11th April 2013, 18:49 #18Originally Posted by racerdude
I've nothing against DRS itself, it's necessary because of Aero and I see it as the lesser of the two evils... but combine it with the very fragile 'joke' tyres that deteriorate very quickly unless treated with great care and you are left with very artificial strategic racing, it's effectively endurance racing... not what F1 should be about in my opinion.The emergence of the new 'Rainmaster' - Mad Max at Interlagos 2016!
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11th April 2013, 21:24 #19
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Originally Posted by racerdude
For many years engineers spent a great deal of effort making sure that the "dirty air" created in the wake of the car made it next to impossible to overcome the disruption on the following cars aerodynamics. A number of rules changes lessened this effect, but it was still very hard to pass even a slower car. So it was not uncommon to see an obviously faster car and driver combination catch up to a can in front, but often not be able to pass.
I personally think that used properly DRS has it's place in the sport. Prior to DRS it had reached a point where aero games could keep the obviously quicker cars moving through the pack stuck behind a car in front.
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12th April 2013, 12:03 #20
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The soft tires were absolutely ridiculous in FP2. The race could become a real farce. They practically disintegrated after like two laps :S
как могу я знать что я думаю, пока не слушал что я говорю
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