The FIA has decided to place the single Drag Reduction System zone on the main start-finish straight at the Hungaroring for this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix Formula 1 race.
The Paris-based governing body has finally decided to stick with a single DRS area on the slow, high downforce circuit.
The detection point will be located just ahead of the entry to the last turn while the DRS zone will start 70 metres after the apex of the final corner.
But drivers and engineers fear that overtaking won’t be much easier than before.
“Like Monaco, the Hungaroring is all about qualifying. DRS will skew things a little, but it will remain very tough to overtake,” said James Allison, Technical Director at Lotus Renault GP.
“Getting a good qualifying lap will involve having a car which has a good high downforce setup and is able to cope with some of the bumps around the track.”
Allison indicated that the Lotus Renault GP team was pushing really hard to make it back to the front of the grid.
“We have quite lot of improvements to deliver over the next five races. These developments are largely as a result of research work that is already complete, leaving us with the task of designing and manufacturing them for use in the races. By the time the summer break is complete, most of our factory research resource and around half of our manufacturing capacity will have transferred to next year’s car,” Allison said.
The Paris-based governing body has finally decided to stick with a single DRS area on the slow, high downforce circuit.
The detection point will be located just ahead of the entry to the last turn while the DRS zone will start 70 metres after the apex of the final corner.
But drivers and engineers fear that overtaking won’t be much easier than before.
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| The last corner is No. 14 (Image: FIA) |
“Like Monaco, the Hungaroring is all about qualifying. DRS will skew things a little, but it will remain very tough to overtake,” said James Allison, Technical Director at Lotus Renault GP.
“Getting a good qualifying lap will involve having a car which has a good high downforce setup and is able to cope with some of the bumps around the track.”
Allison indicated that the Lotus Renault GP team was pushing really hard to make it back to the front of the grid.
“We have quite lot of improvements to deliver over the next five races. These developments are largely as a result of research work that is already complete, leaving us with the task of designing and manufacturing them for use in the races. By the time the summer break is complete, most of our factory research resource and around half of our manufacturing capacity will have transferred to next year’s car,” Allison said.