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New DRS zone should help overtaking at Singapore

Ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, it has emerged that the FIA had mandated a new, fourth DRS to aid overtaking at the Marina Bay Circuit where overtaking has been at a premium since it joined the F1 schedule in 2008. The spectacular circuit was modified last year with the aim of making it flow better, but it is still one of the twistiest of the season. Its length is now down to 4.940 kilometres so that the number of laps has been increased to 62. In the final sector, between what used to include turns 16 to 19, a 400 metre straight has replaced them so that the number of corners has been reduced from 23 to 19. Last year, the work of resurfacing the track began and this year the sections...
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