"It’s wrong when it works it’s wrong when it doesn’t": Former British driver refutes Lewis Hamilton and other F1 drivers' DRS criticism

Former British driver Johnny Herbert has refuted the DRS criticism levied by Lewis Hamilton and other drivers. The DRS zone has become a contentious debate this season. One of the major reasons behind it has been the increasing struggles when it comes to pulling off overtakes in these cars

The races in Jeddah and Baku have been surprisingly dull. One of the reasons speculated by multiple drivers including Lewis Hamilton was the reduced length of the DRS zone. The reduced length meant it was increasingly difficult for cars to get alongside in Baku and pull off the overtakes.

Johnny Herbert has however refuted Lewis Hamilton's claims and said that the FIA ends up being in a no-win position with this. If the DRS works, it gets criticized, when it doesn't the same happens. Talking to Express Sport, he said,

“DRS is a very, very hard thing to control. The difference between the fastest car and at the moment it’s Red Bull that has an advantage anyway. Then you’ve got the Ferrari, then you’ve got the Aston, then the Merc, the McLaren, all the other cars. They are not all the same so the DRS does effectively vary from car to car, team to team."

He added,

“You look at what happened in Baku, the racing didn’t quite happen in the race when they’re were a lot of expectations of it. So I know it got blamed that it was the DRS. But isn’t it interesting when the DRS is working, everybody sort of goes well overtakes are too easy. When it gets to where actually it’s a little bit more difficult then it’s wrong. So it’s wrong when it works but it’s wrong when it doesn’twork.”

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Lewis Hamilton is not the only driver to criticize the DRS zone

Lewis Hamilton was by the looks of it, not the only driver to criticize the DRS zone. The Mercedes driver was accompanied by his teammate George Russell as well when it comes to the views on the reduced DRS zone.

Even Fernando Alonso had voiced his concerns about the reduced DRS zone and the impact it could have. This season we have already seen the race in Australia spiced up with the help of another DRS zone. The FIA might need to take this into consideration as well during races.

The lack of overtakes has been starting to become a theme this season, It will be interesting to see if the debate re-emerges in the future.