The Melbourne circuit had three DRS zones the last time F1 raced in the city back in 2019, but since then it has undergone substantial renovation via corner changes in a bid to promote overtaking on a layout that had not changed since joining the calendar back in 1996.
Even with those changes, overtaking is still expected to be a challenge for F1 drivers in the first Australian GP since the COVID-19 pandemic, with the reformed layout featuring four DRS when the new layout was officially designated by the FIA earlier this week.
But following the opening two practice sessions in Melbourne on Friday – which were topped by Ferrari pair Carlos Sainz Jr and Charles Leclerc respectively – the governing body has reassessed the situation and removed one of the DRS zones.
The DRS zone that has been removed is from the sweeping Turn 8 right all the way up to the Turn 9 fast left kink, which replaced the former chicane sequence that previously stood at that part of Albert Park.
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