From one extreme to the other: Monaco is the circuit with the shortest straights on the Formula 1 calendar, while Baku has the largest one, a fully open accelerator sector 2200 meters long. In Azerbaijan, Red Bull will check whether the problems at the DRS that emerged in Barcelona on Max Verstappen’s RB18 have been resolved or not.
As Italian journalist Federico Albano pointed out in the last episode of the formulapassion.it podcast Raceweek, it is precisely when the rear movable wing opens that Red Bull achieves the most significant gain as compared to Scuderia Ferrari in terms of aerodynamic efficiency, i.e. little resistance to advancement (drag).
In Baku there will once again be the two areas where it will be possible to operate the DRS as in past editions. The first will be located at the straight of the finish line, but the wing can only be opened wide ‘only’ once the final part of the straight has been taken with no more half-turns. The detection point, that is the point where it will be necessary to have less than a second of disadvantage from the car ahead in order to be able to use the drag reduction device, will be located a few hundred meters before.
The second DRS zone, on the other hand, will be positioned on the straight parallel to that of the pits after Corner 2. The detection point in this case will be between Turn 1 and Turn 2. Below are all the details through the map of the Baku circuit in view of the Azerbaijan weekend:
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