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Top drivers say F1 not ready to scrap DRS

Mar.29 Top Formula 1 drivers say the sport is not ready to drop the overtaking aid DRS. The opening two races of the 2022 ‘ground effect' rules era kicked off with rave reviews, with chasing and passing a rival car made notably easier. Some have argued that the new rules are so effective that, in combination with DRS, the racing was almost farcically good in Saudi Arabia as Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc played 'smart tricks' with the DRS detection zone. 'I basically knew that if I was leaving Max with a DRS for the main straight, I will be overtaken very easily,' said Ferrari's Leclerc. 'The second time, obviously Max knew that I was going to do that, so we both braked quite...
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