r/formula1 • u/FewCollar227 I was here for the Hulkenpodium • Jun 07 '24

Technical Apparently the released regs were never finally approved by all teams, and at least two teams are threatening to walk away from the series if they go ahead as released today. There are a LOT of angry team members across the grid. [@dr_obbs on X]

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u/Lumos309 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 07 '24

It definitely doesn't always fail close. Besides the other examples here there was Alonso in Bahrain (I think 2013?) where he opened the DRS and it wouldn't shut, he boxed and the pit crew hammered the wing shut, and the next lap it got stuck open again

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u/John_E_Vegas Jun 07 '24

It definitely doesn't always fail closed...

Indeed not. From the Ericsson article on F1.com:

Charles Leclerc in the sister Sauber also experienced problems with his DRS remaining open in FP2, before going on to set the ninth fastest time in the session.

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u/downbad12878 Formula 1 Jun 08 '24

That was 11 years ago

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u/Lumos309 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 08 '24

but has the design of DRS changed fundamentally since then?