Saturday polesitter Leclerc launched cleanly to hold position into Turn 1 and then retained control over second-starting Perez at a safety car restart that followed AlphaTauri... read more »

In the first sprint race of the season, which followed a new qualifying format (see below), Ferrari's Charles Leclerc led from pole ahead of Perez, as Max Verstappen (Red... read more »

Red Bull Racing's Sergio Perez has taken victory at today's F1 Sprint Race at Baku, Azerbaijan. The Mexican breezed past Leclerc with DRS on the main straight to take... read more »

Fernando Alonso has revealed that a DRS issue was to blame for Aston Martin's underwhelming qualifying performance for the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. read more »

Alonso and team-mate Lance Stroll struggled to maintain their excellent early-season performance in qualifying at Baku's high-speed street circuit.Speed traces from Q3... read more »

Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll reckoned DRS that only functioned intermittently impacted on Aston Martin's prospects during Formula 1 qualifying in Azerbaijan. Aston... read more »

Last year the second of two DRS activation points was drawn 347 metres past Turn 20, the final flat-out kink leading onto Baku's ultra-long main straight.For 2023, the... read more »

The main DRS zone at the Baku City Circuit has been shortened ahead of this weekend's Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. As per 2022 there will be two DRS zones at the... read more »

Lando Norris says that McLaren has been left "shocked" by its deficit to rivals when activating the drag reduction system (DRS). McLaren has endured a difficult start... read more »

The Red Bull RB19 has been a 'jet' in a straight line this season. Its competitors have been sitting ducks on straights, as Lewis Hamilton found out in the Saudi and... read more »

Ferrari have to understand F1 rival Red Bull's "mega big DRS" advantage, team principal Fred Vasseur has admitted.  read more »

The phenomenal efficiency of Red Bull's DRS overtaking aid has been on full display this season, with Max Verstappen slashing through the field in Saudi Arabia to climb... read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has described Red Bull's DRS advantage as 'mind-boggling'. read more »

Lando Norris has spoken out about one of the major weaknesses of the McLaren MCL60, criticising the car's DRS following the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

DRS, or the Drag Reduction System, has been in F1 since 2011. What is it? How does it work?  read more »

After a chaotic Australian Grand Prix, won by Red Bull's Max Verstappen, how are each of the 10 teams feeling as they fly home from Melbourne? read more »

Verstappen lost his lead from pole at the start, as the Mercedes duo of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton passed him in the opening corners.But Verstappen took control after a... read more »

As rivals try to get to the bottom of what Red Bull has done to produce such a dominant car as its 2023 challenger, there has been an increased focus on the gains coming from... read more »

Soon after the race, Mercedes driver Hamilton said he had never seen a car have such an edge over the opposition as the RB19."I've definitely never seen a car so... read more »

Red Bull's RB19 appeared to have an extreme advantage in Jeddah, but what is Red Bull doing that the other 9 F1 teams aren't? DRS overtakes came aplenty, and leading... read more »

Charles Leclerc is concerned about the prospect of a “DRS train” complicating his attempts to mount a comeback from 12th on the grid in Saudi Arabia. The Ferrari driver wound... read more »

It could be a strange race because it's quite easy on paper to overtake but actually, we could see a DRS train which could be a game changer. read more »

Following last year's "cat and mouse" scrap between Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, the FIA has revised the final DRS zone ahead of this weekend's Saudi... read more »

The FIA has confirmed a change to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit that should end the dangerous cat-and-mouse DRS antics of recent years. read more »

The FIA has confirmed that the third DRS detection zone has been moved to after the last corner of the Jeddah Corniche Circuit ahead of this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.... read more »