Horner wants DRS rethink after Saudi ‘cat and mouse’ game

Christian Horner has called for a rethink of DRS after Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc’s “game of cat and mouse” at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

With all-new cars on the grid this season, designed around ground-effect aerodynamics, Ferrari have emerged as Red Bull’s main rival – at least in the opening two races of the season.

While Leclerc claimed victory at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, it was Verstappen who was triumphant at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit on Sunday night.

The Dutchman came out on top in what Horner has described as a “game of cat and mouse” given the advantage of the DRS in Saudi.

With a long pit straight followed by a DRS zone that runs all the way towards Turn 1, between the slipstream and the DRS, passing into the last corner only set up the leader to be overtaken into the first.

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Such is the advantage of the DRS that the protagonists even locked up their tyres as they both slammed on the brakes to avoid being first to cross the DRS detection point.

After you…

No, after you…

The battle for DRS between @Charles_Leclerc and @Max33Verstappen #SaudiArabianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/8PaKNs8COP

— Formula 1 (@F1) March 28, 2022

Horner has called for Formula 1 to rethink the DRS zones.