The Drag Reduction System (DRS) proved vital when it came to overtaking at the 2025 Miami Grand Prix, with drivers all using it to great effect over the race's 57 laps. But what exactly is the ...
DRS in Formula 1 is an overtaking aid known as ‘Drag Reduction System’ and is a tool used by drivers to increase their top speed, which promotes more overtaking and therefore closer racing during each ...
You know how in racing games like Mario Kart, you can hit certain parts of the track to get a speed boost? Formula 1 has its own version of that. The drag reduction ...
The introduction of Formula 1’s 2026 active‑aerodynamic regulations has already sparked a wave of creative engineering solutions, and two teams—Audi and Alpine—have emerged with particularly ...
For 14 seasons, the drag reduction system, or DRS for short, has been an integral part of Formula 1 racing. The system, which is deployed when a driver is less than a second behind the car in front, ...
Formula 1's biggest technical overhaul isn't just reshaping the cars and the way drivers extract performance from them -- it is also redefining the language of racing.
Director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), Carlos Sainz, has raised a serious safety concern over the lack of an automatic shut-off for the DRS flap on a Formula One car. Citing Alpine ...
Oscar Piastri says F1’s active aerodynamics may feel familiar to drivers – but the punch it delivers could be on an entirely ...
Williams driver Alex Albon expressed his views on the potential implementation of an automated DRS system for future cars, a discussion sparked by Jack Doohan's severe crash at the Japanese Grand Prix ...
Ferrari has become the first team to publicly show the use of active aerodynamics that is part of the new Formula 1 rules era, after it was spotted during the SF26 shakedown at Fiorano. Having been ...