Double DRS Zones

[strad]

I don't think it's quite fair and after the pass by Webber Mike sure doesn't either.
In the double DRS zones like in Canada there is but one activastion zone. Soooo I flip my DRS becuase I am close enough behind you,,,I fly past you, hit my brakes for the corner seperating the two zones and my DRS closes,,,,BUT when off the brakes MY DRS opens again even though I'm in front,,BECAUSE, way back in the activation zone, I was behind you.

[strad]

So from the lack of comment I can assume y'all think that it's fair for the guy in front to be able to use his DRS system?

[gridwalker]

Two zones should require two activation points : simple as that really.

The fact that the 2 zones could theoretically allow a chasing car to pass then vanish into the distance makes me think that this isn't about passing, but rather giving the whole chasing pack an advantage to try and close the field spread to the increasingly dominant Vettel.

[hardingfv32]

Sam Michael discusses DRS in a "The Fly Lap" interview. He states the software is not up to the task yet. With the correct software, eventually there could be DRS whenever the one second spacing/trailing condition is met.

Brian

[strad]

Well I think it's BS to begin with, but then when you allow the leading car to have the advantage it loses credibility.
There should be two activation zones.

[toshinden]

FIA’s Whiting plans DRS tweak for Silverstone
Saturday June 25, 2011 03:21:57 PM UTC

The FIA is considering applying a second 'activation point' for the overtaking system DRS at Silverstone in two weeks.

At Canada and again this weekend in Valencia, there are two zones in which chasing drivers can use their adjustable rear wings in the race, but only one 'activation point'.

FIA technical delegate Charlie Whiting told reporters on Friday that the single activation point in Canada, where a chasing driver can trigger his DRS if he is within one second of his prey, was not adequate.

Fernando Alonso said he is more hopeful for the similar setup on the streets of Valencia on Sunday.

"There will definitely be more overtaking than in recent years, as in Monaco," he told Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.

Whiting, however, is not satisfied and is close to arranging for a second activation point to be applied ahead of the second 'DRS' straight at Silverstone in a fortnight.

If not, the chasing driver has "a double advantage", argues Rubens Barrichello, because "he can drive off with his flat rear wing" in the second DRS zone "even if he is already ahead".

Sebastian Vettel agrees: "Rubens is right. When Button passed Schumacher in Montreal, Michael didn't stand a chance."

But a dissenting voice is Nick Heidfeld's, who argues: "The whole point is that the faster driver can pass. If the slower one can attack immediately again, the first overtaking move was pointless."

[Dragonfly]

Two zones should require two activation points : simple as that really.

The fact that the 2 zones could theoretically allow a chasing car to pass then vanish into the distance makes me think that this isn't about passing, but rather giving the whole chasing pack an advantage to try and close the field spread to the increasingly dominant Vettel.

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It's so simple that I am really baffled why FIA & Co can't see such simple things.

[Guille]

Come on, everything is not about Vettel, it really does not make a difference, double DRS zones are because the straight is too short and therefore it woont make a difference, this is why they have two straights with DRS to match more less the same distance of DRS zone in each Grand Prix.

[strad]

Come on, everything is not about Vettel, .

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Where is that coming from? It's not fair for the guy in front to be given an advantage...Whether that is Vettle, Button or Narain Karthikeyan ...Well OK,,,IF Narain gets in front he needs all the advantage he can get.