Drivers urge FIA to change rules

      After Jack Duane's serious accident on Friday, caused by the young driver driving through the first corner with the DRS open, his colleagues called on the FIA to implement a system that automatically disables DRS in such areas.

      Normally, the DRS control element closes automatically when the brake pedal is pressed, but since the first turn in Suzuka can be completed without pressing the brake, the DRS had to be turned off manually.

      The incident became a topic of discussion at the pilots' briefing, where the new GPDA director, Carlos Sainz, spoke about the need to implement an automatic system.

      Carlos Sainz: "Safety remains a top priority, especially given the speed of our cars. In any other era of Formula 1, Jack wouldn't have been able to get back behind the wheel the next day after such an accident, but there's never much safety. If we are going to make cars as fast as this, we need to make progress in the field of safety.

      There were times when I pressed the DRS button incorrectly myself, and it remained open – there was a sharp frightening impact at the entrance to the turn, this is possible here and in Shanghai in the first turn or in the ninth turn in Australia.

      We have too many corners like this where the rider has to close the DRS himself. I hope this accident proves the need to use a system that disables the DRS 50, 100 meters before the braking zone, so that the rider does not have a chance to make a mistake."