Detection point and configuration for Suzuka’s single DRS zone | 2022 Japanese GP. DRS zone for Japan GP.

Just like the Singapore Grand Prix, which returned to the Formula One calendar this year for the first time since 2019, the Japanese Grand Prix is also ready to make its comeback after three seasons of absence due to the restrictions imposed for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following the tradition since 1987, with the sole exception of the two-year period 2007-2008, the venue will once again be the Suzuka circuit, one of the most technical and at the same time fastest in the entire Formula One world championship.

Inaugurated by Honda in 1962, and initially used only for testing, over the years the Japanese track has become an important fixture in the F1 world championship, so much so that it is appreciated by most of the drivers for some sections of the track considered particularly spectacular. Despite the presence of various slow sections, Suzuka also includes sectors that are tackled by drivers at high speed: above all, the most famous is the Turn 15, known as the 130R, which is taken by drivers on the left in full.

The area, moreover, will also have a specific function for the 2022 edition: according to the data published by the FIA with just a few days ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix, 40 meters after the entry of turn 15 there will be the only DRS Detection Point, that is the calculation of the distance of less than one second between two cars necessary for drivers to use the DRS.

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If the pursuer is in the conditions to activate it, the open mobile wing will be used in only one point, namely the start – finish straight line. Upon exiting the last corner, the competitor will be able to activate the DRS up to the entrance to the first corner. From that moment on, in the event that overtaking does not take place, the pursuit will continue in the most technical and twisty part of the track, which is of course is the section where overtaking moves are the most difficult.