Red Bull’s Newey Trumps KERS and DRS in the Battle Between Design and Gimmickry

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Published: April 10, 2011

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Sebastian Vettel’s second comfortable victory in succession is the perfect start for a reigning world champion looking to retain his title in 2011.

The German again dominated the weekend and led the Malaysian Gran Prix from start to finish—except for some juggling during pit stops—and managed his lead to nurse his tyres and car to a three-second victory over McLaren’s Jenson Button and Renault’s fill-in driver, Nick Heidfeld.

In contrast to the Melbourne race, it was interesting and eventful with overtaking and hard-fought battles galore.

Renault’s other driver, Vitaly Petrov, even threw in an impromptu audition for the Russian Air Force. He launched his car over a storm drain in a spectacular, if ill-fated attempt to return to the track after overshooting a corner.

Although he got his car a metre off the ground and got great distance and hang time, the return to earth proved too much for the decidedly aerially ill-prepared car, and Petrov was left with a steering wheel that no longer communicated with the front wheels.

He did, however, guarantee himself a spot in this year’s highlights reels.

The real story of the day was the gulf that exists between gimmickry and pure design genius. The much vaunted drag reduction system (DRS) that reduces the angle of the rear wing—even though it was inexplicably only activated on the main straight in Malaysia—proved to be less of an advantage than anyone would have expected.

The main straight at Malaysia provides the optimum conditions for the DRS. It has a very slow hairpin corner leading onto an inordinately long straight and followed by another very slow corner. But, even in these ideal circumstances, DRS only just allowed the chasing cars to draw level with the car in front leading to an interesting braking duel.

Even with DRS thrown into the mix, the majority of the battling and overtaking seemed to take place else...
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