Stroll on DRS dilemma: 'Something drivers should speak about with the FIA'
Similar to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the FIA decided to shorten the DRS zones in Miami, with drivers unhappy about the change as it made overtaking too difficult. Lance Stroll thought it was important to discuss this situation with the FIA as well as the drivers.
George Russell and Charles Leclerc also expressed disagreement with the FIA's choices. In doing so, Russell told them that the FIA had not even asked for the drivers' opinions. Stroll argued that, on the contrary, it is very important that the FIA and the drivers talk about this together.
Stroll on DRS
Stroll reveals that in an ideal world, DRS should not even be needed to overtake, but unfortunately for drivers and fans, that is not yet the case. Stroll argues that the current DRS dilemma is very tricky and that it is very dependent on the track.
"I definitely think it's something that, as a group of drivers and with the FIA, it's important that we speak about the DRS zones at each track and give ourselves the best possible opportunity to race every weekend and pass and actually do something on Sunday. I think it's very track dependent. We go to Baku, and overtaking is a lot easier than Monaco, for example," the Aston Martin driver revealed at the press conference in Miami.
Mercedes speaking though there people!.......With or Without DRS they will never pass Max!..........Best to zip it!
The premise of the intervention is to make it harder to overtake and thereby increasing excitement for the fans. What it did is make the Baku race boring and in Miami it created a boring race in the midfield in the first stint. FIA should just stop with these silly things trying to “make” a race… it’s unnecessary! A race “makes” itself…. There are sufficient variables that can mix things up. Just let it be.
The only reason for this is to try to slow Red Bull down, all it really does is hurt all the other teams. Like how they thought the new floor rule would hurt Red Bull but it hurt the competition while Red Bull sailed right through it. Stupid dog tricks, performed by humans. How entertaining.
How does it slow them down? The RB in P1 only gets DRS when lapping someone, and the RB in P2 barely can keep up with the guy in front, so he's out of DRS zone.
Somehow their brains can't understand that even though it's very simple
It doesn't slow ♉ down. As I said, it penalizes other teams who need that extra 100 metres.
My guess is that it is known that RB is particularly fast with the DRS open. One of the reasons - if not the main reason - that gave RB an advantage in qualifying over the competition. In race it can be an disadvantage for RB when like in Miami, when they have to start from way behind P1. But again, that's just my guess about what they could potentially have expected from this. But I agree that it seems to hurt RB way less than all other teams. I've to agree with STR. Such decisions should be discussed with the drivers first.
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