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DRS loses its bite as cars grow ever more efficient

Sep.25 Formula 1 drivers are increasingly frustrated that overtaking has become harder again – and engineers admit the once-powerful DRS tool is now losing its effect. At Baku, a track with a 2.2-kilometre flat-out blast, just 24 passes were recorded over 51 laps – seven of them at the restart. After that, the race largely locked up, with even the faster McLarens and Ferraris struggling to cut through the pack. The ground-effect regulations introduced in 2022 were supposed to make following easier. And at first, they did. But according to Mercedes engineer Andrew Shovlin, development since then has changed the balance. 'Cars have become increasingly efficient,' he explained....
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