Versus the 4 DRS zones witnessed in Melbourne final 12 months, this 12 months’s race options 5 Straight Mode zones.
The Detection Level is simply after Flip 13, after which, offering they have been inside one second of the automotive forward at that time, drivers can have 5 zones wherein they will use their overtake increase.
They’re from Flip 14 to Flip 1, Flip 2 to Flip 3, Flip 5 to Flip 6, Flip 8 to Flip 9 and Flip 10 to Flip 11.
Final 12 months, the DRS activation zones started 130 metres after the start-line, 30 metres after Flip 2, 100 metres after Flip 10, and 30 metres after Flip 14, with two detection factors, one after Flip 6 and the opposite 90 metres earlier than Flip 13.
As soon as detected, the overtake increase is accessible for the following lap till reaching the detection level subsequent time round at which level the method begins once more, or not if a driver is over a second behind.
Any questions must be despatched to Mohammed Ben Sulayem on the FIA in Paris or Stefano Domenicali at F1 Towers in London.
