Personally I thought DRS was spot on here. No one was breezing past, it just put the chasing driver in position to either banzi up the inside into turn 1, or be close enough for another stab later in the lap.
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Personally I thought DRS was spot on here. No one was breezing past, it just put the chasing driver in position to either banzi up the inside into turn 1, or be close enough for another stab later in the lap.
But it didn't really seem to help at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
It did help Lewis gain 0.3 seconds on straight every lap and not fade away behind Vettel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Didn't know they could use it to overtake backmarkers. That seems a bit odd.
In terms of breezing by before the braking zone? No it didn't. But no one wants that. There were a handful of passes that were 100% DRS assisted, but as Ioan says Lewis was piling on the pressure thanks to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
I don't think they can. Martin kept saying it, but I thought it was established that DRS was only for position battles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
They do use it for backmarkers. I don't know how the system works but it doesn't distinguish between racing for position or if is lapped traffic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
One of the many faults with the DRS, however a way smaller fault then the existence itself of this device.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
This race was a good example of how DRS should be: it gave the overtaker a fighting chance down into turn one, but still made him do a lot of work once he got there. Used properly, I don't really understand the opposition to the system.
I agree, that doesn't seem to make any sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark