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GPDA co-directors disagree over Doohan-DRS crash
Apr.9 The two co-directors of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association are not on the same page about Jack Doohan's huge Suzuka crash. Under immense pressure to keep his Alpine seat, rookie Doohan admits to leaving his DRS rear wing flap open as he took turn 1 at Suzuka flat-out in practice – resulting in an enormous crash. 'Hopefully this accident shows that there is a need to have a system that switches off the DRS 50 or 100 metres before the braking zone so that the driver doesn't have a chance to make a mistake,' Carlos Sainz, the newly-appointed GPDA co-director, said last weekend in Japan. However, the more established GPDA co-director, Mercedes driver George Russell, does not...
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