As part of a push to ramp up overtaking opportunities around the reconfigured Albert Park circuit, the FIA has increased the number of DRS zones around the track.
And a fortnight on from the bizarre scenes at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, where Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc played cat and mouse with the final DRS detection zone to not be first through it, there are fears of a repeat this time out too.
Horner says that F1 needs to be mindful about the role that DRS is playing in the racing, because making overtaking too straightforward is just as bad as having no passing at all.
Speaking to Sky about the games played by Leclerc and Verstappen in Jeddah, Horner said: “You definitely don’t want that.
“I think in Jeddah for example, if the DRS line had been later, or actually in the corner itself, then there wouldn’t have been that tactical play coming in.
“I think what will be interesting here, with four zones. It’s pretty much the whole lap behind. What you don’t want is the…
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