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I’d be surprised if it’s anywhere other than the long straight. For fun I’d put it before the last corners ;-)

No official word, but Autosport had this a few days ago: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/94574

“[...]the DRS detection point will be set after Turn 3, on the way out of the circuit’s twisty opening complex. Notification is expected to be in the Turn 5 braking zone and activation on the exit of Turn 5, allowing DRS use on the long kinked straight towards Turn 7.”

Thanks KaIIe, but that’s Martin Whitmarsh’s educated guess, which I think is where everyone expects it to be, but I’m amazed that we are now 3 days out from the start of the GP weekend and it hasn’t been officially announced. All the other GPs have had the FIA announcement a couple of weeks before.

Is something odd going on here, or am I just too suspicious?

@sfemsfem – Maybe there won’t be any DRS? Fingers crossed in hope :P

Yup. I agree with Zadak. The T5-T7 straight and on the pit straight; though the one on the pit straight would be ultimately useless

Let’s not give the FIA ideas PM :P

Let’s not give the FIA ideas PM

People complain that the DRS should be freely used. While it doesn’t allow a defending driver to use it, three DRS zones would get closer to this.

Hell, at India, you could have four DRS zones with two activation points if you wanted to.

It came up back around Australia – people complained that it was too artificial because only an attacking driver could use it, and only in a set area of the circuit under set conditions. A few people were calling for DRS use in the race to be unrestricted, like in qualifying.

I can not find any details on where the DRS zone is for this weekend’s GP.

The FIA generally don’t release it until the Tuesday or Wednesday before the race. It’s only when they’re doing something different – like having two DRS zones – that they’ll announce it well in advance.