F1 race director Charlie Whiting today revealed that the FIA plans to continue experimenting with double DRS zones for the remainder of the season, despite the fact that neither he nor the drivers believe that the format worked as expected at the last Grand Prix in Canada GP two weeks ago.
"I don't think it worked in Canada," said Whiting during a media briefing in Valencia. "We were experimenting, but one of the things that emerged from it is that if a driver passes in the first sector he can then use it in the second sector.
"We were aware of that, and we just had a chat with drivers about it and they feel he should not be allowed to use it the second time. But it is not a trivial matter to get that to happen automatically. So we are discussing that. We want to try and use two sectors more."
When asked about the feasibility of having two separate DRS detection and activation zones, Whiting said, "We would need two detection points, two notification points and two activation points, and it doubles the chance of something going wrong. We have had a few problems because it involves beacons by the track, and that is the only thing I am wary of."
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