During Pre-season testing many people wondered how powerful the slipstream might be with these new wake friendly aero regulated cars. Some also wondered how powerful the DRS might be following in the slipstream. I did a post on this some time ago.#F1Tech
https://twitter.com/dr_obbs/status/1498572209681571842?s=20&t=botr_XgBxbFIo9g346rO0A
The battle between @Max33Verstappen and @Charles_Leclerc was really fun to watch. Not only did we see the new regulations working quite well, but we saw just how powerful DRS still is. #F1Tech
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The best comparison to use comes from the battle along the the pit lane straight where Max had a few goes at Charles. In this first image MV has DRS and stays in the slipstream before stepping out late and reaches a peak speed of 331 kph. #F1Tech
In this next run out of T27, MV stays much closer to CL and passes with DRS out of the slipstream. In clean air, we see that MV reaches a peak speed of 327 kph before braking for T1. #F1Tech
Although not completely conclusive, we can see that even with DRS open, the slipstream is still powerful. Even though the wake is somewhat narrowed, we can assume that the slipstream is still the best place to be when attacking.
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Would love to hear your thoughts on this, or maybe any interesting telemetry from other battles to analyze also!
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