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DRS Zones changed at Hockenheim
- Bevan Youl
A change has been made to the DRS zones, removing one of them this year for the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring.
Last year featured three straights, down the pit straight, after turn one and after turn four, in which drivers were able to activate their Drag Reduction System.
But this year the DRS zone on the pit straight has been removed, making it the second race in a row to reduce the number of DRS zones after Silverstone.
Because of these changes the detection point for the zone after turn one is 103m before the corner, whereas the detection point was previously on the final corner as the pit straight/after turn one DRS zones used the same detection point.
Formula 1 said on their website: “There will be two DRS Zones for drivers to use in this weekend's 2019 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, compared to the three that were used in 2018.
“Drivers will no longer be able to activate their Drag Reduction System on the pit straight at the Hockenheimring, with that first DRS Zone now removed.
“That leaves a first DRS Zone after Turn 1, with its detection area now located just after the start-finish line.
“The second DRS Zone at Hockenheim is located on the long stretch following Turn 4, which leads up to the Turn 6 hairpin - the German circuit's prime overtaking spot.”
The other change that has been made to the track for the weekend is a negative kerb being added to the entry of turn 13.