FIA allows Double Drag Reduction zone at 2012 Australian Grand Prix – Formula 1 news
There are going to be two Drag Reduction System (DRS) zones at the first Grand Prix of the forthcoming 2012 F1 season going to be held at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia on March 18, 2012.
DRS provides assistance to a car which is chasing a contender, to boost up its pace by changing the rear wing angle.
Moreover, it will be interesting to know that International Automobile Federation (FIA) has pointed out that the system could only be helpful if the driver has an additional tool which is at his own disposal to support with passing.
During the last season, at the Albert Park, this system could only be used on the pit straight but in the approaching season it will also be seen in action at a point other than the existing one.
The system was first set up during the last season at the Australian GP to a varied reception. However, it proved out to be quite a valuable support for the teams which used it for the purpose of overtaking at other circuits around the world as the season
progressed.
“Historically overtaking has been difficult in Melbourne, but this time there will be two DRS zones,” Sauber's head of track engineering Giampaolo Dall'Ara revealed.
Furthermore, in the last year, double DRS regions were seen at the Canadian GP for the first time but in fact, it worked as one extended zone because there existed only one activation point.
On the other hand, two activation points were established and introduced at the race in Italy, implying the cars which were passed in the prior opening region could be able to come to blows in the subsequent region afterwards during the same lap.
So far, FIA has not issued the specifications regarding the double DRS zones in Melbourne. Nevertheless, two potential regions have been identified for the establishment of the second zone which could provide the drivers with further help in overtaking the
rivals on lap by increasing the speed and those two zones could be located between the ‘second and third’ or ‘twelfth and thirteenth’ turns in the circuit.
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