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Auto Motor und Sport is reporting that Formula 1 is considering banning the use of DRS in Qualifying, which they add would hit Red Bull the hardest.
Respected German publication Auto Motor und Sport has reported that they learned Formula 1 is planning to restrict the use of DRS during race weekends, more specifically the use of DRS would only be allowed in races, and not in qualifying.
They did not state when this change would be implemented, but they do point out that it would hit Red Bull the hardest.
Red Bull has been dominating the field this season with their straightline speed, and in large part due to the way they optimised their DRS.
AMuS revealed the data show that at Spa Red Bull’s drivers clocked a top speed of 340.8km/h and 338.8km/h respectively with DRS activated, while Lewis clocked only 333km/h.
“It’s unbelievable how much lap time Red Bull wins as soon as the rear wing is open,” Mercedes’ Chief Technical Officer Mike Elliott commented after the race.
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“If we superimpose the speed curves, we can hardly believe it ourselves,” he concluded.
A week earlier, after Lewis managed to snatch pole from Max Verstappen at Hungarian Grand Prix Qualifying, he noted that Red Bull seems to have lost their DRS advantage.
“I mean, they’ve still got the DRS, but they don’t have the DRS advantage all of a sudden that they used to have,” the Briton told Sky Sports F1.
“Where did that go?” he proceeded to ask.
It has to be noted that this story is at this point just a rumour, and it remains to be seen if Formula 1 will indeed decide to proceed with this change.
