What Caused Max Verstappen's DRS Issues?
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Why didn’t Max’s DRS work this weekend?
So Max took the win in Spain, but the race was far from plain sailing. He went off at Turn 4 after a big gust of wind took away all of his rear downforce, then his DRS wasn’t working (apart from when it did) and then Red Bull had Checo get out the way.
But the DRS is the most interesting bit about all of this, because it seems like it should be something the team should be on top of. And Max made his frustration about it well-known.
So what went on? Well, Scarbs has a very good theory about which components are causing all of this.
So, even from qualifying - the DRS was posing an issue on Max’s car. On his final lap in Q3 - one that could have been for pole, his DRS didn’t open.
But it turns out, even despite this, the Red Bull is so fast in a straight line that it didn’t (lose) time on the straights - just didn’t gain any either.
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