News Details

FIA adds third DRS zone in Austria

There will be a third DRS zone at the upcoming Austrian GP; that's according to F1 race director Charlie Whiting. Not for the first time this season, the FIA have decided to add a third DRS zone at a race track. Motorsport's governing body has made the decision in the hope of increase overtaking, and therefore the action, at the Red Bull Ring. 'We have added one DRS zone in Austria,' said FIa race director Charlie Whiting. 'We have three detection points, three activation points, and the new one is between Turns 1 and 3.' The new third zone has been added after Turn 1 with the intention that it will give drivers a chance to attack into the braking at Turn 3. Austrian GP
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

F1 race stewards don’t look at consequences of...

FIA race director Charlie Whiting says Formula 1 race stewards' decisions...
6y ago from Crash.net

Charlie Whiting explains Grosjean's French GP penalty

FIA race director Charlie Whiting has explained why Romain Grosjean was...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

BREAKING: FIA to add another DRS zone for Austrian...

Part two of the tripleheader commences next weekend, and the FIA have...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

FIA defend Vettel's five-second penalty decision

FIA race director Charlie Whiting has defended the stewards' decision to...
6y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

LCR boss reveals Honda is ‘more determined than...

LCR team owner Lucio Cecchinello has revealed that Honda is "more...

Francesco Bagnaia explains ‘weak point' that...

Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagania explained his "weak...

Yamaha officially begins testing of V4 MotoGP engine

Yamaha technical director Max Bartolini has confirmed the MotoGP factory...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

M-Sport chief Malcolm Wilson nominated as FIA deputy...

Malcolm Wilson, OBE, and founder of title-winning WRC outfit M-Sport, has...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Him starting really shocked me', 'This seems mad' -...

A section of Arsenal fans are unhappy with Mikel Arteta’s decision to...
49m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal contemplating handing new deal to veteran star...

Arsenal are considering sanctioning a new contract to keep experienced...
29m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal transfer news: Gunners midfielder 'receives...

Arsenal midfielder Jorginho reportedly receives a proposal to join...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Barcelona transfer news: Raphinha asking price...

Barcelona are reportedly willing to listen to offers for Raphinha this...
4h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.