2013 Chinese GP - Shanghai

[atanatizante]

DRS:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/u ... 52x886.gif

According to FIA: http://www.fia.com/championship/fia-for ... ircuit-map, there is only one DRS zone:

[raymondu999]

That is odd. But I'm quite certain there are two this year. The FiA already announced that early in the year.

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[BorisTheBlade]

Wednesday and no pictures yet?

Be patient. It just takes some timeto get them through the Great Wall

[KATO]

My eye this race is on Hulk and what he can do now with more Data and a full race in the C32 to prepare for the race in China..
Also the MP4-28"A" I want to see if Mclaren comes out with significant updates and how they stack up during quali also. Mercedez and how they deal with Last years Data for this race and if this year they might be able to pull something off with the Great team of drivers they have. The Rookies how will they stack up amongst each other and how will they do can one of them do more then what's expected of them. Or will we simply yet again only see Lotus Ferrari Mercedez and RedBull dominate.. With Force India bringing up the MidField.

China usually we see teams update their cars so tomorrow or later today I hope we see tons of pics for all the cars except Caterham who said they won't bring anything new till Spain but they said it was significant and that the updates would all be focused on the nose..

[Juzh]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2QISTDT9hU[/youtube]

[andrewf1]

looks like it's freezing in that press conference room

[Just_a_fan]

That is odd. But I'm quite certain there are two this year. The FiA already announced that early in the year.

2 DRS zones makes more sense for the FIA as it means more chances of overtakes happening in front of the main grandstand / corporate boxes etc.. Drivers should use the first DRS to get close to the guy in front and then use the second to overtake in to T1. Some will use the first DRS to overtake but then get overtaken themselves in to T1 unless they're lucky/clever in how they defend.

[rkn]

That is odd. But I'm quite certain there are two this year. The FiA already announced that early in the year.

2 DRS zones makes more sense for the FIA as it means more chances of overtakes happening in front of the main grandstand / corporate boxes etc.. Drivers should use the first DRS to get close to the guy in front and then use the second to overtake in to T1. Some will use the first DRS to overtake but then get overtaken themselves in to T1 unless they're lucky/clever in how they defend.

FIA have confirmed again this week there will be 2 zones http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/2928 ... -for-2013/

[CHT]

Is this press conference for all the "no. 2" drivers?

[FrukostScones]

Is this press conference for all the "no. 2" drivers?

SUTIL is No1 driver.

[stefan_]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hikMrZwojs[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ULcnUDiFbY[/youtube]

[Phil]

Hamilton is apparently ill?

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106627

Hamilton has cancelled his media engagements for Thursday in China and returned to his hotel due to illness.

[CHT]

Nico sound very determine this weekend...I hope he win this weekend.

[Kiril Varbanov]

Hamilton is apparently ill?

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106627

Hamilton has cancelled his media engagements for Thursday in China and returned to his hotel due to illness.

Allergy, according to Bradley Lord, PR at Mclaren, due to the high contamination of the air in China ...

[atanatizante]

That is odd. But I'm quite certain there are two this year. The FiA already announced that early in the year.

2 DRS zones makes more sense for the FIA as it means more chances of overtakes happening in front of the main grandstand / corporate boxes etc.. Drivers should use the first DRS to get close to the guy in front and then use the second to overtake in to T1. Some will use the first DRS to overtake but then get overtaken themselves in to T1 unless they're lucky/clever in how they defend.

In their 2013 Chinese Grand Prix - Preview - FIA has updated the race chart featuring now 2 DRS zones:
http://www.fia.com/news/2013-chinese-grand-prix-preview


It`s a shame coz in the same FIA site, in the section where races are detailed, the race map isn`t updated :http://www.fia.com/championship/fia-for ... ircuit-map

Furthermore, in the Formula1 official site, also the race map isn`t updated and even in the preview they are saying it`s only one DRS zone: http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2013/4/14431.html

And even Pirelli has a race map with only one DRS zone:



So what`s the truth?