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Where will the overtaking zone be in Monaco? The pit straight is probably not wide enough, and the tunnel section wouldn’t be so good I think, as it’s very narrow and it would be really hard to get through the tunnel turn flat-out.

If it were up to me, I’d say no overtaking zone in Monaco. That track was never meant for overtaking.

am I right in thinking because of the high downforce levels in Monaco, the effect of the DRS will be proportionately greater?

I stick it in the section from Ste Devote all the way to Casino Square.

They should allow it to be used for an entire lap as long as you are within 1 second over the DRS timing line. That should provide some exciting racing. Its not like its going to make overtaking too easy.

“The attrition-rate will provide us with drama whatever happens.”

The Monaco circuit isn’t hard on the tyres at all. In fact I’m pretty sure that teams will be trying 1 stop strategies during the race. Honestly, the Australian GP doesn’t have a lot of run offs either, and the average speed is much higher around the track as well, but DRS wasn’t such a safety hazard there. So why not the Monaco GP?

I was just about to suggest the same thing as infy!

It could work in the tunnel, but only as it starts to straighten out. To have it out of Portier would be madness.

Out of Saint Devote would be an interesting place, we’ve seen passes into Mirabeau before. Antony Noghes would also be interesting.

We’re going to need it because even if we replicated today’s race there’s no way there’ll be passing for the lead without it.

I don’t think there is an ideal place for the DRS zone. I’m torn between either not using it entirely, or letting the drivers use it everywhere when they are within the one second threshold.
Using it everywhere would mean drivers will use it differently. Instead of one big zone, drivers would use it in small increments to get closer to the car in front.

I’m pretty sure that you cannot overtake in the tunnel due to the changing light/dark conditions…