The DRS provided a nice show of overtaking in the Grand Prize of Turkey past. The mechanism has allowed that exceed an opponent is a simple maneuver of what was in the past, when he sometimes had to sweat blood to achieve it. When was achieved, because sometimes it was mission impossible. And if not they should ask to Fernando Alonso after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix of last year.
Through the official Twitter of the Circuit de Catalunya arrives to us the information about that area of activation of the DRS will be the main straight. This will have a length of 830 m, making it one of the longest in the world.
In the past Chinese Grand Prix the FIA reduced the area of activation of the DRS of 902 m 752 m, as a result of comments that pointed to overtaking would be all too easy to. Just what has happened to the conclusion of the trial at Istanbul Park. What happens at the Circuit de Catalunya?
The detail that should not be overlooked is the fame that has to be one of the paths where exceed a single-seat rival is more difficult. With this measure the FIA surely will pursue give some things pilots, and in passing that the viewers to see movement on track, not a simple procession of cars. It is clear that the race on the Catalan circuit will be a real test for this system.
