James Allison anticipates improved DRS at the Singapore Grand Prix – Formula 1 news
The technical chief of Lotus, James Allison, told that Lotus will introduce a new floor and a rear wing which is expected to improve the performance of their DRS at the Singapore Grand Prix.
The team also expects that the selected tyre compounds by Pirelli for the upcoming race will make them more competitive at Marina Bay Street Circuit.
Lotus will be coming with a new floor and a new rear wing to the Singaporean circuit. The introductions are expected to improve their DRS by switching from its maximum drag to reduced drag. The new rear wing will aid in terms of downforce and is expected
to provide a high share of the DRS potential which is difficult to achieve at high downforce levels.
James Allison said, “We believe we've been able to produce a rear wing which is at the higher end of the downforce spectrum but still able to allow the lion's share of the DRS potential which is more difficult to achieve at high downforce levels.”
The technical chief added that the tyres selected for Pirelli for the Singapore GP will add to their advantage as they have been unable to perform convincingly over the circuit due to the harder compound supplied by the tyre manufacturers. The different
tyres were resulting in an issue for the team however Lotus is comfortable with tyres being provided at the Singaporean circuit by Pirelli.
“Combine those two factors and we weren't able to play our usual trump card, which has been better tyre management in the race. Both Monza and Spa could be comfortably completed with a one stop strategy, or even conceivably with no stops if the rules allowed
it,” he added.
Allison added that the race at Monza and Spa could have been completed with one pit stop strategy or even without any stop if the tyres were traditional. They could have achieved the advantage with their impressive tyre management.
Compounds are altered by Pirelli to make race more interesting due to the pit stop strategy adopted by teams.
Let’s see how Lotus performs at the Singapore GP with their improved DRS and their traditional tyres.
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