FIA race director Charlie Whiting says the governing body has decided to use just one DRS zone at this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix given overtaking is already customary down Interlagos’s main straight.The previous two races in India and Abu Dhabi saw two separate DRS zones in operation but Whiting says there will only placed down the circuit’s backstraight – between turns three and four – as a second zone could potentially make overtaking too straightforward at the season-ending event.
There will be one DRS zone on the back straight,he said.We think this will be enough, as the main straight usually gives a good enough opportunity to overtake anyway, so we don’t want to make it too easy.Meanwhile, Whiting also revealed that the FIA was planning on making some major changes to the final corner of the 2.68-mile track in time for next year’s event in order to boost safety.Earlier this year a Brazilian stock car driver was killed after an accident at the fast curved final corner when his car bounced off the wall back on to the racing line.F1’s drivers have traditionally cut across the white line marking the start of the pit entry lane on a flying lap and Whiting said: There are a couple of minor changes to the circuit but next year there could be something much bigger: we’re hoping to build a new pit entry and a larger run-off around the last corner, but this is a big job as it will require removing a couple of permanent grandstands.
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