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FIA open to using more DRS zones

This year's Formula 1 circuits could include more DRS zones as the FIA try to bolster overtaking. Already in Melbourne the FIA opted to increase the number of DRS zones from two to three with an additional one include between Turns 12 and 13. That, though, proved rather unsuccessful with just five overtakes taking place after lap 1. But despite the fail experiment, FIA race director Charlie Whiting says they are likely to include more in the coming races. 'We are looking at optimising what can be done with the DRS zones,' Whiting said in Melbourne. 'This is not an ideal circuit for that [overtaking], with the two DRS zones that we have that are not particularly effective. 'We thought as...
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