Stu wrote: ↑16 Mar 2022, 13:28
Just_a_fan wrote: ↑16 Mar 2022, 11:23
mwillems wrote: ↑16 Mar 2022, 11:09
On the other hand, tyre deg from following is also going to be reduced so those that couldn't get close because their tyres would be ruined will now not have that issue.
Maybe. But if the drivers are struggling to be able to pass for want of a tow on the straights, I fear we will see some desperate lunges in to corners as drivers resort to dive bombing to make a pass.
It will be interesting, if that does occur, to see which drivers are able to pull off such moves successfully and also which drivers are ham-fisted in their defence of such moves. I foresee a lot of contact if this does come to pass.
Is that what overtakes were before DRS?
What it will give the drivers is the option to hang back and then carry more speed through a corner onto the straight. DRS may not be required & neither is a desperate lunge. DRS has probably created more desperate lunges than any other technology on the previous generation of cars (because the skill of the overtake has been diminished).
DRS was brought in because there was little overtaking on track. Most was done using pit stop strategies, especially in the refuelling era.
We've had a driver say he was within a couple of car lengths and got no appreciable tow. If that lack of tow translates to the races, we will see drivers on the gearbox down the straight and then having to time the duck out and brake moment. I can see some getting it wrong initially as both try to be the last of the late brakers. It's going to be interesting. Certainly, defending the inside line is going to be even more important than it might have been in recent years.
I can also see drivers in the front of such a pairing using a subtle brake check to make the following driver back off.
I can see drivers with recent junior series experience having the upper hand initially.
If you are more fortunate than others, build a larger table not a taller fence.