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Third DRS zone added for Australian Grand Prix

A third DRS zone has been added to the Albert Park circuit for this weekend’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix. DRS has been in use in Formula 1 since 2011, with the majority of Grand Prix venues featuring two zones, where free use is available during qualifying, and permitted when within a second of a rival in race trim. Previously, a single detection point on the entry to Turn 14 has been followed by two zones, one along the pit straight and the other between Turns 2 and 3. These areas have been retained, but a new zone – with its own detection point – has been added for the first round of the 2018 campaign. The new detection point has been placed 170 metres before...
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