News Details

Overtaking gets a boost in Melbourne with third DRS zone

The FIA has added a third DRS zone to boost overtaking at Melbourne's Albert Park circuit in this weekend's opening round of the 2018 world championship. The Australian Grand Prix venue initially featured two DRS zones at the exit of Turns 2 and 16, triggered by a single detection point upon the entry to Turn 14. The governing body has added a third zone for this weekend's curtain-raiser, the detection point of which be located 170 meters before Turn 11 before running through Turn 12 to 13. In a nutshell: which tyres for the Australian GP? Following last year's event, in which overtaking opportunities were scarce, Melbourne's promoters contemplated the idea of tweaking the track's layout...
Full Story »
7y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Third DRS zone added for Australian GP

Formula 1 race officials have added a third DRS zone to the Albert Park...
7y ago from Crash.net

GALLERY: Albert Park Thursday set-up

Photographs from set-up day at the Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix...
7y ago from SpeedCafe.com

The Australian Grand Prix timetable

The 2018 F1 Championship gets underway this weekend with the Australian...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Marcus Ericsson wary of unpredictable Australian...

Marcus Ericsson says he's looking forward to kicking off the 2018 Formula...

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Yamaha admits 2026 MotoGP performance will decide...

Yamaha knows it must deliver a more competitive 2026 MotoGP bike to...

Trackhouse Aprilia launches two liveries ahead of 2026...

Trackhouse Aprilia satellite team has launched its two new liveries in...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Will Power sees ‘all the ingredients’ for a...

Will Power is approaching the beginning of his new IndyCar chapter, with...

Ed Carpenter to contest 23rd Indianapolis 500

Owner of the Ed Carpenter Racing IndyCar team Ed Carpenter will race in...

Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...

McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Let's wait and see on Kai's knee

Morning all, happy Friday to you. Let's start with some reporting around...
54m ago from Arseblog.com

Roberto de Zerbi namedrops Arsenal duo and 2 other...

Marseille manager Roberto de Zerbi has named Arsenal duo Martin Odegaard...
10h ago from SportsKeeda.com

PL Predictions: Big upset brewing? Why Wolves can beat...

Our football betting expert Jones Knows provides his insight across the...
9h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Ferrari F1 2026 car reveal - how to watch live unveiling

The 2026 Ferrari breaks cover and hits the track... Read More »
54m ago from RacingNews365.com

Red Bull boss 'sad to lose' F1 star

Racing Bulls F1 team principal Alan Permane has... Read More »
24m ago from GPFans.com

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.