It wasn't that great but I'll give it the benefit of doubt being the first race and all. Maybe it will work better at snoozefests like Barcelona (with looong main straights)
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It wasn't that great but I'll give it the benefit of doubt being the first race and all. Maybe it will work better at snoozefests like Barcelona (with looong main straights)
We need to give this thing a few races before drawing conclusions. My impression is that it did work as intended. It made it a little easier for a faster car to pass a slower one, but not easy.
One thing I liked about it was that you could see it being used, which I actually didn't expect. I think it adds a bit of drama to overtaking challenges because of that. In that way it's better than KERS, which has seemed to work better as a defensive, anti-overtaking device to me.
Another thing I liked is that the challenge to use it is that the following driver has to get himself into that 1-second space at the right time, so it's not fair to say the overtake is handed on a plate.
I think I saw Petrov comment that he was able to use it while passing backmarkers, which helped him defend his place (against Alonso). Perhaps this usage is not what they had in mind when they introduced the system.
So, not a complete disaster.
I actually like the concept as if a driver is gradually catching another driver, you know that when they eventually catch up with them they will have some chance of getting by, unlike now where a driver could claw back a 30 second defecit only to be stuck behind the other car until a pit stop or the end of the race!
One modification I would like is that a driver is within a second at the activation zone, they should be allowed to use the device for the entirety of the following lap, and to make it simple, allowed to use it even if they've passed the car in question.
However I don't like the use of it in qualifying? The idea is to make overtaking easier, so why is it deployed in qualifying?
I thought that, bit strange to see them all hitting it, and even stranger to see Sutil drop it on the last corner and still keep it out the wall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Just another gimmick that does not work. It is so easy to work out how to create more overtaking (if that is the point of teh DRS system). I cant believe that the powers that be are so stupid that they dont implement them, instead of these stupid gimmicks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malllen
I'd love to see all aero removed completely but despite DRS being a bit gimmicky I felt it perhaps did just enough to improve overtaking. We will have to wait and see how it will affect the next race but so far I have nothing negative to say about.
KERS on the other hand is a complete gimmick and offers nothing to the sport at all.
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Originally Posted by Mark
Yes its gimmicky but I personally don't want more overtaking but dogfights close to replicating Button vs. Massa.
I'd be on board with that - it removes some of the gimmicky nature of DRS - but doesn't yet answer the question of how to give the slower car the chance to fight back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Change the laws of physics?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
yeh canny change the laws of physics! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko