Your opinion on 'Drag Reduction System'

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Originally Posted by Daniel

I think what we want to see is a middle ground. A little bit of DRS to purely overcome the whole turbulence issue would be nice, I don't want DRS doing 100% of the work for the driver :)

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DRS does not overcome the turbulence issue, it has nothing to do with it.

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Originally Posted by Dave B

How about that for a rule: use DRS if you're within a second of the car in front but you must release it the moment you draw level. Could that work?

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How do you police it?

Why not free up the design and set a budget limit?
Most will go straight for ground effects, which are the answer to being able to get close to the car in front. Problem solved.

But no, this smart arse buffoons will never come up with something simple and effective, only with complicated gimmicks that need to be detailed on 30 pages of regulations.

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Originally Posted by Whyzars

No, my opinion of the DRS has formed from every race this year equally. Each subsequent race provides further reinforcement.

Turkey for instance told me that they will likely get the zone wrong more often than they will get it right. It may be marginal but how do they truly expect to ever judge whether they got it right? Are journalists and commentators going to decide if the FIA had the zone right or wrong and on what basis will that be decided?

The potency of the DRS is affected by track conditions and pre-race decisions. There appears to be no provision for the stewards to remedy anything in the DRS once a race begins.

In each race the DRS has had issues. I haven't even touched on my concerns about the safety of the DRS.

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F1 drivers are big boys. I think they can handle DRS. I really don't agree that there've been issues at every track either.

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Originally Posted by ioan

DRS does not overcome the turbulence issue, it has nothing to do with it.

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OK I phrased it wrong. But basically in ye olde days you had to kill your tyres just to try and get past.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

OK I phrased it wrong. But basically in ye olde days you had to kill your tyres just to try and get past.

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Duh! I thought that's what Pirelli was trying to do this season. The DRS is such a contrived piece of garbage, but seeing two guys duke it out due to the fact that their tires are at different levels is fun to watch.

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Originally Posted by ioan

DRS does not overcome the turbulence issue, it has nothing to do with it.

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Greater speed differential helps. This should be with KERS, not DRS.

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Originally Posted by Mia 01

I have noticed that Seb is very good att using DRS.

Is that a reason?

Ilike DRS.

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Challenging for podium position will be too easy for das Crash Kid though I was mightily impressed in trying to fend off Hamilton in China.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

See, this is why we need to get rid of Wedge. Daniel had a crazy idea.


Can anyone see the complete lack of logic in my statement? :mark: I call it the "butterfly flapping its wings in the jungles of Madagascar causes Rubin "hurricane" Carter to be wrongfully jailed in the USA" theory.

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I wasn't personally attacking you. I was attacking the collective ideas of advocating DRS. The more the ideas, deeper the hole is dug. There should be no halfway house. Either keep it for unlimited use or get rid of it.

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Originally Posted by wedge

I wasn't personally attacking you. I was attacking the collective ideas of advocating DRS. The more the ideas, deeper the hole is dug. There should be no halfway house. Either keep it for unlimited use or get rid of it.

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I know, and it wasn't personal back :) I was just trying to show how flawed your logic is/was :) Lets give DRS some time and let the FIA make some sensible tweaks and see where it takes us.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

I know, and it wasn't personal back :) I was just trying to show how flawed your logic is/was :) Lets give DRS some time and let the FIA make some sensible tweaks and see where it takes us.

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In China there was a lot of action that didn't involve DRS!

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Originally Posted by wedge

In China there was a lot of action that didn't involve DRS!

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Of course and DRS isn't always needed to make action happen, doesn't mean it's not needed some other times.