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Red Bull surprised: rivals don't understand the secret of DRS
(it.motorsport.com)
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I think they generate a lot of downforce with the floor of the car / ground effects, allowing them to run less rear wing which increases their top speed
They say the advantage disappears on high downforce tracks. That seems to contradict this line of thought.
If you run with less rear wing the drs effect should be smaller, not larger. They are doing something different.
I think it's because on high downforce tracks everybody has the same effect as them
Hmm yeah true, I guess no one else really knows exactly how they are doing it. Maybe Mclaren knows since they increased their performance
There's more to it than that, because that effect would apply all the time, not just with DRS open. They're doing something specific with DRS.
DRS doesn't even need to be used. Checo had the same advantage without DRS when overtaking Leclerc at Spa. Sailed by as if he had DRS anyway.
But the advantage goes away on low-speed tracks, and there's a pattern of Max seemingly winding something up to pull out a fast lap so that they can still get pole. He will always have green or yellow first or second sectors, and then an absurdly fast final sector netting overall half a second or more over the rest of the field.
yes, they have an overall low-drag package. super duper DRS is the icing on the cake.