“It’s just too easy to overtake, that’s not good,” Christian Horner’s “worrisome” take on 4 DRS zones at Albert Park
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Red Bull Racing's Team Principal Christian Horner
Christian Horner the Red Bull team Principal has recently given his on the four DSR zones that the Australian Grand Prix is offering this time around and believes that this weekend’s Grand Prix could turn out to be a Moto GP style race.
The Albert Park has gone through some drastic changes and it has changed the whole dynamics of the track. With the new track layout, Albert Park has become a free-flowing circuit where F1 cars are now able to do a single lap in under 1min 20seconds.
Christian Horner while talking about the four DRS zones has indicated the “cat and mouse” game that Max and Charles played in Saudi Arabia could again be seen be during this Sunday’s Australian GP.
In Saudi Arabia, the duo was engaged in an enthralling battle that saw the two trying to stay behind each other before the DRS detection zone in order to take advantage when it came into play. Horner believes it is a dangerous game to play and Max and Charles’s upcoming battle in Australia could potentially allow others to take advantage of it.
The Ferrari and the Red Bull team has again showed solid pace during the Friday practice sessions and the dynamic duo of Charles and Leclerc were again at top of the timing sheets with a 1-2 finish in the second free practice.
Christian Horner believes cars could change position frequently during the Australian GP
Christian while talking about the Australian GP has indicated that because of the four DRS detection zones cars will be seen swapping positions frequently at Albert Park.
“I think in Jeddah, for example, if the DRS line had been later, or you’re actually in the corner itself, then there wouldn’t have been that tactical play coming in,” said Horner.
“I think what will be interesting here, four zones, it’s pretty much the whole lap behind.”
“Now what you don’t want the DRS to be is too easy that it’s just a cruise past. What the DRS should be is to enable you to get more of a slipstream effect. It should be a run but without just cruising past either side.”
“The distances of these DRS zones will be quite interesting in the race on Sunday to see how big an effect [it has] because it could be like a MotoGP race where you could be changing [position] two or three times a lap.”
“It depends on the length of those zones and how it affects…if it’s just too easy to overtake, that’s not good.”
Things are shaping up nicely ahead of the Australian Grand Prix and if Jeddah is seen as a sign of things to come, it seems the upcoming GP in Melbourne could also prove to be a cracker of a contest between the two championship rivals Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc.
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